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Wednesday, November 26, 2025Campaign Tidbits, A Post-Election Checkup And Happy Thanksgiving, New Mexico "Haven't we heard this before," a narrator asks? We cannot have a safer city until we own our problems and hold our leaders accountable for reducing crime and that begins with the mayor." White ads: No matter how many times Keller has said it, it’s still not true. He said something in 2017, he’d prefer you would forget. He doesn’t deserve a 3rd term. Keller released a new TV ad Monday in which he says: . . .Real change takes time. It's not the flip of a switch. It's the hard work we've been doing everyday for years--rebuilding our police department. The NM Working Families Party, one of the progressive groups that gave strong backing to mayoral candidate Alex Uballez in the Nov. 4 election, has split with him and endorsed Mayor Keller in the December 9 runoff election: Anyone who believes MAGA has no place in Albuquerque and wants to see our city work for working people knows that in the run-off that means re-electing Mayor Tim Keller, transforming the makeup of the city council by electing Stephanie Telles (in District Three) and Teresa Garcia (in District One). . .Albuquerque deserves a mayor and council who will fight for a working class agenda that protects renters and sacred sites, improves how our city treats the unhoused, creates good union job opportunities and fights against federal overreach from the Trump Administration. Uballez, who received 19 percent of the vote in the Nov. 4 election, has said the city should not elect Republican Darren White as mayor but after several meetings with Mayor Keller still has not endorsed him. IT'S OFFICIAL From the SOS: New Mexico’s State Canvass Board met Tuesday and unanimously certified the official results of the 2025 Regular Local Election. SOS Maggie Toulouse Oliver: The election was conducted with the professionalism, efficiency, and integrity that New Mexicans expect from their election administrators. These certified results should give every voter full confidence in the process. . .The official, certified results for the election can be viewed on the Secretary of State’s website. The Board signed the certificate of canvass that makes the results. . .official. The Board also ordered automatic recounts in thirty-four races throughout the state and will meet again on December 11 to certify those results. The canvass board is comprised of Gov. Lujan Grisham, the Secretary of State and State Supreme Court Chief Justice David Thomson. POST ELECTION CHECKUP  Bernalillo County Clerk Michelle Kavanaugh and Bureau of Elections Administrator Nathan Jaramillo are pictured at the Voting Machine Warehouse as they supervise a post-election voting machine check following the statewide November 4 local elections. The County says: This state-mandated process verifies the accuracy of machine-counted results and is required after every statewide election. The check includes multiple steps of ballot verification, overseen by a District Court Judge. “Post-election audits are one of the most important transparency tools. . .It is a standard requirement that ensures every machine-counted ballot is verified." said Clerk Kavanaugh. Bipartisan teams conduct a hand tally of selected contests, compare them to original machine-counted totals and investigate and resolve any discrepancies. Thanks for stopping by today. Happy Thanksgiving, New Mexico! This is the Home of New Mexico Politics. |