Melrose ballotPosition 1 school board memberKenneth L. Jacobs (Incumbent) – 76Jubal Ray Pierce – 85Position 2 school board memberScott Dickerman – 128Position 3 school board memberNeal Delk – 140 General obligation school bond question:123 for38 againstPublic School Capital Improvements (2 mill) tax question:122 for35 against Grady ballotPosition 1 school board member Jerome J. Provencio – […]
Castleberry, Hollis maintain magistrate judge positions
November 2, 2010
Liliana Castillo Curry County voters chose to keep both incumbent magistrate judges in Tuesday’s general election. Republican Duane Castleberry won 64 percent of the vote in Division 1 with Democrat candidate Johnny Chavez receiving 36 percent of the vote. That’s 2,256 votes for Castleberry to 1,280 for Chavez. Republican Richard Hollis won 83 percent of […]
Kevin Duncan wins Republican probate judge slot
June 1, 2010
CNJ staff Kevin Duncan won the Republican slot for Curry County Probate Judge on Tuesday and will now finish his race unopposed. Incumbent Duncan edged Ribble Holloman with a 1,604-1,447 final count — a 5.14 percent lead. Duncan said he’s not sure what made the difference for him in the primary. “I knew it was […]
Chandler, King only state AG candidates
February 10, 2010
CNJ staff Incumbent Gary King and Clovis native Matt Chandler were the only candidates to file Tuesday for the New Mexico attorney general’s office. Nominating petitions were filed for the primary election, making official the races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and other state positions. Chandler, 34, is a Republican and two-term 9th District […]
CCC Board of Trustees keep seats
March 3, 2009
CNJ Staff With two incumbent candidates running unopposed, Tuesday’s Clovis Community College Board of Trustees election drew a light turnout. District 3 representative Russell Muffley received five votes while District 5 representative Terry Martin received 10 votes, according to results from the Curry County Clerk’s office. CCC board members serve six-year terms. The board consists […]
School board members keep seats
February 3, 2009
CNJ staff Duwain Hill took a five-vote victory in the only contested race in Tuesday night’s Curry County school board elections. Hill received 58 votes to 53 for James W. Miller for Texico’s Position 4 seat. County board members keeping seats include Max Best and Lola Bryant (Clovis), Bill Page and Phillip Joe Borden (Grady), […]
Three candidates to run for school board
December 16, 2008
CNJ staff The filing period to run for the Clovis Board of Education closed Tuesday with three candidates, two of which are incumbent board members running for re-election. Incumbent Board Member Max Best is running unopposed in District 1. In District 2, Jared Wilhite is challenging incumbent Board President Lola Bryant. The election is Feb. […]
April 15, 2008 Business Briefs
April 14, 2008
Plateau meeting set for Saturday ENMR-Plateau will hold its annual membership meeting Saturday at Marshall Auditorium in Clovis. Registration is from 8-10 a.m. Agenda items for the meeting include reports of officers and committees, election of board of directors and presentation of the 2008 Education Foundation scholarship winners. Incumbent board members seeking re-election this year […]
Incumbents, businessman take commission seats
March 4, 2008
By Gabriel Monte CNJ staff writer Three incumbents and a longtime city restaurant owner captured City Commission seats in Tuesday’s Clovis municipal election. In District 1, incumbent candidate Randal Crowder soundly defeated floral shop owner Rosalie Riley. In District 2, incumbent Fred Van Soelen, a deputy district attorney, beat Ben McDaniel, a furniture store operations […]
Ruling revisits political speech regulations
June 28, 2007
By Freedom Newspapers In 2002 the McCain-Feingold election regulations legislation, or Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), became law. The law made it illegal for a corporation to use its general treasury funds to pay for “electioneering communication,” within 30 days of a federal primary election or 60 days of a federal general election. Despite obvious […]
Hooker defeats incumbent Gosset for Roosevelt sheriff
June 7, 2006
Paula Cronic: Freedom Newspapers There’ll be a new sheriff in town. Challenger Darren Hooker easily defeated incumbent Thomas M. Gossett in Tuesday’s Roosevelt County Sheriff Republican primary. Hooker received 939 votes to 625 for Gossett with all 23 precincts reporting. With no challenger on the Democratic ticket, Hooker will be unopposed in the general election […]
Battle for DA post highlights elections
March 16, 2004
By David Arkin The Brett Carter-Matt Chandler race has officially begun. On Tuesday, both Chandler and Carter filed their appropriate papers with the New Mexico Secretary of State in Santa Fe for the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s post and will face each other in a June 1 primary. The general election will be held on […]
County candidates register for re-election
March 13, 2004
By Jack King Nine people — including incumbents in four races and their challengers — have declared their candidacies for county offices in the June 1 primary election, registration for which is Tuesday. Other candidates still may emerge during the day-long registration period. Registration is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the county clerk’s […]
Texas residents prepare for primaries
March 3, 2004
By Michelle Seeber Texas residents will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on more candidates, this time in their primary election. At the local level in Bailey County, contested races for county commissioner exist in Precinct 1 and Precinct 4. Republican Floyd “Butch” Vandiver and Democrat Rodney Baker are up against incumbent Jack Dunham, […]
Tucumcari election ends in tie
March 3, 2004
By TV Hagenah TUCUMCARI — One Tucumcari city election appears headed for overtime. Incumbent District 2 Commissioner Jimmy R. Sandoval and challenger Christopher Maestas each received 67 votes on Tuesday. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Tucumcari City Clerk Rachel Hicklin. “I’ve heard of it happening in other places but it’s never happened here […]
Texas primary looms for Muleshoe voters
February 10, 2004
By Michelle Seeber MULESHOE — Voters will have 12 local candidates from which to choose in the Texas primary election on March 9. Seven are vying for Bailey County Commission seats. Two are running for sheriff. The remaining offices — two constable positions and the county tax assessor’s seat — are uncontested. County Clerk Sherri […]
