Official Election Results
The official results from the city of Rio Rancho’s March 6, 2012, regular municipal election that included three city council seats and nine city Charter amendment questions are:
| District 1 City Councilor, Four-Year Term |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael J. Williams (Incumbent) |
68 |
196 |
264 |
| Chuck Wilkins |
136 |
540 |
676 |
| District 4 City Councilor, Four-Year Term |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta M. Radosevich |
70 |
205 |
275 |
| Mark S. Scott |
108 |
419 |
527 |
| Steven L. Shaw (Incumbent) |
99 |
308 |
407 |
| District 6 City Councilor, Four-Year Term |
Absentee/Early |
Polls |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonnie Clayton |
111 |
312 |
423 |
| Helene Joy Apper |
25 |
65 |
90 |
| Marilyn Salzman |
80 |
177 |
257 |
| Kathleen M. Colley (Incumbent) |
169 |
324 |
493 |
Runoff Election
Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in the regular municipal election for District 4 City Councilor and District 6 City Councilor, a runoff election is necessary.In the runoff election, the candidates will be:
District 4 City Councilor, Four-Year Term
Steven L. Shaw (Incumbent)Mark S. Scott
District 6 City Councilor, Four-Year Term
Kathleen M. Colley (Incumbent)Lonnie Clayton
The runoff election will be held between 35 days to 45 days following the canvass of the regular election. The runoff election date has been set by vote of the Rio Rancho Governing Body to take place on April 17, 2012.
Voter Turnout
Of the 51,724 registered voters who could have cast a ballot in the March 6, 2012, Rio Rancho regular municipal election, 5,010 or 9.68 percent voted.Canvass of Election Results
The March 6, 2012, election results were canvassed by 13th Judicial District Court Judge John F. Davis and certified as official on Friday, March 9, 2012. View official canvassing document (searchable PDF).Through the canvassing process, which is in place to ensure the accuracy of election results, numbers have been updated from the unofficial election results reported on Election Day.
The difference in the unofficial and official result numbers is due to data input errors in the election returns spreadsheet.
The data input errors did not change the outcome of the City Council contests or passage of all nine of the Charter amendment proposition questions.