I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Both Mayor Martin Chavez and his campaign manager, Mark Fleisher, popped up in the press over the weekend giving their take on why Chavez lost the mayor’s race on October 6.
He’s spent no time since the election analyzing why…
The election might be over, but the City Clerk’s office is still hard at work on it. Employees are working to tally the official count of Albuquerque’s municipal election results now, counting provisional ballots as well as a small number…
The mayoral race bumped along in fits and starts for months, but it sure got crazy there at the end, didn’t it? Ultimately, Tuesday’s shocking election left us with a candidate who won decisively – but it leaves lots of questions about exactly how and why it happened and what kind of mayor Berry will be.
The big story Tuesday night was R.J. Berry. The two-term Republican state Representative did well in Democratic strongholds. He won with independents. In fact, Berry walked away with what had been viewed as a close race, besting Mayor Martin Chavez and Richard Romero and avoiding a two-man runoff by capturing nearly 44 percent of the vote.
The unofficial results show that Richard “R.J.” Berry will be the next mayor of Albuquerque, with 186 out of 186 precincts reporting in Albuquerque municipal election.
“Albuquerque voters today voted overwhelmingly for a Democrat to represent them as their mayor,” Democratic Party of New Mexico chairman Javier Gonzales said in a statement released Tuesday night.
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele sent out a statement congratulating state Representative Richard “R.J.” Berry for his victory in Tuesday’s Albuquerque mayoral election.
“It’s not over until it’s over,” Chavez told a crowd of supporters gathered at O’Niell’s, adding, “but it doesn’t look good for our side.”
With 26 percent of precincts reporting in the Albuquerque mayoral election, unofficial election results show Richard “R.J.” Berry continues to lead incumbent mayor Martin Chavez and former state Senate Pro Tem Richard Romero.
In 2005, there were 10,746 early and absentee votes cast in the Albuquerque mayoral race. In 2009, there were nearly twice that: 20,251 votes cast.
Richard “RJ” Berry appears to be winning a plurality of the absentee votes.
The early voting results are in and Richard “RJ” Berry is leading incumbent mayor Martin Chavez and former Senate Pro Tem Richard Romero.
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…
Political parties are working their get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts in the non-partisan Albuquerque municipal elections. As NMI has observed, the race between incumbent mayor Martin Chavez and former state Senate Pro Tem Richard Romero is looking increasingly like a Democratic…
Public financing appears to be part of the reason the Albuquerque mayor’s race is so competitive. An Albuquerque Journal poll conducted two weeks before the mayoral election surprised observers by showing the race to be much closer than observers had predicted. The big question now is whether one of the candidates can get to 40 percent and avoid a run-off.
Albuquerque’s municipal elections are non-partisan, which means there aren’t party primaries to determine who will be on the ballot, and a person’s party affiliation isn’t listed next to their name on the ballot.
But the mayor’s race all of a…
Pre-recorded campaign calls remind me that I will soon trek to my neighborhood elementary school to vote for mayor. It’s a tricky decision this year. My primary concern is how the city will grow. Slowly, I would hope, with great emphasis on the regional environment broadly defined—we need to foster spiritual and community health, as well as clean air and water.
Albuquerque’s right of center city councilors joined the chorus of endorsements this week, giving their support to Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Berry. Councilors Brad Winter, Trudy Jones and Sally Mayer, all registered Republicans, issued statements supporting his candidacy today.
The…
We can’t help but harken back to one of incumbent mayor Martin Chavez’s clever statements on the stump as mayoral endorsements keep rolling in to our virtual newsroom this week.
Characterizing R.J. Berry as on the right, and Richard…
A group of progressive Albuquerque elected officials endorsed Albuquerque mayoral candidate Richard Romero yesterday, issuing a statement to the widely read local political Web site Democracy for New Mexico.
