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Two Republican members of the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 City Council fended off challenges from Democratic opponents on Tuesday, while Councilor Klarissa Pe帽a appears headed to a runoff against challenger Teresa Garcia.

In the two-way contest for the District 5 seat, incumbent Councilor Dan Lewis was leading with 54% of the vote over challenger Athenea Allen.

And unofficial results for District 9 in far Southeast sa国际传媒官网网页入口 show incumbent Councilor Renee Grout leading with 55% of the vote over challenger Colton Newman.

In the City Council contest for an open seat in District 1, unofficial results show Stephanie Telles leading with 36% of the vote to 26% for second-place candidate Joshua Neal. The two appear headed to a runoff.

In District 7, Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn defeated her write-in opponent, Jaemes Shanley, with 88% of the vote, according to unofficial results.

Brian Sanderoff of Research & Polling Inc. called all the City Council races at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The District 1 contest attracted four candidates vying to succeed Councilor Louie Sanchez, a retired police officer and self-described 鈥渕oderate Democrat,鈥� who chose not to seek a second term and pursued an unsuccessful bid for mayor.

The crowded field included Ahren Griego, a retired sa国际传媒官网网页入口 firefighter; Neal, a civil engineer; Telles, a forensic accountant and fraud examiner; and Daniel Leiva, a lawyer, city employee and small business owner.

Griego, Telles and Leiva identify as Democrats. Neal did not list a party affiliation.

The West Side District 1 lies north of Central Avenue and stretches nearly to Paseo del Norte.

District 3

Pe帽a, 58, ran on her record and listed projects completed during her 12-year tenure and those she wants to fulfill in a fourth term.

Garcia, 37, who appears headed for a runoff with Pe帽a, serves as chair of sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Commission.

The third candidate in the race was Christopher Sedillo, 62, who retired in 2007 after serving 26 years in the U.S. Navy.

District 5

The District 5 race featured a contest between incumbent Lewis, who won his fourth term on the council on Tuesday, and challenger Allen, a Democrat and federal security professional.

Lewis, 55, served two terms on the City Council from 2009 to 2017. He vacated the seat to run for mayor and earned a spot in the 2017 runoff election against Tim Keller, who won to secure his first term as mayor. Lewis regained the District 5 seat in 2021 by defeating then-Councilor Cynthia Borrego.

Allen, 46, who is married to Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, leads security operations at Kirtland Air Force Base, overseeing a staff of 40 at the Air Force Research Laboratory.

District 9

Voters in southeastern sa国际传媒官网网页入口 chose to retain Grout for a second term, defeating Newman, a Democrat, who manages a substance abuse research center at the University of New Mexico.

District 9, which straddles Central Avenue east of Eubank, spans affluent foothills and Four Hills neighborhoods and much of the International District, where homelessness and drug use are conspicuous.