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A couple of Alibi blog posts discussing today’s Albuquerque mayoral election take a look at who can really run for office and about the ‘non-partisan’ nature of the race, which is between two Democrats — incumbent mayor Martin Chavez and former Senate Pro Tem Richard Romero — and a Republican — Richard “R.J.” Berry.
While the words “Democratic Party” and “Republican Party” won’t appear on the ballot, the two parties are working hard to get their voters out, even if they don’t mention which candidate they would prefer voters to check off on their ballot.
Marisa Demarco notes that she received a robocall from the Republican Party, which led her to wonder about the non-partisan aspect of the race.
So incumbent Mayor Martin Chavez (who has an army), longtime legislator and lobbyist Richard Romero (who had no problem assembling his army) and Republican Party-backed Berry managed to get it done.
Public financing or no, you’ve got to be a political heavy in this town to have a shot at the Mayor’s Office. That playing field still looks like a steep slope to me.
Erin McCullogh takes a slightly different angle, writing, “Though Albuquerque’s mayoral race is non-partisan in theory, nobody’s fooled.”
With both state parties working GOTV efforts, the Republican Party sending mailers and now with robocalls and the Democratic Party working the phones, the partisan nature of this non-partisan race is something that has really taken off in the final days of the campaign.
