The mayoral race in Fair Haven pits two incumbents against one another: Republican Mayor Josh Halpern, who is running for his first full term after filling the unexpired term of former Mayor Ben Lucarelli; and, present Council President Chris Rodriguez, a Democrat who has served on the Fair Haven Borough Council since 2017 and is currently in the second year of his second full term.

Rodriguez’s first run for a council seat was in 2016. He lost that bid for election, but ended up serving in 2017 to fill the unexpired term of Aimee Humprheys who had resigned due to a move. He ran for his first full term in November of 2017 and won a full term, starting in 2018. He ran for a second term in 2020 and won. In all, he has served on the governing body for six years.

Here is R-FH Retro’s chat with Chris Rodriguez, who is vying for a first four-year term as mayor of Fair Haven …