Saturday, May 9, 2009

Current Candidates for Mayor and City Council

On October 6 the voting public will turnout to elect a new mayor and to vote for five city councils positions.

For now the only announced democrat running for mayor is Richard Romero. The current mayor Martin Chavez has filed all of the paperwork but not yet decided if he will run in the fall election. Mayor Chavez has been asked but still refuses to make it official.

The city council races by district are:

District 1-Candidate and Incumbent Ken Sanchez

District 3-Candidate and Incumbent Isaac Benton and Candidate Alan Armijo

District 5-Candidate and Incumbent Michael Cadigan, Candidate Jeremy Toulouse ex-husband to county clerk Maggie Oliver Toulouse and Candidate Dan Lewis

District 7-Candidate and Incumbent Sally Mayer, Candidate Louis Schiffman, Candidate Michael Cook and Candidate David Green

District 9-Candidate and Incumbent Don Harris, Candidate Michael Brasher, and Candidate David Barbour

All of the candidates are free to seek public funding for the offices. Both Richard Romero and Martin Chavez have already acquired the $5 Donation from voters to qualify for public funding.