Otero County’s unofficial election results are in.
Republican Christopher Glidden won the Otero County Commission District 1 seat Tuesday, defeating Democrat Alan Gonzalez 2,593 votes to 2,260, or 53.4% to 46.6%, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office.
In County Commission District 2, Republican Jonathan Emery defeated independent Evan Lambert 2,947 to 1,628, or 64.4% to 35.6%.
Republicans ran unopposed for other county offices: Geraldine Yazza Martinez for sheriff, with 12,475 votes; James Bowman for assessor, with 11,736; and Jessica Suggs for probate judge, with 11,519.
Magistrate judge candidates Cindy J. Garza, a Democrat, and Republicans John Secrest III and Joseph Cutts ran unopposed, according to the secretary of state’s website, where results are not finalized.
Results in the 12th Judicial District Court Division 2 race and state Senate District 33 had not been posted. Results also had not been posted for retention votes on state District Judges Stephen Ochoa and Angie Schneider, state Supreme Court Justices David Thomson and Shannon Bacon, and Court of Appeals Judge J. Miles Hanisee.
According to the secretary of state, in state House District 51, Republican John Block defeated independent Grace Nagamine 5,037 to 4,045, or 55.5% to 44.5%, with all 31 precincts reporting. In House District 53, Democrat Sarah Silva won a second term over Republican Ben Luna Jr., 4,759 to 2,987, or 61.4% to 38.6%.
Republicans Jonathan Henry in House District 54 and Harlan Vincent in House District 56 ran unopposed and received 6,305 and 8,195 votes, respectively.
Otero County voters rejected a Local Economic Development Act gross receipts tax 9,971 to 5,818, or 63.2% to 36.8%.
According to NBC News figures reported by 2nd Life Media:
Democrat Deb Haaland defeated Republican Gregg Hull in the governor’s race with 57.2% of the vote, with about 98% counted. The Associated Press declared Haaland the winner, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., won reelection with 63.2% of the vote over Republican write-in candidate Larry Marker.
In the 2nd Congressional District, which includes Otero County, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., defeated Republican Greg Cunningham with 58.7% of the vote.
Statewide, voters approved all four constitutional amendments, including one allowing legislators to be paid salaries beginning in 2029, and all three general obligation bond questions, the Albuquerque Journal reported. The bonds provide $21.6 million for senior citizen facilities, $19.3 million for libraries and $352.2 million for higher education, special schools and tribal schools.
Results are unofficial until the county canvass. County and legislative results were last updated by the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office at 4:56 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4; the office’s statewide race results had not been updated as of 8:38 a.m. Find results on the secretary of state’s website.