Candidates File for 2025 Municipal Elections

(Courtesy: Denise Womack-Avila)

Candidates filed for municipal elections on Tuesday, August 25, 2025. Elections will take place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.

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Farmington City Council 

District 1

Linda Rodgers

District 2

Herman Buck, Jr.

 

Stewart J. Logan 

 

Bloomfield Mayor

Lucas Aaron Almeida-Barnett (interview coming soon)

 

Cynthia Atencio

 

John A. Mohler

 

Bloomfield City Council

Position 1 & 2

Scott A. Eckstein (interview coming soon)

Tony Emilio Herrera (interview coming soon)

Cecilia L. Gunnel (write in) (interview coming soon)

Bloomfield Municipal Judge

Katrina Florez Fitt

Michael Rusty Kovacs

 

Aztec City Commission

District 2

Colby L. King (withdrew)

Jason J. Cortez

 

District 4

Jeff Blackburn

 

Katie Marie Burnett-Buchholz

 

District 5

Brett Carl Lanier

 

Kenneth B. George

 

Kirtland Mayor

Alex C. Uhl

 

Farmington School Board

District 1

Deazhan Kim Maize

District 2

Andra Jean Stradling

District 3

Alyssa C. Begay

Michayla Alexis Slade

 

Aztec School Board

District 1

Rebekah Leann French

District 3

Robert James Dusenbery

Hali N. Meador

 

Bloomfield School Board

District 2

David Joshua Salcido

Tony Emilio Herrera

Aaron Joseph Valdez

District 3

Christina M. Codling

Timothy A. Grant

Sherice I. Snell

District 4

Tony DeHererra

Bronson D. Ashcroft

District 5

Ben Woody, Jr.

Jareen S. White

Veronica Desbah Tso

 

Central Consolidated School Board

District 1

George W. Jenkins, Jr.

Rebecca Ashley Montoya

District 4

Christina J. Aspaas

Terrian Benn

 

San Juan College Board of Trustees

District 4

Julie G. Rasor

District 6

Richard Shane Chance

District 7

Kerry J. Meier (interview coming soon)

Valerie A. Uselman

 

San Juan County Soil & Water Board

Position 3 & 4

Ralph Joseph Fenton

Cash A. Carruth

Steven P. Neville

John Bervil Arrington

 

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