{"id":33685,"date":"2011-11-08T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T23:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=33685"},"modified":"2011-11-09T01:25:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T08:25:58","slug":"liveblogging-election-night-in-las-cruces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/11\/liveblogging-election-night-in-las-cruces\/","title":{"rendered":"Incumbents win easily in Las Cruces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/em> Incumbents including Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima won re-election tonight, and Gregory Z. Smith won the open District 2 seat on the City Council. Read more in the archive of NMPolitics.net\u2019s election night liveblog:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coveritlive.com\/index2.php\/option=com_altcaster\/task=viewaltcast\/altcast_code=c4a441b44b\/height=550\/width=600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"600px\" height=\"550px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The old post:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To get Las Cruces municipal election results and take part in a live discussion that will include analysis and commentary, join NMPolitics.net\u2019s liveblog right here.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be moderating the liveblog and providing news and analysis throughout the evening. You can also follow the election results this evening at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clctv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">clctv.com<\/a> or on Comcast Cable channel 20.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33686\" title=\"mayoralcandidates-5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mayoralcandidates-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are three mayoral candidates \u2013 incumbent <a href=\"http:\/\/mayorken.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Miyagishima<\/a>, District 2 Councilor <a href=\"http:\/\/doloresconnorformayor.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Connor<\/a> and activist <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelrayhuerta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Ray Huerta<\/a>. To avoid a runoff, a candidate must win at least 40 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>There are also three seats on the City Council up for grabs. In the District 1 race, incumbent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/09\/cruces-councilor-silva-announces-re-election-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miguel Silva<\/a> faces challenger Natalie Chadborn. In the open District 2 race, the candidates are <a href=\"http:\/\/fredespinosa.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fred Espinosa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlieforcitycouncil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Scholz<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregoryzsmith.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gregory Z. Smith<\/a>. And in District 4, incumbent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nathan4district4.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Small<\/a> faces challenger <a href=\"http:\/\/aaronhenrydiaz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Henry Diaz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the presiding municipal judge race, incumbent Melissa Miller-Byrnes faces challenger Frank Chavez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIVEBLOG ARCHIVE: Incumbents including Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima won re-election tonight, and Gregory Z. Smith won the open District 2 seat on the City Council. Read more from the archive of NMPolitics.net&#8217;s election night liveblog by clicking on the headline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[145,214,235],"class_list":["post-33685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-las-cruces","tag-las-cruces-election","tag-liveblogging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33685","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=33685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}