Sample ballot

Here are candidates and issues on the general election ballot. Absentee voting runs through Oct. 31. Early voting is Oct. 18 through Nov. 1. Election Day is Nov. 4. For more information, contact the Curry County clerk’s office at 575-763-5591.

U.S SENATOR

• Allen E. Weh, R

• Tom Udall, D

U.S REPRESENTATIVE

District 3

• Jefferson L. Byrd, R

• Ben R. Lujan, D

GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

• Susana A. Martinez and John A. Sanchez, R

• Gary K. King and Debra A. Haaland, D

SECRETARY OF STATE

• Dianna J. Duran, R

• Maggie Toulouse Oliver, D

STATE AUDITOR

• Robert J. Aragon, R

• Timothy M. Keller, D

STATE TREASURER

• Rick J. Lopez, R

• Tim Eichenberg, D

ATTORNEY GENERAL

• Susan M. Riedel, R

• Hector Balderas, D

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS

• Aubrey Dunn, R

• Ray Bennett Powell, D

JUDGE OF COURT OF APPEALS

• J. Miles Hanisee, R

• Kerry C. Kiernan, D

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

• George Dodge, Jr., D

District 64

• Randal S. Crowder, R

District 67

• Dennis J. Roch, R

PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION

District 2

• Patrick H. Lyons, R

DISTRICT JUDGE

9th Judicial District

Division 3

• Fred Travis Vansoelen, R

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

9th Judicial District

• Andrea R. Reeb, R

• Jennifer Jean Burrill, D

MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Division 1

• Duane Castleberry, R

• Terry Martin, D

MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Division 2

• Richard L. Hollis, Jr., R

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

District 1

• Angelina Baca, D

COUNTY COMMISSIONER

District 3

• Chet Spear, R

COUNTY ASSESSOR

• Candace Morrison, R

COUNTY SHERIFF

• Wesley Waller, R

PROBATE JUDGE

• Mark E. Lansford, R

• Michael R. Wells

JUDICIAL RETENTION

• Shall STEPHEN K. QUINN be retained as 9th Judicial District Court?

• Shall DREW D. TATUM be retained as 9th Judicial District Court?

• Shall DONNA J. MOWRER be retained as 9th Judicial District Court?

• Shall DAVID P. REEB be retained as 9th Judicial District Court?

• Shall EDWARD L CHAVEZ be retained as Justice of the Supreme Court?

• Shall LINDA M. VANZI be retained as Judge of the Court of Appeals?

• Shall JIM WECHSLER be retained as Judge of the Court of Appeals?

• Shall CYNTHIA A. FRY be retained as Judge of the Court of Appeals?

STATE

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1

• Proposing to amend Article 7. Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to provide that school elections shall be held at different times from partisan elections.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2

• Proposing to amend Article 12, Section 13 of the Constitution of New Mexico to change the board of regents of Northern New Mexico State School by filing one regent position with a student.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 3

• Proposing to amend Article 6 of the Constitution of New Mexico to allow the Legislature to set the date for filing declarations of candidacy for judicial retention elections.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 4

• Proposing to amend Article 10, Section 10 of the Constitution of New Mexico to allow certain counties to become urban counties and to clarify the majority vote needed to adopt a county charter.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 5

• Proposing to amend Article 12, Section 7 of the Constitution of New Mexico to preserve the land grant permanent funds by increasing the duty of care, removing the restrictions on the type of investment that may be made and increasing the threshold amount for additional distributions.

BOND QUESTION A

• The 2014 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 seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) 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 issuance of the bonds and the collection of the taxes permitted by law?

BOND QUESTION B

• The 2014 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of library acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) to make capital expenditures for academic, public school, tribal and public library resource acquisitions 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.

BOND QUESTION C

• The 2014 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of higher education, special schools and tribal schools capital improvement and acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred forty-one million dollars ($141,000,000) to make capital expenditures for certain higher education, special schools and tribal schools capital improvements and acquisitions 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.