Election running smoothly; turnout light
VIDEO: Voting appears to be running relatively smoothly throughout the state on this primary Election Day, but officials expect light turnout.
VIDEO: Voting appears to be running relatively smoothly throughout the state on this primary Election Day, but officials expect light turnout.
The FBI is apparently asking questions “about Bernalillo County Assessor Karen Montoya and her association with state Sen. Tim Eichenberg, a consultant whose work includes helping people protest tax assessments set by Montoya’s office,” the Albuquerque Journal is reporting.
Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham paid her county property taxes late seven of the last 10 years, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting.
Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham has beaten fundraising expectations. Now in the midst of a heated three-way race, she’s under attack over her past leadership of the N.M. Department of Health.
There will be no lynch mob for you, Mr. Wiener. As the senator for this district, and more importantly as a lawyer who goes after the perpetrators of child sexual abuse under civil law, I do promise to watch you.
Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener loaned his smiling face to the sex tourism industry – and possibly sex slavery – in a less-developed nation, and says that’s no different than posing with women at Hooters here. How very American.
There are many vibrant parts of the Filipino Community that are being overshadowed by the recent events surrounding Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener.
Despite calls for his resignation from Gov. Susana Martinez and others in his own party, Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener says he’ll let voters decide his fate.
Bernalillo County Commissioner Michael Wiener, a Republican, is in the hot seat after being photographed posing with several scantily-clad women in a sex-tourism area in the Philippines.
Bernalillo County Commissioner Michelle Lujan Grisham jumped into the 1st Congressional District Democratic primary today, setting up a three-way contest that also includes former Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez and State Sen. Eric Griego.
The people of Bernalillo County deserve open, transparent and ethical government. Valid ethics complaints need to be heard in public, not dismissed in secret.
Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver says a “perfect storm” of factors including the holiday weekend and negative advertising is to blame for the “dismal” turnout in today’s Democratic and Republican primaries.
I’ve already reported on early voting numbers from Doña Ana County, but turnout has been even better in Bernalillo County, where 15.29 percent of Republicans and 8.6 percent of Democrats had voted early and absentee as of Saturday.
Residents in Bernalillo County’s South Valley voted overwhelming today to reject a proposal to incorporate the semi-rural area.
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