Albio Sires

Albio Sires (born January 26, 1951 in Bejucal, Cuba) is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 13th congressional district, serving since a special election in 2006. The district includes most of Jersey City, as well as most of the Latino neighborhoods of Newark. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously represented district 33 in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2000 to 2006. Sires is a graduate of Memorial High School, and received a B.A. in 1974 from Saint Peter's College in Spanish and Marketing and was awarded an M.A. in 1985 from Middlebury College in Spanish. He is the owner of the A.M. Title Agency Inc. Sires served as the Speaker of the Assembly from 2002 to 2006 and was the first Hispanic person to serve as...