February 04, 2010
Rudy Jaramillo, a restaurant owner and city councilor, said he’s running for mayor of Belen because he wants to make city government more pro-business. “The mayor and city council have never really addressed business issues, seeing what we can do to help businesses during the economic crisis that’s happening right now. I think we should [...]
February 03, 2010
Alonzo Baldonado, a Los Lunas realtor, says he’s running for state representative in House district 8 because he wants to be a voice for the people of Valencia County. “In state government, there’s a lack of listening to the people, listening to the constituents. I’m committed to the constitution of New Mexico, where it says [...]
February 01, 2010
Belen’s four mayoral candidates addressed a number of issues affecting residents and businesses during a candidate forum last week, each offering their ideas for Belen. The forum was hosted by the Belen High School Student Council, with students asking questions and about 100 seniors listening to the responses. The public was not allowed in. No [...]
January 28, 2010
Frank A. Otero, a board member with Los Lunas Schools, said today he’s running for mayor of Los Lunas because he wants to make the village government more accessible to the citizens. “I will make the village more accessible,” he said. “If you call right now you can’t get a hold of anybody. That’s where [...]
January 19, 2010
Rep. Elias Barela said today he plans to spend his time at the state legislature’s 30-day session focused on finding a solution to the state’s budget deficit while advocating several bills, including one that would establish a new ethics commission. Barela said he wants to reverse the deficit in a way that won’t “punish working [...]
January 18, 2010
Tibo Chavez Jr., a Belen attorney, says he’s running to be Belen’s next mayor to help bring business back to the city. “Driving up and down Main Street and Becker Avenue and looking at all the boarded up buildings, including the old city hall across from my office, it’s depressing,” he said. “I felt there [...]
January 18, 2010
Sen. Eric Griego has introduced public financing legislation for the 30-day legislature that starts tomorrow in Santa Fe. The bill — SB51 — would allow candidates for certain state offices to voluntarily opt into public financing of their campaigns. The candidate who decides to accept public funds will be allowed to receive $100 donations from [...]
January 05, 2010
Valencia! published a flurry of candidacy declarations as we received word of them. Here’s a summary: City of Belen The City of Belen’s current mayor, Ronnie Torres, decided not to run for reelection last year. While he expressed an interest in a council seat, he said he wouldn’t run for any position. The candidates who [...]
January 05, 2010
Frank A. Otero, a Los Lunas Schools board member, has filed his declaration of candidacy to run for mayor of Los Lunas.
January 04, 2010
With the end of the holidays and the beginning of a new year, municipal elections across the county are getting underway this week. The first political campaign shot was fired by Belen mayoral candidate Rudy Jaramillo who erected a huge billboard along the highway in Belen. The billboard doesn’t say he’s running for anything, but [...]