Quay County General Election Ballot

Results unofficial until Friday's canvass

President/Vice President

• Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic — 1,382

• Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican — 2,194

• Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution — 8

• Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian — 97

• Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, New Mexico Independent —11

• Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green — 4

U.S. Senator

• Martin T. Heinrich, Democratic — 1.383

• Heather A. Wilson, Republican —2,095

• Jon Ross Barrie, Independent American — 150

U.S. Representative

• Ben R. Lujan, Democratic — 1,674

• Jefferson L. Byrd, Republican — 1,917

Justice of the Supreme Court

• Barbara J. Vigil, Democratic — 1,526

• Paul J. Kennedy, Republican — 1,942

Judge of the Court of Appeals

• M. Monica Zamora, Democratic — 1,532

• J. Miles Hanisee, Republican — 1,919

State Senator, District 7

• John Patrick Woods, Republican — 1,931

State Senator, District 8

• Pete Campos, Democratic — 561

State Representative, District 67

• Dennis J. Roch, Republican — 2,736

District Attorney,

10th Judicial District

• Timothy Lee Rose, Democratic2,620

County Commissioner, District 1

• Sue Dowell, Democratic 2,061

• Wendell J. Smith, Independent 1,359

County Commissioner, District 2

Michael W. Cherry, Republican 2,662

County Clerk

• Veronica Olguin Marez, Democratic — 2,565

County Treasurer

• Nadine K. Angel, Democratic — 2,676

Election of Non-Partisan Judges

Shall Richard C. Bosson be retained as Supreme Court Justice?

• Yes — 2,137

• No — 829

Shall Roderick T. Kennedy be retained as Supreme Court Justice?

• Yes — 2,185

• No — 787

Shall Michael Vigil be retained as Supreme Court Justice?

• Yes — 2,021

• No — 931

Constitutional Amendments

Amendment 1: Proposing an amendment to Article 6, Section 32 of the Constitution of New Mexico to provide for two additional members to sit on the judicial standards commission, a municipal judge and a public member.

• For — 1,755

• Against — 1,345

Amendment 2: Proposing an amendment to Article 11, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to increase the qualifications for public regulation commissioners.

• For — 2,227

• Against — 852

Amendment 3: Proposing to amend Article 11, Section 2 of the Constitution of New Mexico and to enact a new section of Article 11 to remove authority to charter and regulate corporations from the public regulation commission and provide authority to charter corporations to the secretary of state.

• For — 1,258

• Against — 1,701

Amendment 4: Proposing to amend Article 11 of the Constitution of New Mexico to remove the regulation of insurance companies and others engaged in risk assumption from the public regulation commission and place it under a superintendent of insurance appointed by the insurance nominating committee as provided by law.

• For — 1,255

• Against — 1,764

Amendment 5: Proposing an amendment to Article 6 of the Constitution of New Mexico to add a new section that provides for the organization of an independent public defender department.

• For — 1,523

• Against — 1,456

Bond questions

Bond Question A: The 2012 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed ten million three hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($10,335,000) to make capital expenditures for certain senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition projects and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

• For — 1,697

• Against — 1,393

Bond Question B: The 2012 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of library acquisition and construction bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed nine million eight hundred thirty thousand dollars($9,830,000) to make capital expenditures for academic, public school, tribal and public library resource acquisitions and construction and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

• For — 1,652

• Against — 1,436

Bond Question C: The 2012 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of higher education and special schools capital improvement and acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred twenty million dollars ($120,000,000) to make capital improvements and acquisitions for certain higher education and special schools and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

• For — 1,875

• Against — 1,298