2022 PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS
There are several big ticket primaries being voted on in in this election including: District Court Judge, magistrate judge, and the republican candidate to run against MLG in November. As of 7:00 pm voting polls were officially closed statewide but vote totals for both Curry and Roosevelt County continued to be counted. Ballots will be counted as they come into county clerk’s offices in Clovis and Portales as well as other county seats throughout the state. Results will be reported to the Secretary of State’s office in Santa Fe and official totals will be updated as they are received.
Benjamin Cross held his 9th Judicial District judge’s seat while Stephen Whittington won his position of Clovis’ magistrate judge in Division 2 in Tuesday’s primary election.
In Roosevelt County, Javier Sanchez is the newest sheriff, while Roy Criswell and Paul Grider won county commission seats.
None of the local Republican winners on Tuesday face Democratic opposition in November. Independent and write-in candidates have until the end of this month to declare candidacy for the General Election.
Mark Ronchetti has won the Republican primary for governor with 68,266 total votes that make up 58% of New Mexico voters.
There were five names on the ballot: Jay Block, Rebecca Dow, Ethel Maharg, Greg Zanetti and Ronchetti.
The complete list of State officals will be updated once all ballots are counted for New Mexico. Tonight’s winners in each category will be represented in italics.
As of 9:27 pm here are the unofficial totals for our local races:
State Representative, District 63
Final
Martin Zamora, 594 votes
State Representative, District 64
Final
Andrea R. Reeb, 1,442
State Representative, District 67
Final
Jackey O. Chatfield, 792
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Position 1(Curry and Roosevelt)
Gerald Edward Baca (D): 819
Sophie I. Cooper (L) (write-in)
Barbara V. Johnson (R): 4,106
Judge of the Court of Appeals, Position 2 (Curry and Roosevelt)
Katherine Anne Wray (D): 807
Stephen P. Curtis (L): 61
Gertrude Lee (R): 4,061
District Court Judge 9th Judicial District Division 01(Curry and Roosevelt)
Shaun Burns (R): 1,698
Benjamin Cross (R): 3,574
CURRY
Magistrate Judge, Division 1
Janemarie Vanderdussen (R)
Magistrate Judge, Division 2
Stephen R. Whittington (R): 896
Eleisa Loera Munoz (R): 543
Donald Thomas Sawyer (R): 345
Jandi A. Stanfield (R): 784
County Commissioner, District 1
Fidel M. Madrid (D)
County Commissioner, District 2
Bradley Dean Bender (R)
County Commissioner, District 3
Norman L. Kia (R): 111
Lisa R. Pellegrino (R): 221
Dusty W. Leatherwood (R): 405
County Sheriff
Michael D. Reeves (R): 2,840
County Assessor
Randa K. Jesko (R): 2,737
Probate Judge
Michael R. Wells (R): 1,538
Hollie L. Barnett (R): 1,692
ROOSEVELT
Magistrate Judge
Christopher A. Mitchell (R)
County Sheriff
Ryan Dude Ainsworth (R): 224
Javier Sanchez (R): 1,025
Darrel W. Chenault (R): 775
County Assessor
Stevin L. Floyd (R)
County Commissioner, District 3
Sawyer Kee May (R): 139
Billy Bob Cathey (R): 146
Roy L. Criswell (R): 186
County Commissioner, District 4
Tina M. Dixon (R)
County Commissioner, District 5
Glynn E. Wilhoit, Jr. (R): 215
Paul E. Grider (R): 250
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