Bronx Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. announces bid for borough president

Rafael Salamanca Jr. is running against incumbent Vanessa Gibson in 2025.

News 12 Staff

Sep 17, 2024, 4:24 PM

Updated 26 days ago

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Bronx Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. announced Tuesday that he is running for borough president.
Salamanca has served in the Bronx for 8 years. He says his goal is to build a “safer and more affordable Bronx.”
He is running against incumbent Vanessa Gibson in 2025. Salamanca ran for borough president in 2021 but then chose to focus on his City Council reelection.