Unopposed candidates win, of course; other bond issues easily win approval

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Sign marks the spot where voters entered at Community of Joy Lutheran Church Tuesday. (Garrison Wells/Observer)

Gary Herron Gary Herron Gary Herron Sports Editor
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In addition to the school board race and bond questions in the City of Vision Tuesday, voters in Corrales and Bernalillo also went to the polls.

  • In Corrales, three village councilors and a judge ran unopposed.

District 2 candidate William Woldman received 228 votes; District 5 candidate Zachary Burnett received 186 votes; District 6 candidate Stuart Murray received 187 votes; judge Michelle Frechette received 1,301 votes.

All three bond issues passed easily: The flood control bond was OK’d by 78%of the voters; the fire department bond received 81% favorable votes; and the open space question won approval by 80%.

  • In Bernalillo, three school board candidates ran unopposed: In District 1, Christine Suina got 367 votes; in District 4, Cordelia Chavez received 588 votes; and in District 5, Paul Madrid got 254 votes.

The Senate Bill 9 question for the school district also passed, 64% to 36%.

  • Also of interest to area residents, the Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) $80 million bond question was also passed, 64% to 36%.

Additionally, District 6 CNM board member Virginia Trujillo, first elected to the board in 2015, ran unopposed and garnered 2,233 votes.

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