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Municipal elections in Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2018)

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2018 Bernalillo County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: March 13, 2018
Primary election: June 5, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, County assessor, Probate judge, County sheriff
Total seats up: 5
Election type: Partisan
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U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Bernalillo County, New Mexico, held general elections for county commissioner, county assessor, probate judge, and county sheriff on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on June 5, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was March 13, 2018.

Elections

County Commission

General election

County Commission
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngDebbie O'Malley (i)

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngCharlene Pyskoty  Candidate Connection

James Smith (i)


Primary election

County Commission
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngDebbie O'Malley (i)

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngCharlene Pyskoty  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Smith (i)
Natasha Hadrych-Rosier


Other county offices

General election

Other county offices
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Bernalillo County Assessor

Green check mark transparent.pngTanya Giddings (i)

Bernalillo County Probate Court

Green check mark transparent.pngCristy Jo Carbon-Gaul

Bernalillo County Sheriff

Green check mark transparent.pngManuel Gonzales III (i)

Lou Golson


Primary election

Other county offices
  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Bernalillo County Assessor

Green check mark transparent.pngTanya Giddings (i)

Bernalillo County Probate Court

Green check mark transparent.pngCristy Jo Carbon-Gaul
Lawrence Kay

Bernalillo County Sheriff

Green check mark transparent.pngManuel Gonzales III (i)
Sylvester Stanley
Joe Williams

Green check mark transparent.pngLou Golson


Judicial

Probate Judge

General election

General election candidates

Democratic primary

☑ Democratic Party Cristy Jo Carbon-Gaul
☐ Democratic Party Lawrence Kay

Republican primary

  • No Republican candidates filed for election.

Second Judicial District Court

General election

General election candidates

  • Jane Levy  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔

Democratic primary

☑ Democratic Party Jane Levy (i)

Republican primary

  • No Republican candidates filed for election.

New Mexico Bernalillo Metropolitan Court

The filing deadline for judicial retention elections in Bernalillo County was June 28, 2018.

Division 1

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Victor E. Valdez was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.6% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.6
 
 134,191
No
 
30.4
 
 58,551
Total Votes
 192,742

It has been certified. Source

Division 2

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Christine Rodriguez was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 70.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
70.4
 
 135,493
No
 
29.6
 
 57,029
Total Votes
 192,522

It has been certified. Source

Division 3

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Renee Torres was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.8% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.8
 
 134,212
No
 
30.2
 
 57,984
Total Votes
 192,196

It has been certified. Source

Division 4

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Courtney Bryn Weaks was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.3% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.3
 
 132,255
No
 
30.7
 
 58,549
Total Votes
 190,804

It has been certified. Source

Division 5

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Frank A. Sedillo was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.0% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.0
 
 132,044
No
 
31.0
 
 59,355
Total Votes
 191,399

It has been certified. Source

Division 6

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Maria I. Dominguez was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 70.7% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
70.7
 
 135,172
No
 
29.3
 
 56,133
Total Votes
 191,305

It has been certified. Source

Division 7

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Rosemary Cosgrove-Aguilar was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.9% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.9
 
 133,670
No
 
30.1
 
 57,642
Total Votes
 191,312

It has been certified. Source

Division 8

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Jill M. Martinez was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 70.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
70.4
 
 134,422
No
 
29.6
 
 56,651
Total Votes
 191,073

It has been certified. Source

Division 9

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Yvette K. Gonzalez was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.7% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.7
 
 132,957
No
 
30.3
 
 57,793
Total Votes
 190,750

It has been certified. Source

Division 10

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Edward Benavidez was not retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 55.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
55.4
 
 105,577
✖
No
 
44.6
 
 84,965
Total Votes
 190,542

It has been certified. Source

Division 11

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Sandra Engel was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 70.2% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
70.2
 
 132,897
No
 
29.8
 
 56,485
Total Votes
 189,382

It has been certified. Source

Division 12

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Daniel E. Ramczyk was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 68.7% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
68.7
 
 129,813
No
 
31.3
 
 59,139
Total Votes
 188,952

It has been certified. Source

Division 13

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Michelle Castillo Dowler was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 57.2% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
57.2
 
 109,149
No
 
42.8
 
 81,549
Total Votes
 190,698

It has been certified. Source

Division 14

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Vidalia G. Chavez was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.2% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.2
 
 130,821
No
 
30.8
 
 58,176
Total Votes
 188,997

It has been certified. Source

Division 15

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Kenny C. Montoya was not retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 55.6% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
55.6
 
 105,283
✖
No
 
44.4
 
 84,244
Total Votes
 189,527

It has been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Division 17

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Henry A. Alaniz was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 68.6% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
68.6
 
 129,117
No
 
31.4
 
 59,079
Total Votes
 188,196

It has been certified. Source

Division 18

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Rosie Lazcano Allred was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 69.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
69.4
 
 131,200
No
 
30.6
 
 57,815
Total Votes
 189,015

It has been certified. Source

Division 19

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court,

Linda S. Rogers was retained to the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on November 6, 2018 with 57.1% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
57.1
 
 108,642
No
 
42.9
 
 81,668
Total Votes
 190,310

It has been certified. Source


Additional elections on the ballot

See also: New Mexico elections, 2018

About the county

See also: Bernalillo County, New Mexico

The county government of Bernalillo County is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The county was first established in 1852 as one of the original counties in the New Mexico Territory. It covers a total of 1,167 square miles in central New Mexico. As of 2010, its population was 662,564.

County government

See also: Government of Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Bernalillo County has five commissioners who are elected by district to four-year terms with a limit of two terms in office.[1] Additionally, residents of Bernalillo County elect an assessor, clerk, probate judge, sheriff, and treasurer.

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Bernalillo County New Mexico
Population 662,564 2,059,179
Land area (sq mi) 1,161 121,312
Race and ethnicity**
White 74.3% 74.8%
Black/African American 3% 2.1%
Asian 2.6% 1.6%
Native American 4.9% 9.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1%
Other (single race) 10.9% 8.6%
Multiple 4.2% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 50% 48.8%
Education
High school graduation rate 88.9% 85.6%
College graduation rate 34.4% 27.3%
Income
Median household income $53,329 $49,754
Persons below poverty level 16.7% 19.1%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Three of 33 New Mexico counties—9 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Colfax County, New Mexico 8.55% 2.24% 10.73%
Hidalgo County, New Mexico 6.73% 4.96% 2.92%
Valencia County, New Mexico 8.60% 2.47% 7.72%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New Mexico with 48.3 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 40 percent. In presidential elections between 1912 and 2016, New Mexico voted Democratic 56 percent of the time and Republican 44 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New Mexico voted Democratic four times. The state voted Republican in 2004.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in New Mexico. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 45 out of 70 state House districts in New Mexico with an average margin of victory of 29.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 45 out of 70 state House districts in New Mexico with an average margin of victory of 26.7 points. Clinton won nine districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 25 out of 70 state House districts in New Mexico with an average margin of victory of 24.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 25 out of 70 state House districts in New Mexico with an average margin of victory of 27 points. Trump won two districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

See also

Bernalillo County, New Mexico New Mexico Municipal government Other local coverage
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External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Bernalillo County, "Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners," accessed August 2, 2016
  2. ↑ 270towin.com, "New Mexico," accessed August 8, 2017
  3. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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