ABQ Mayor and Metropolis Council Election Outcomes

DECISION. BUT FIRST, LESS THAN THREE HOURS LEFT UNTIL POLLS CLOSE IN ALBUQUERQUE’S HIGH-STAKES RUNOFF ELECTION TONIGHT. KOAT HAS TEAM COVERAGE OF THOSE CRITICAL RACES, INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF MAYOR. ALIYAH CHAVEZ IS TRACKING MAYOR TIM KELLER’S REELECTION PUSH. SHE JOINS US LIVE NOW. YEAH. TONIGHT, TIM KELLER IS LOOKING TO MAKE HISTORY AS THE VERY FIRST PERSON TO BE ELECTED TO A THIRD TERM AS ALBUQUERQUE’S MAYOR. HE’S RUNNING HARD ON HIS RECORD, CITING CRIME NUMBERS THAT HAVE GONE DOWN, INCLUDING VIOLENT CRIME. HE SAYS THAT THERE’S BEEN A 14% DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. TODAY. KELLER HAS BEEN ALL ACROSS THE CITY, MAKING STOPS AT POLLING LOCATIONS AND MAKING A FINAL PUSH TO VOTERS. WELL, I VOTED SATURDAY, THE LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING, AND I USUALLY DO THAT BECAUSE THAT WAY I CAN TAKE MY KIDS SO THEY’RE NOT IN SCHOOL. AND SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING TIME. THEY DO THE SAMPLE BALLOTS AND I WILL SAY FOR THEM IT WAS A LITTLE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE CHOICE ON THE BALLOT, LIKE JUST ONE RACE. YOU KNOW, THEY’D NEVER SEEN A BALLOT LIKE THAT. AND SO THEY WERE LIKE, IS THIS REAL? THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE’RE VOTING FOR. I WAS LIKE, YEAH. AND KELLER SAYS THAT WHAT MATTERS THE MOST RIGHT NOW IS TURNOUT. HE WANTS FOLKS TO GET OUT THERE AND HIT THE POLLS. NO MATTER WHO YOU’RE SUPPORTING. COMING UP AT FIVE, WE HAVE HIS SHARPENED FINAL MESSAGE TO HIS OPPONENT, DARREN WHITE. AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND OUR JASON MCNABB. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE HERE AT THE MARRIOTT COURTYARD AT THE JOURNAL CENTER, WHERE THE WATCH PARTY FOR DARREN WHITE’S CAMPAIGN IS CURRENTLY BEING SET UP. AS YOU CAN SEE, TABLES AND CHAIRS ARE JUST BEING BROUGHT IN HERE RIGHT NOW. THE WHITE TEAM HAS NOT QUITE ARRIVED OVER HERE YET. I DID GET THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH DARREN WHITE ON THE PHONE EARLIER TODAY. HOWEVER, HE DID SAY THAT HE DID GO TO VOTE, ONLY TOOK HIM ABOUT A COUPLE MINUTES AND HE SAID THE TURNOUT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD, SO WE HOPE TO HEAR MORE FROM HIM COMING UP AT FIVE AND SIX ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS IN STORE FOR THIS FINAL PUSH, AND WHAT HE HAS TO SAY TO MAYOR KELLER. THAT’S ALL COMING UP SOON TO TOSS THINGS OVER TO FAITH EGBUONU. JASON. THANK YOU. THERE ARE THREE HOURS LEFT UNTIL THE POLLS CLOSE. EARLY VOTING DID END ON SATURDAY OF THE VOTE. SO FAR, 53% ARE DEMOCRATS, FOLLOWED BY 23% REPUBLICAN. MORE THAN 83,000 EARLY VOTERS IN TOTAL. THOUGH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE TURNED OUT AT A HIGHER RATE FOR THIS YEAR’S ELECTION, KOAT POLITICAL EXPERT BRIAN SANDEROFF TELLS US SOME VOTERS ARE STILL IN LIMBO, WITH ROUGHLY 25% REGISTERED INDEPENDENT VOTERS IN ALBUQUERQUE. ONLY 40 ONLY, EXCUSE ME, 14% HAVE CAST THEIR BALLOTS SO FAR. THE REASONS BEING SOME ARE YOUNGER, LESS PARTIZAN, AND LACK MOTIVATION. HOWEVER, THOSE NUMBERS COULD STILL CHANGE TODAY. BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE TURNING OUT A PRETTY HIGH RATES RIGHT NOW. INDEPENDENTS ARE LAGGING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED EARLY BY MAIL, IT WAS LIKE 3 TO 1 DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS LIKE TO VOTE ON ELECTION DAY. SO DO INDEPENDENTS. A LOT OF INDEPENDENTS ARE LAST MINUTE VOTERS. AND YOU HAVE UNTIL 7 P.M. TO CAST YOUR BALLOT. OFFICIALS TELL US AS LONG AS YOU’RE IN LINE BY 7 P.M., YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. FAITH EGBUONU KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND STICK WITH KOAT. WE WILL HAVE REAL TIME UPDATES ON THOSE RACES ON KOAT.COM AND CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. OUR POLITICAL ANALYST JOINS US IN STUDIO WIT

