Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
It's official. Quay County Commissioners completed a canvass Friday of the Nov. 6 2012 General Election and certified all results.
Some 63 percent of the county's registered voters cast ballots in the election.
"This is the highest level of participation in an election since I started," said Quay County Clerk Ellen White.
White said about 53 percent of registered Quay County voters participated in 2008. White said having a central polling location for voters has
contributed to the higher number of participating voters.
Commissioner Robert Lopez said a voter convenience center at the Tucumcari Convention Center seems to be going over well with the public.
Commissioners also:
each for 84 months.
roof. County Manager, Richard Primrose said engineers are
reviewing the bids. He said the issue with the project being done in
the winter is the weather and holiday scheduling.
ordinance will be advertised in the Quay County Sun and a public
meeting will be held on Nov. 26.
Official results of the Quay County General Election Ballot:
Total voters: 3,725
President/Vice President
Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Democratic 1,384
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican 2,202
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution 8
Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian 97
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, New Mexico Independent 13
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green 4
United States Senator
Martin T. Heinrich, Democratic 1.385
Heather A. Wilson, Republican 2,104
Jon Ross Barrie, Independent American 150
U.S. Representative
Ben R. Lujan, Democratic 1,678
Jefferson L. Byrd, Republican 1,924
Justice of the Supreme Court
Barbara J. Vigil, Democratic 1,530
Paul J. Kennedy, Republican 1,948
Judge of the Court of Appeals
M. Monica Zamora, Democratic 1,537
J. Miles Hanisee, Republican 1,924
State Senator, District 7
John Patrick Woods, Republican 1,935
State Senator, District 8
Pete Campos, Democratic 564
State Representative, District 67
Dennis J. Roch, Republican 2,746
District Attorney, 10th Judicial District
Timothy Lee Rose, Democratic 2,630
Public Education Commission
Carolyn Kennedy Shearman, Democratic 2, 280
County Commissioner, District 1
Sue Dowell, Democratic 2,068
Wendell J. Smith, Independent 1,363
County Commissioner, District 2
Michael W. Cherry, Republican 2,672
County Clerk
Veronica Olguin Marez, Democratic 2,574
County Treasurer
Nadine K. Angel, Democratic 2,685
Election of Non-Partisan Judges
Shall Richard C. Bosson be retained as Supreme Court Justice?
Yes 2,143
No 834
Shall Roderick T. Kennedy be retained as Supreme Court Justice?
Yes 2,192
No 791
Shall Michael Vigil be retained as Supreme Court Justice?
Yes 2,034
No 939
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 1,762
Against 1,349
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 2,235
Against 854
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 1,261
Against 1,709
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 1,259
Against 1,771
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 1,531
Against 1,459
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 1,703
Against 1,399
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 1,659
Against 1,440
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 1,894
Against 1,300