Seven campaign signs for one of the candidates, Barbara Jordan, have disappeared or been defaced.Jordan said she was stunned when friends and supporters told her that campaign signs were missing. One was in a neighbor’s yard. It had a black “X” spray painted across the front.
From County officials being sworn-in, schools reopening and Intel's $3.5 billion upgrade to new companies and health clinics opening their doors, community events returning and County redistricting, there were multiple stories that the Rio Rancho Observer monitored and covered in 2021.
On last week’s editorial page of the Rio Rancho Observer, one of the newspaper’s reporters explained what the Democratic Party of Sandoval County needs to do to win elections, and in a separate opinion column, the Republican chair of the Sandoval County Commission explained the superiority of the recent county redistricting that he and his fellow Republican commissioners passed.
Rather than pouting and self-pitying over the 3-2 county commission vote in favor of Plan D for county redistricting, and further feeding into the circus-like atmosphere this matter quickly turned into, the Democratic Party of Sandoval County would be wise to get a head start preparing for 2024, as three county commission seats will be up for grabs.
After several tense, grueling hours discussing multiple redistricting plans that included two new alternative plans, the Sandoval County Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to OK Plan D as the next commission district map. Under Plan D, put forth by former Republican legislator Rod Adair through his business New Mexico Demographic Research on Nov. 18, District 3 covers the northern part of Rio Rancho, rather than running along the eastern border as before. Additionally, Algodones moves from District 1 to District 5.