March 2, 2010, Municipal Election Results
The results from the city of Rio Rancho’s March 2, 2010, municipal election have been canvassed and certified as official by a district court judge.
The official election results include:
| Mayor, four-year term elected at-large |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
| Thomas E. Swisstack (Incumbent) |
1325 |
2924 |
4249 |
| Jim Owen |
379 |
1202 |
1581 |
| District 2 City Councilor, four-year term |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
| Patricia A. Thomas (Incumbent) |
201 |
382 |
583 |
| Federico Cardenas |
85 |
191 |
276 |
| Paul Anthony Valles |
42 |
89 |
131 |
| District 3 City Councilor, four-year term |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
| Denny Muzzey |
106 |
243 |
349 |
| Tamara L. Gutierrez (Incumbent) |
175 |
313 |
488 |
| District 5 City Councilor, four-year term |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
| Timothy C. Crum |
272 |
640 |
912 |
Municipal Judge
four-year term elected at-large |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
| James M. Walker (Incumbent) |
707 |
1526 |
2233 |
| Rodney Lawrence Gabaldon |
123 |
424 |
547 |
| Jeff G. Hartman |
363 |
885 |
1248 |
| G. Robert Cook |
401 |
917 |
1318 |
View (searchable PDF) official and signed canvassing document.
Through the canvassing process, which is in place to ensure the accuracy of election results, it was verified that out of the 48,141 eligible registered voters who could have cast a ballot in this election, 5,852 or 12.16 percent voted.
A
runoff election was held on April 13, 2010, for the municipal judge seat. This runoff election was necessary as no candidate received more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in this contest.
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