Darren White

Early voting begins on Monday December 1, 2025 for the runoff elections where Albuquerque voters will decide the city’s next Mayor and City Council positions for Districts 1 and 3.

Albuquerque voters will return to the polls next month for the runoff election to decide who will be the next mayor and who will be representing City Council districts 1 and 3. On December 9th, voters will decide the results of three races in which none of the candidates received the simple majority necessary to win office.

Incumbent Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said he anticipated a runoff and he is ready. “It's really about the future of Albuquerque. That is what's at stake in this. Are we going to go forward, or are we going to take massive steps backwards?” he said.

In the final installment of our series taking a look at Albuquerque’s mayoral candidates, we hear from former Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, who also served as the Chief Public Safety Officer for Albuquerque before stepping down after an incident involving his wife’s DWI stop. He is now the programming manager for KKOB News Radio.

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