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sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Mayor Tim Keller has formally launched his reelection campaign, seeking to become the first mayor elected to three consecutive terms.

His announcement comes at a time when tensions are flaring with the City Council; voters have favored charter amendments that chip away at the strong mayor system, and crime and homelessness are top of mind for residents.

鈥淚 see what you see: the challenges with homelessness, with crime, with empty buildings, but I also see that we鈥檙e finally getting traction on some of these big challenges,鈥� Keller said in a campaign ad released Thursday.

Homelessness 鈥� in line with the 鈥� has increased since Keller was elected.

In 2017, the year before Keller took office, the annual recorded 1,318 people experiencing homelessness in sa国际传媒官网网页入口. In 2024, the same study counted 2,740 people sleeping on the streets in the city.

Since his election, Keller鈥檚 administration has focused on and spent millions on the Gateway network of shelters, which has a capacity of just and offers resources for medical and housing services.

Keller also touts that crime numbers are down in the advertisement.

sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department indicate that property crime has steadily declined since Keller assumed office in 2018, whereas violent crime has experienced fluctuations.

In August, Keller confirmed his intention to run for a third term and told KOAT-TV that he was doing so to 鈥渇inish key projects.鈥�

He was not made available for comment Thursday.

The mayor filed with the city clerk on Thursday afternoon and will run a publicly financed campaign.

His formal announcement to pursue a third term comes after a year when the City Council made multiple attempts to change the city charter, including a change that would have no longer required a 50% majority for a candidate to win the mayoral election 鈥� .

But voters approved a in November.

The changes boost the council鈥檚 power to fire police and fire chiefs and requires the council and mayor鈥檚 office to quickly fill seats on a committee that aims to address separation of powers issues.

Keller鈥檚 announcement also comes on the heels of a meeting when councilors overwhelmingly overturned a veto from him and sided on a 7-2 vote with the local firefighter鈥檚 union to override staffing changes from the fire chief appointed by Keller.

The incumbent mayor will face former Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, conservative radio show host Eddy Aragon, former Sandoval County Deputy County Manager Mayling Armijo, retired firefighter Eddie Varela and Patrick Sais, who garnered approximately 30 votes during the last mayoral election.

Additionally, Councilor Louie Sanchez 鈥� one of the most vocal critics of Keller and sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Chief Harold Medina 鈥� told news outlet City Desk that he is eyeing a run.

Keller was first elected in a and easily held onto his seat in 2021. The only mayor in the city鈥檚 history to serve three terms was from 1993 to 1997 and 2001 to 2009.

The Regular Local Election, which also includes the seats in City Council Districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, is slated for Nov. 4.