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Legislature: Rep. Salazar poised to keep seat PAge A-4
Voting-rights suit filed Lawyer: Exclusion of independents from primaries is unconstitutional. PAge B-1
Treasurer: Eichenberg wins heated contest PAge A-5
Dems pick King
More WIPP funds sought New Mexico senators request additional money for recovery efforts. PAge B-1
Crash closes I-25 exit
AG will challenge Gov. Martinez in general election
City employee jailed after crashing into a truck carrying drums of hydrochloric acid near Cerrillos Road. PAge B-1
3 ELECTIONS 2014 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
Governor
35% ✓Gary King
23% 20% 14% 8%
Alan Webber Lawrence Rael Howie Morales Linda Lopez
State treasurer
53%
✓Tim Eichenberg 47% John Wertheim
Mayor’s transition team details challenges
Santa Fe County Commission District 1
43%
✓Henry Roybal 42% Daniel Mayfield 15% Kenneth T. Borrego U.S. 3rd Congressional District
88%
✓Ben Ray Luján 12% Robert Blanch
Report cites outdated tech, low morale, key vacancies
First Judicial District
36%
By Uriel J. Garcia
The New Mexican
✓David Thomson 33% Matthew Wilson 31% Yvonne Quintana
Just three months into his term, Mayor Javier Gonzales received sobering news from his transition team Tuesday. City government is handicapped by outdated technology, low morale among employees and vacancies in key positions. The findings were part of a 140-page report presented to city councilors and the mayor in a four-hour, lightly attended meeting at City Hall. All eight members of the council showed up, but halfway through, there were only three left. Those who left the meeting promised they would review the report. The city managers said last week the report would be presented either Wednesday or
Gary King speaks to supporters in Albuquerque after winning the New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial nomination Tuesday. CRAIG FRITZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
By Steve Terrell The New Mexican
ALBUQUERQUE ew Mexico Democrats on Tuesday nominated Attorney General Gary King as their candidate to run against Republican Gov. Susana Martinez in the fall. That was the easy part. Now King faces an incumbent governor who continues to score high in approval ratings, who is sitting on $4.3 million in campaign funds, and who is in command of an experienced attack machine that seems eager for the general election to begin.
N
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Top military officer: POW case not closed
Public Regulation Commission District 4
46%
✓Lynda Lovejoy 32% Theresa Becenti-Aguilar 21% Edward Michael
Election Judge Bill Brown, left, helps Michael Romero cast his ballot Tuesday at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN
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u Santa Fe County sees lukewarm turnout ... u Weh wins GOP nod for U.S. Senate ............. u District judge, PRC, Rio Arriba races .......... u National primary election roundup .............
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Roybal has edge in commissioner’s race
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military officer said Tuesday the Army could still throw the book at Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the young soldier who walked away from his unit in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan and into five years of captivity by the Taliban. Charges are still a possibility, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said as criticism mounted in Congress about Bowe releasing five high-level TalBergdahl iban detainees in exchange for Bergdahl. The Army might still pursue an investigation, Dempsey said, and those results could conceivably lead to desertion or other charges. Congress began holding hearings and briefings into the deal that swapped Bergdahl for Taliban officials who had been held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and several lawmak-
Newcomer takes slim lead over incumbent By Daniel J. Chacón
The New Mexican
Final unofficial vote counts showed political newcomer Henry P. Roybal winning by a slim margin over incumbent Santa Fe County Commis-
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sioner Daniel “Danny” Mayfield on Tuesday night. The lead see-sawed through the night as results were tallied from precincts in the commission’s District 1, which covers northern Santa Fe County, including parts of the cities of Santa Fe and Española, as well as five pueblos and numerous villages, including Tesuque, Pojoaque, Nambé and Chimayó.
Mayfield, 47, could not be reached for comment late Tuesday as to whether he would seek a recount. The final numbers posted on the Secretary of State’s Office website showed Roybal with a victory margin of only 1.76 percentage points over Mayfield in a three-way race. “I am honored that you have
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Arthur Sze: The poet
reads from Compass Rose, 6 p.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226.
Opinions A-7
57%
✓Gus Martinez 32% Phillip Pacheco 10% Sef Valdez
“We worked hard to get here, but I think the real hard part of the race starts tomorrow morning,” King said in a victory speech to Democrats gathered at the DoubleTree hotel. King was flanked by his wife of 26 years, Yolanda King, and his running mate, Debra Haaland, who was unopposed in the lieutenant governor primary. He called them “two of the most powerful women in New Mexico.” “This is the battle for the future of New Mexico, and it starts tomorrow,” King said. New Mexico has wallowed at or near the bottom of the nation in quality of life for
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
The Associated Press
Santa Fe County assessor
Sports B-4
Taste C-1
Santa Fe County magistrate 65% ✓Donita Sena 35% Marcus Romero Santa Fe County probate judge 43% ✓Shannon Broderick Bulman 40% Katherine Basham 17% Frank Fischer REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
U.S. Senate
63%
✓Allen Weh 37% David Clements
State House District 43
53%
✓Geoff Rodgers 47% Vincent Chiravalle
Today
Obituaries
Mostly sunny, breezy and hot. High 96, low 55.
Anthony A. Baca, Albuquerque, June 2 Magda Greenwald Klein, 101, Santa Fe, May 30
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