Forty-five people turned in paperwork Tuesday to run for office in a slew of local elections in Bernalillo County. Local government, education, and soil and water conservancy seats will all be on county ballots this November.
Due to recent changes in election law, this fall is the first time that Albuquerque city council and school board races happen at the same time as races in Tijeras, Los Ranchos and more.
Nathan Jaramillo with the Bernalillo County bureau of elections hopes that consolidation will get a lot more people to the polls.
“We’re projecting to see a jump of upwards of 20 percent for voter turnout," said Jaramillo, "because not only will it include the APS election, but also various tax questions and bond questions, so people will be turning out for that.”
In the APS board election, Madelyn Jones is running against incumbent Yolanda Montoya Cordova in District 1, the South Valley area. On the far northwest side, Lauretta Harris and Sergio Trujillo will challenge current District 2 board member Peggy Muller-Aragon. And for District 4 in southeast Albuquerque, Verland Coker and Laura Carlson are running against incumbent Barbara Petersen.
The board of education makes decisions about the district’s budget, policies and the superintendent’s job.
Candidates in the November 5, 2019 election:
APS Board District 1
Yolanda M. Cordova
Madelyn A. Jones
APS Board District 2
Lauretta J. Harris
Peggy L. Muller-Aragon
APS Board District 4
Barbara E. Petersen
Laura W. Carlson
Verland O. Coker
City of Albuquerque District 2
Steven Baca
Joseph Griego
Zackary Quintero
Robert Raymond Blanquera Nelson
Isaac Benton
Connie Vigil
City of Albuquerque District 4
Athena Ann Christodoulou
Ane C. Romero
Brook L. Bassan
City of Albuquerque District 6
Patrick M. Davis
Gina Naomi Dennis
City of Albuquerque District 8
S. Maurreen Skowran
Trudy E. Jones
CNM Board District 2
James A. Chavez
CNM Board District 4
Annette Chavez y de la Cruz
CNM Board District 6
Layne E. McAdoo
Virginia Lopez Trujillo
Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District – Position 1 Supervisor
Maria Christina Young
Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District – Position 2 Supervisor
Thomas Ivey Allen
Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District – Position 5 At-Large Supervisor
Daniel F. Lyon
Daniel A. Conklin
Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control District 3 Director
Tim Eichenberg
Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control District 4 Director
Ronald Duffield Brown
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque – Mayor
Donald T. Lopez
Los Ranchos Trustee District – Position 1
Diane E. Albert
Thomas S. Riccobene, Jr.
Los Rancho Trustee District – Position 2-3
Mary E. Homan
Allen L. Lewis
Sandra Lucia Pacheco
Paradise Hills Board Member District – Seat 1
Deanna T. Dopslaf
Paradise Hills Board Member District – Seat 2
Peter K. Reser
Village of Tijeras – Mayor
Jake E. Bruton
Gloria J. Chavez
Village of Tijeras Council District – Position 1-2
Jeffrey N. Claypool
Yvette Garcia
Don Johnson
Maxine Wilson