ABQ Runoff Election 2025: Outcomes for Albuquerque mayor & metropolis council

The race for Albuquerque Mayor led to a runoff between incumbent Mayor Tim Keller and challenger Darren White.Observe alongside beneath for outcomes from the runoff election as they arrive in all through Tuesday as soon as polls shut. A dwell weblog beneath will element outcomes as they arrive in for the mayoral and metropolis council races.Stay weblog 7:14 p.m. – A number of polling websites stay open to permit voters who arrived earlier than near forged their ballots.7:05 p.m. – Polls are set to start wrapping up their operations after opening at 7 a.m. Tuesday.The mayoral race was crowded with six individuals vying to develop into mayor, through the election in November.Additionally being contested within the metropolis’s runoff election are metropolis council districts 1 and three. District 1 entails challengers Joshua Neal and Stephanie Telles, who’re competing for the seat beforehand held by Louie Sanchez.Incumbent Klarissa Peña faces off with Teresa Garcia within the District 3 race.No candidate in any of the three races acquired 50% of the vote required to win the seat. Resulting from these outcomes, the highest two candidates face one another in a runoff election to find out a winner. Albuquerque Metropolis Council Election Outcomes Metropolis Council Districts 1 and three are being contested in a runoff. Observe together with outcomes from every race beneath.Albuquerque Mayor Election ResultsIn the November election, incumbent mayor Tim Keller acquired 36% of the vote. Challenger Darren White acquired 31% of the vote. Alex Uballez acquired simply over 25,200 votes, totaling 18.7% of the votes casted.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

The race for Albuquerque Mayor led to a runoff between incumbent Mayor Tim Keller and challenger Darren White.

Observe alongside beneath for outcomes from the runoff election as they arrive in all through Tuesday as soon as polls shut. A dwell weblog beneath will element outcomes as they arrive in for the mayoral and metropolis council races.

Stay weblog

7:14 p.m. – A number of polling websites stay open to permit voters who arrived earlier than near forged their ballots.

7:05 p.m. – Polls are set to start wrapping up their operations after opening at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

The mayoral race was crowded with six individuals vying to develop into mayor, through the election in November.

Additionally being contested within the metropolis’s runoff election are metropolis council districts 1 and three. District 1 entails challengers Joshua Neal and Stephanie Telles, who’re competing for the seat beforehand held by Louie Sanchez.

Incumbent Klarissa Peña faces off with Teresa Garcia within the District 3 race.

No candidate in any of the three races acquired 50% of the vote required to win the seat. Resulting from these outcomes, the highest two candidates face one another in a runoff election to find out a winner.

Albuquerque Metropolis Council Election Outcomes

Metropolis Council Districts 1 and three are being contested in a runoff. Observe together with outcomes from every race beneath.

Albuquerque Mayor Election Outcomes

Within the November election, incumbent mayor Tim Keller acquired 36% of the vote. Challenger Darren White acquired 31% of the vote.

Alex Uballez acquired simply over 25,200 votes, totaling 18.7% of the votes casted.