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Albuquerque City Council

Coordinates: 35°5′15.5″N 106°39′5.7″W / 35.087639°N 106.651583°W / 35.087639; -106.651583
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Albuquerque City Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Tim Keller, (D)
since 2017
President
Dan Lewis, (R)
since January 2022
Vice President
Renee Grout, (R)
since January 2022
Structure
Seats9 voting members
Political groups
Majority
  •   Republican (5)

Minority

Meeting place
Vincent E. Griego Chambers – City Hall
Website
Albuquerque City Government – City Council

35°5′15.5″N 106°39′5.7″W / 35.087639°N 106.651583°W / 35.087639; -106.651583

The Albuquerque City Council is the elected legislative authority of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It consists of nine members, elected from respective districts of the city on a non-partisan basis. The form of city government is mayor–council government and home rule municipality. It meets in the Vincent A. Griego Chambers at the Albuquerque City Hall in Downtown Albuquerque.

History

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From 1916 to 1974, Albuquerque was governed by a city commission of at-large members. In the place of a president in the council, the mayor was known as the "Chairman of the Commission."[1] In 1975, due to large growth in the city, voters replaced the commission system with a city council system.[2]

Composition

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The council is composed of nine members in nine districts, each elected by their individual district residents to a four-year term. The chairman of the council is elected by members of the council on a yearly basis, in votes the chairman is likely chosen by the majority party in control of the city council. Since 1975, there have been no "at-large" members, elections are non-partisan, but party registration is often mentioned through local media outlets and the respective parties usually endorse their candidates.

Current members

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City council districts
Name Position Party reg. Took office Up for
re-election
Louie Sánchez District 1 Democratic 2021 2025
Joaquin Baca District 2 Democratic 2024 2028
Klarissa Peña District 3 Democratic 2013 2025
Brook Bassan District 4 Republican 2019 2023
Dan Lewis District 5 Republican 2021 2025
Nichole Rogers District 6 Democratic 2024 2028
Tammy Fiebelkorn District 7 Democratic 2021 2025
Dan Champine District 8 Republican 2007 2023
Renee Grout District 9 Republican 2021 2025

Political party strength and past composition

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Year District
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
D +8 D +11 D +8 R +10 R +2 D +15 D +2 R +13 R +4
1995 Alan Armijo (D) Vincent Griego (D) Adell Baca-Hundley (D) Sam Bregman (D) Tim Kline (D) Hess Yntema (I) Mike McEntee (R) Timothy E. Cummins (R) Michael Brasher (R)
1996
1997 Hess Yntema (R)
1998
1999 Eric Griego (D) Brad Winter (R) Greg Payne (R)
2000
2001 Miguel Gomez (D) Michael Cadigan (D) Sally Mayer (R) Tina E. Cummins (R)
2002
2003 Debbie O'Malley (D) Martin Heinrich (D) Craig Loy (R)
2004
2005 Ken Sanchez (D) Isaac Benton (D) Don Harris (R)
2006
2007 Rey Garduno (D) Trudy Jones (R)
2008
2009 Dan Lewis (R) Michael Cook (R)
2010
2011 Roxanna Meyers (R) Janice Arnold-Jones (R)
2012
2013 Isaac Benton (D) Klarissa Pena (D) Diane Gibson (D)
2014
2015
2016 Pat Davis (D)
2017
2018 Cynthia Borrego (D)
2019
2020 Lan Sena (D) Brook Bassan (R)
2021
2022 Louie Sánchez (D) Dan Lewis (R) Tammy Fiebelkorn (D) Renee Grout (R)

References

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  1. ^ "Albuquerque's Political Structure". sharedvision.info. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  2. ^ "Modern Government". albuqhistsoc.org. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
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