From News-Bulletin reports
Voters in all five municipalities in Valencia County, the county’s two school districts, local college board and a special district went to cast ballots. A total of 47 candidates campaigned for the 27 nonpartisan elected offices.
Belen and Los Lunas school districts proposed general obligation bond questions on the ballot, while voters in the LLS district voted on two mill levies.
Write-in candidates will be tallied on Wednesday, Nov. 8.
City of Belen
Two council seats
Tracy Armijo (I)……………………………323
Rudy M. Espinoza……………………………414
Debra Gabaldon……………………………..177
Lawrence Padilla……………………………253
Village of Bosque Farms
Mayor
Wayne Ake………………………………….708
Robert Knowlton…………………………….343
Village Council
Two council seats
Bryan Burks (I)…………………………….372
Erica De Smet………………………………613
Ronita Wood (I)…………………………….468
Municipal judge
Ginger Eldridge…………………………….671
Rhonda Stirling…………………………….309
Village of Los Lunas
Mayor
Alonzo Baldonado……………………………1.130
Charles Griego (I)………………………….1,411
Village Council
District 2
Gino Romero (I)…………………………….572
District 4
James Runyon (I)……………………………359
Municipal judge
Mark A. Aguilar…………………………….791
Avilio Chavez (I)…………………………..1,584
Town of Peralta
Two council seats
Michael Leon Otero (I)………………………210
Joseph Romero (I)…………………………..225
City of Rio Communities
Two council seats
Richard Henderson…………………………..282
Matthew Marquez…………………………….346
Thomas Nelson………………………………302
Jim Winters (I)…………………………….302
Belen Board of Education
District 1
Orlando Santillanes (write-in)……………….000
District 2
Andrew Salas (write-in)……………………..000
Amanda Silva……………………………….194
Aubrey Tucker (I)…………………………..246
District 3
Michael Byers………………………………183
Ralph Fernandez…………………………….399
Larry Lindberg (I)………………………….239
Los Lunas Board of Education
District 1
Justin M. Talley…………………………..1,387
District 2
Sonya C. Moya………………………………254
Monica J. Otero…………………………….289
District 4
Michelle I. Osowski…………………………822
Jedediah C. Dixon…………………………..659
University of New Mexico-Valencia Advisory Board
Three seats
Position 2
Belinda Martinez (I)………………………..2,389
Position 3 & 5
Torres Leyba (write-in)……………………..000
Richard Montgomery (write-in)………………..000
Christopher Williams (write-in)………………000
Paul Luna (I)…………………………..4,014
Valencia Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Four seats
Two four-year terms; one two-year term (landowner)
Nicholas Baca………………………………3,628
Abel Camarena………………………………2,029
Duana Draszkiewicz………………………….1,613
James Robert Fischer………………………..2,016
David L. Neff………………………………1,981
Four-year term (non landowner)
Pam Cordova………………………………..4,469
Gail Goodman……………………………….3,347
Belen Consolidated Schools
$13 million general obligation
For……………………………………….2,009
Against……………………………………949
Los Lunas Schools
$24 million general obligation bond
For………………………………………3,540
Against…………………………………..1,697
2 mill levy
For………………………………………2,678
Against…………………………………..2,518
3 mill levy
For………………………………………2,434
Against…………………………………..2,687
University of New Mexico-Valencia campus
$15 million general obligation bond
For………………………………………4,759
Against…………………………………..3,128
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