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sa国际传媒官网网页入口 mayor: Two candidates off the Nov. 4 ballot
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sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Mayor Tim Keller will face off against six challengers in the Nov. 4 election, the Bernalillo County Clerk鈥檚 Office confirmed Friday.
Two mayoral hopefuls, Patrick Sais and Alpana Adair, have been excluded from the list of qualified mayoral candidates, said Nathan Jaramillo, the county鈥檚 Bureau of Elections administrator.
Keller鈥檚 six challengers are:
- Daniel Chavez, president of Parking Company of America.
- Alex Uballez, the former U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico.
- Louie Sanchez, a former sa国际传媒官网网页入口 police officer and current city councilor.
- Mayling Armijo, the former director of Economic Development for Bernalillo County and deputy county manager for Sandoval County.
- Darren White, the former sheriff of Bernalillo County and CEO of cannabis company PurLife.
- Eddie Varela, a retired sa国际传媒官网网页入口 firefighter and former California fire chief.
Sais filed a petition Sept. 10 in 2nd Judicial District Court contending that he had collected the 3,000 signatures needed to qualify for the ballot but that the clerk鈥檚 office credited him only with 2,880 valid signatures.
Sais said he collected 3,156 qualifying signatures. An attorney for the Bernalillo County Clerk鈥檚 Office and New Mexico Secretary of State鈥檚 Office sought a dismissal on Wednesday, arguing that Sais failed to identify the signatures he believed were valid.
Judge Joshua Allison on Wednesday gave Sais until Friday to file an amended petition and ordered a dismissal on Friday, saying Sais had failed to meet the required deadline.
Sais said he was injured on Tuesday when he was making repairs under his truck and it rolled on his head, nearly breaking his back. He remained as an inpatient at University of New Mexico Hospital until he was discharged Friday, he said. Judge Allison acknowledged in his order that Sais was hospitalized 鈥渨ith grave injuries鈥� following an accident.
