Carlos Rendo (born 1964) is an American attorney and Republican Party politician from

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. He is the mayor of Woodcliff Lake and was the nominee for

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in the 2017 gubernatorial election as the running mate of former Lieutenant Governor

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Early life

Rendo was born in Cuba in 1964 and immigrated to the United States in 1966. He grew up in Union City and graduated from Emerson High School. He was registered to vote by long-time Hudson County GOP Chairman

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. He attended

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and received his J.D. degree from

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. He has his own practice in

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, Mulkay and Rendo, P.C. He has served on the New Jersey Ethnic Advisory Counsel and has also served as a trustee for

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. He and his wife and three children live in Woodcliff Lake.

Political career

Rendo moved to Woodclff Lake in 2000 and became council member in 2013. Rendo became the first Hispanic mayor of Woodcliff Lake after defeating Republican-turned-Democrat and fellow councilman Jeff Bader in 2015. Rendo was the co-chair of the

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campaign in New Jersey in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Rendo was the Republican candidate for

in the 2017 gubernatorial election as the running mate of candidate for

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, the incumbent lieutenant governor. If elected, Rendo would have been the first Latino and the first male to hold the position, which has been held by Guadagno since it was created effective with the 2009 gubernatorial election. He was the first man to be nominated for Lt. Gov. of either major party in state history.

References

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