The eyes of the nation and the world are on the Democratic presidential showdown between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, for whom this mini-Super Tuesday may be a last stand.

But today's also the day for municipal elections across New Mexico, including two of its largest cities -- Rio Rancho and Santa Fe. In fact, local elections are being held in every New Mexico municipality except for Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Gallup and Los Alamos.

If, as has been said, all politics is local, casting your vote in these elections is arguably more important to your day-to-day life than the presidential contest.

In Rio Rancho, voters will be deciding on a mayor and three City Council seats as well as a tax to bring a branch of University of New Mexico to the city, and in Santa Fe four council seats and several charter amendments are on the line, according to New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan this morning.

And to find out what's at stake in Rio Rancho -- and in Corrales' and Bernalillo's local elections, here's this morning's Journal story. And here's everything you need to know by way of background for the Rio Rancho, Corrales and Bernalillo votes.

They're not voting today in Las Cruces, but municipal elections are being held nearby in Mesilla, Hatch and Sunland Park, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.

In Clovis, voters will be picking a new mayor, four city commissioners and will decide whether to allow Sunday liquor sales, the Clovis News Journal reported.

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