Miguel Silva isn’t declaring victory, but my tally has him defeating 12-year incumbent José Frietze in the Las Cruces City Council District 1 race.
My count has Silva with 625 votes, Frietze with 504 votes, Ron Gurley with 144 votes and Conrado Guerra with 116 votes. That gives Silva 45 percent, with all votes accounted for.
Silva said he would not declare victory because his campaign was still working on the numbers.
“We still have to keep 40 percent,” he said.
A prior version of this posting incorrectly stated that Frietze had 558 votes.