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Bernalillo County will have a new clerk, treasurer and District 2 commissioner after November’s election.
Seven Bernalillo County elected positions are on the ballot, and 18 candidates have filed and qualified, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office.
Primaries are June 4, with a general election Nov. 5.
Second Judicial District Attorney Sam Bregman will face a challenger in the Democratic primary: Former U.S. Attorney of New Mexico Damon Martinez.
Treasurer Nancy Bearce cannot run for reelection after serving two consecutive terms, but former New Mexico state treasurer Tim Eichenberg has filed as a Democrat to run for the seat. Eichenberg served as Bernalillo County treasurer in the 1970s. He will face Kenneth Scott, who previously served as deputy treasurer and deputy assessor for Bernalillo County, in the primary. Lelan Morrison will run for the seat as a Republican.
Two Democrats and two Republicans are vying to replace County Clerk Linda Stover. The Republican candidates are Robert Kwasny and Clayton Pryor. The Democratic candidates are Deputy County Clerk Michelle Kavanaugh and Karen Montoya, who previously served on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.
District 2 Commissioner and Democrat Steven Michael Quezada cannot run for reelection because he will have served two consecutive four-year terms. Two Democrats, Frank Baca and William Walker, and one Republican, Mary Ingham, hope to fill the seat.
District 3 Commissioner, Democrat Adriann Barboa, is running for reelection. She will have two Democratic primary challengers, Robert Padilla and Laura Nasaria-Chavez, and one Republican opponent, Rene Coronado.
District 4 Commissioner, Republican Walt Benson, is running for reelection with no opposing candidates.
Division 11 Metro Court Judge Shonnetta Estrada will also reclaim her position with no opposition.