December 5, 2020
UPDATED: Judge impounds Grant Count ballots at Republican request Written by Makayla Grijalva on December 5, 2020
Two defeated Republicans, Grant County Commission District 5 candidate Tom Shelley and District 28 state Senate candidate James “Jimbo” Williams, filed a motion in District Court last week to impound Grant County’s general election ballots.
“It’s just a right, and both of our races were close,” Shelley told the Daily Press on Saturday. “It’s very expensive to pay the county clerk to do a recount but we are just going to do a little audit, and this way is less expensive.”
Williams also filed a petition to impound ballots in Socorro County, which were also taken into custody by New Mexico State Police last week. While the court order to impound the ballots in Grant County did not include terms for the inspection of the ballots, the court order signed in S
Recount confirms Foy’s slim victory Written by Makayla Grijalva on December 4, 2020
After a state-mandated automatic recount for the Sixth Judicial District judge’s seat, Democrat Jim Foy’s slim victory of less than 200 votes was confirmed over Republican William Perkins. After the recount’s completion, none of the three counties in the district reported any changes to the number of votes recorded.
Foy, who has held the seat since he was appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in March 2019, said that he would continue to serve to the best of his ability.
“I’m just going to continue to be the best judge I can be,” he said. “I’m going to listen to cases and I’m going to give people their say, and I’m going to make decisions and I’m going to do so in a respectful manner.”
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Construction workers make headway on the Hurley water project along U.S. 180 early in 2020. The project was beset by difficulties this year, mainly involving the two new wells drilled west of town to produce water for the municipality, which has always depended on water provided by the Chino Mines Company.
The town of Hurley still has plans for moving forward in the new year on a yearslong water supply project that hit several snags in early 2020, as well as the consolidation of its police department with Bayard’s. The Hurley project included drilling wells to provide water for its residents independent of mining company Freeport-McMoRan, which has been selling the town water since it became an incorporated municipality in 1956. Hurley was originally constructed as a company town for the smelter of the Chino Mines Company, now owned by Freeport-McMoRan. The mine has continued to extend its agreement to sell water to the town since Hurley embarked on its
Gov appoints Correa Hemphill early Written by Geoffrey Plant on December 30, 2020
Just days before she was set to officially take office Jan. 1, District 28 state Sen.-elect Siah Correa Hemphill was appointed Tuesday by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to fill the short-term vacancy of the Senate seat that the first-time Democratic candidate won in the November general election. Correa Hemphill beat out Catron County Republican James “Jimbo” Williams in November. About a month later, incumbent Democratic District 28 state Sen. Gabriel Ramos, whom Correa Hemphill bested in the June primary, resigned to take a job with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, leaving the seat temporarily vacant. “Your term commences immediately,” Lujan Grisham wrote to Correa Hemphill in the appointment letter, dated Dec. 29. Although commissioners in both Grant County and Socorro County met and separately
Dec 24, 2020
Ward 2 Tahlequah City Council candidate Gary Cacy has announced that he will remain in the race, after all.
On Dec. 16, Cacy said he would be withdrawing from the February election after word began circulating about some trouble he d had.
âMy character and my reputation were immediately being questioned from day one of the campaign, and I didnât want to go through that,â said Cacy. âI didnât think I deserved it, and if I wasn t going to be appreciated for my willingness to come forward to serve the city, I didnât want to proceed.â
City Clerk DeAnna Hammons spoke with the election board and was told Cacyâs name was still going be on the ballot for the nonpartisan election.