{"id":114273,"date":"2016-01-05T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T17:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=114273"},"modified":"2016-01-05T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T18:11:19","slug":"its-candidate-filing-day-in-many-nm-cities-and-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/01\/its-candidate-filing-day-in-many-nm-cities-and-towns\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s candidate filing day in many NM cities and towns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_102989\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102989\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12208770_10100935118073171_6580962201182162759_n-771x511.jpg\" alt=\"In many former Democratic bastions that have swung Republican in the past several decades, the people who most rely on the safety-net programs secured by Democrats are, by and large, not voting against their own interests by electing Republicans. Rather, they are not voting, period. \" width=\"771\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12208770_10100935118073171_6580962201182162759_n-771x511.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12208770_10100935118073171_6580962201182162759_n-336x223.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12208770_10100935118073171_6580962201182162759_n-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12208770_10100935118073171_6580962201182162759_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many municipalities will hold elections on March 1.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tuesday is candidate filing day for many people across New Mexico who want to run for local offices in their cities and towns.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many municipalities have elections on March 1. Voters in Hobbs, for example, will elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbsnm.org\/city_clerk.html\" target=\"_blank\">a mayor and three city commissioners<\/a>. In Rio Rancho, voters will elect <a href=\"http:\/\/rrnm.gov\/2016election\" target=\"_blank\">three city councilors<\/a>\u00a0and vote on a bond to fund roads and proposed charter amendments. Voters in Taos will elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taosgov.com\/clerk\/News%20Release\/MUNICIPAL%20ELECTION%2011-24-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">two town councilmembers<\/a>. In Farmington, they&#8217;ll elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daily-times.com\/story\/news\/local\/2016\/01\/03\/candidates-must-file-tuesday-march-election\/78128194\/\" target=\"_blank\">two councilors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Four\u00a0municipalities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcsun-news.com\/story\/news\/local\/county\/2016\/01\/04\/candidates-file-tuesday-municipal-elections\/78269812\/\" target=\"_blank\">in Do\u00f1a Ana County<\/a> will hold elections on March 1. In Sunland Park, voters will elect a mayor and four city councilors. Two trustees and a judge will be elected in Mesilla. Hatch voters will elect three trustees and a judge. And in Anthony, voters will elect a mayor and two trustees.<\/p>\n<p>Santa Fe will also hold an election on March 1. Candidates for four council seats and a judgeship have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenm.gov\/election_-_march_1_2016_regular_municipal_election\" target=\"_blank\">already filed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Las Cruces and Albuquerque held city elections last year.<\/p>\n<p>What other cities have elections coming up? Add info in the comments section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hobbs, Rio Rancho, Taos, Farmington, Santa Fe and four towns in Do\u00f1a Ana County are among those holding elections on March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,173,2258,166,885,145,163,1178,179,167,2259],"class_list":["post-114273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-albuquerque","tag-anthony","tag-farmington","tag-hatch","tag-hobbs","tag-las-cruces","tag-mesilla","tag-rio-rancho","tag-santa-fe","tag-sunland-park","tag-taos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}