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Albuquerque city election results
City elections 2007
Turnout was expected to be low, but Tuesday's vote may have hit new levels. Of 278,731 registered city voters, only about 10 percent cast ballots.
City Councilor Don Harris avoided becoming the first elected official in Albuquerque to be recalled. Outspending his opponents $50,986 to $13,980, he won 66 percent of the District 9 vote.
City Councilor Brad Winter, a longtime opponent of Mayor Martin Chavez, won by a whopping 81 percent margin over newcomer Paulette de'Pascal.
Rey Garduño avoided a runoff in the four-candidate race for District 6 by garnering 49 percent of the vote. He needed 40 percent for a clean win.
For the 12th time, voters denied a proposition that would have raised the salary of city councilors. The proposal would have given them $29,569 a year.
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Here are preliminary results for the municipal election Tuesday.
City Council
District 2
Debbie O'Malley: 3,229
Katherine Martinez: 1,235
District 4*
Brad Winter: 3,086
Paulette de'Pascal: 707
District 6
Rey Garduño: 1,957
Kevin Wilson: 906
Joan Griffin: 799
Blair Kaufman: 344
District 8
Trudy Jones: 2,538 (unopposed).
District 9, Don Harris
Recall: 1,519
Retain: 2,947
• • •
City charter amendments*
To allow City Council to change election day in case of holiday or religious holiday.
Yes: 18,567
No: 7,648
To ban campaign contributions from entities doing business with the city at the time of the contribution.
Yes: 19,136
No: 7,518
To allow the City Council to appoint members to committees, commissions and boards.
Yes: 13,342
No: 12,614
To raise city councilors' salaries from $9,963 a year to $29,569 a year.
Yes: 10,348
No: 15,787
To allow recall elections only after a finding of misconduct; to set the number of signatures needed on a recall petition at 33 percent of votes cast in the previous election for the seat in question; to prohibit recall elections in the last six months of a term.
Yes: 13,716
No: 12,505
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Bond questions*
Public safety bonds ($12.2 million)
Yes: 20,365
No: 8,543
Bonds to enhance senior, family and community centers ($14 million)
Yes: 19,013
No: 9,835
Parks and recreation bonds ($38 million)
Yes: 18,909
No: 9,946
Bonds to modernize city energy conservation and public facilities ($14 million)
Yes: 16,321
No: 12,437
Library bonds ($3 million)
Yes: 20,541
No: 7,899
Street bonds ($45 million)
Yes: 19,800
No: 8,777
Public transportation bonds ($7 million)
Yes: 17,010
No: 11,636
Bonds for storm sewer system ($10 million)
Yes: 20,923
No: 7,966
Zoo, BioPark and cultural facility bonds ($6 million)
Yes: 19,709
No: 9,075
Affordable housing ($10 million)
Yes: 15,335
No: 13,520
*One precinct in District 4 not recorded..
Source: Bernalillo County Clerk's Office
