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The Las Cruces City Council has certainly become more proactive about listening to input from the public since progressives took over in early 2008. But many, including the mayor and a state senator who’s been involved in reform in Albuquerque and the Legislature, say more structural reforms are needed. Continue Reading
The final campaign finance reports of the 2009 Las Cruces municipal election were filed earlier this week. The result? The candidates spent a combined $83,000 on the election. Continue Reading
Las Cruces became today the sixth city in New Mexico to restrict the use of cell phones while driving. Continue Reading
A controversial political action committee didn’t violate any city ordinance when it failed to report to the city that it had raised money by telling people it was for the Las Cruces municipal election, Clerk Esther Martinez announced Wednesday. Continue Reading
The chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico says progressive wins in three city council elections in Las Cruces on Tuesday are a good sign for Democrats heading into the 2010 election. Continue Reading
Outgoing District 5 Las Cruces City Councilor Gil Jones says it’s not for him to analyze why he lost his re-election battle on Tuesday. Continue Reading
District 6 Councilor Sharon Thomas thinks she knows why progressive-backed candidates won every city council race in Las Cruces on Tuesday. “I think it says that (voters) want to be involved in their city government and they want opportunities to participate, and that they support our attempts to move toward a really sustainable community,” she said. Continue Reading
Olga Pedroza has defeated Councilor Dolores C. Archuleta in the District 3 Las Cruces City Council race. With results from one polling place yet to be posted, Pedroza has 328 votes, or 65 percent, to Archuleta’s 176 votes, or 35 percent. Continue Reading
District 6 Las Cruces City Councilor Sharon K. Thomas was re-elected today. Thomas won with 1,444 votes, or 55 percent, to the 1,201 votes, or 45 percent, that went to challenger James W. Harbison. Continue Reading
Gill M. Sorg has defeated incumbent Councilor Gil Jones in the Las Cruces City Council District 5 race. Continue Reading
The polls have now closed in the Las Cruces municipal election. Check back here throughout the evening for updates as the results come in. Continue Reading
Three city council seats are up for grabs today in an important election about the future of Las Cruces. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. If you haven’t already done so, vote! Continue Reading
A controversial Las Cruces political committee ran two half-page ads in the Las Cruces Sun-News on Sunday – the group’s first expenditures related to the city election, one of the ads states. Continue Reading
In an article that ran Sunday, the Las Cruces Sun-News incorrectly identified Gil Jones, the Las Cruces District 5 city councilor, as a Republican. Continue Reading
A local PAC used the upcoming Las Cruces municipal election to raise money, but its treasurer now says it isn’t spending the cash on that election and doesn’t have to file a finance report with the city. A complaint has been filed and the city clerk is investigating. Continue Reading