Cibola County voters cast ballots in local races
More than 4 000 of Cibola County's 12 000 registered voters turned out for local and state offices on Tuesday night. Eileen Martinez won the county clerk race with 968 votes, defeating Regina Sandoval at 823. US Representative District 2 candidate Michael Montoya defeated Michael Runnels with 54 percent. Local races featured several Democratic candidates and a contested clerk's race.
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Grants
Cibola County
Patricia Aragon
Cibola
Scounty
Eileen Martinez
Regina Sandoval
Michael Montoya
Michael Runnels
W. Lee
Fiery Car Death Investigated as Murder in Chinle
Navajo police investigate a car fire near Salina Trading Post as a possible murder. A burned driver’s body was found in a Chevrolet. FBI involvement cited. Call Chinle police at (520) 674-2000, ask for Investigator Pat Thompson with tips.
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Chinle
Ariz
Salina, Trading
Pat Thompson
Salina’ ‘Trading Post
Bureau of Indian Affairs
FBI
Thompson
McKinley County Primary Results Tie Up Local Races
In McKinley County Democratic primaries George Galanis defeated Casey Watchman for magistrate judge division 2. Galanis led in reservation precincts and finished with 3359 votes to 2667. Carol Sloan won county clerk easily with 38564? wait. Long defeated Yolanda Ahasteen-Azua for county treasurer. Rainaldi won state senate district 4, Pederson trailing, amid 29039 voters statewide turnout about 29 percent with 9,239 voters in McKinley County.
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Bill Donovan
Gallup
George’ Galanis
Casey Watchman
McKinley County
Karl Gilson
Carol Sloan
Charley Long
Yolanda Ahasteen-Azua
McKinley
W. Keni Martinez
Leo’ Watchman
Lidia’ Rainaldi
John Pinto
Pat‘Ticia
Lundstrom
Rose Marie Sandoval
Gillson
Sloan
Long
Martinez
Watchman
Galanis
Huskie E. Kee
Robert W. Leyba Jr
Tommy McDonald
Ahasteen-Azua
Peared
Rainaldi
R. David Pederson
Senate
Pederson
Clara B. Chicharello
Chicharello
San Juan County
State Race Roster Lists Local Candidates for Various Posts
The list shows State Senator Dist. 4 Lidio G Rainaldi and Dist. 3 John Pinto, State Representative Dist. 5 Patty A Lundstrom, Dist. 9 Leo Watchman, Dist. 69 W Ken Martinez, plus county offices including NcKinsey County District Attorney Karl Gillson, Magistrate Judge George Galanis, County Clerk Carol Sloan, County Treasurer Charles Long, Lemeel Martinez, District Judge Camille Olguin, and Regina Sandoval Norma Dominguez Gregory Tucker Vickie Robinson.
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Lidio
G. Rainaldi
John Pinto
NcKinsey County
Karl Gillson
George
Galanis
Carol Sloan
Charles Long
Lemeel Martinez
Camille Olguin
Regina Sandoval
Norma. Dominguez
Gregory
Tucker County
Vickie
Robinson
Lundstrom Wins Democratic Nomination for District 5 Seat
Patty Lundstrom captures the Democratic nomination for New Mexico District 5 state representative over Rose Marie Sandoval by 316 votes, 1 583 to 1 267, and will face Republican Daniel Kruis in November. She credits organization and her campaign team, pledging support to Gallup residents and focusing on economic development and school funding. Her past campaigns and coalition-building experience are cited by family and aides as key to her primary win.
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Gallup
Patty Lundstrom
Lundstrom
Rose Marie
Shorty” Sandoval
Daniel Kruis
Congress
Tom Udall
Eric Senna
Charles Lundstrom
Santa Fe
Albuquerque Rio Grande
Ron Berg
Berg
New Mexico
Diane Bonaguidi
Novemer
Gillson Wins 11th Judicial District Attorney Nomination
Zarana Sangham reports Karl Gillson wins the Democratic primary for 11th Judicial District Attorney with 44.2 percent, defeating incumbent Mary Helen Baber and rival Marcella King-Ben as reservation precincts shift votes and Navajo support shapes the outcome. Baber led city precincts, Gillson carried outlying areas, and the race hinges on Native American voting blocs with final results pending official certification.
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Gallup
Karl Gillson
11Th Judicial
Mary Helen Baber
Democratic Party
el Rancho
Gillson
Baber
Marcella King-Ben
King-Ben
Baker
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Christopher Schurtz
Kee
Frostad
Jennifer
Democratic Unity
Patty A. Lundstrom
Michael Fagans
Sasha Spencer
South Fire Station
Zarana Sangham
Reservation
King-Ber
Elizabeth Calamity
Calamity
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