Trio of first-time candidates square off for District 3 seat
(WorldNews Mexico)

................................................................ All three Democrats emphasize a need for economic development in the district, and all are hoping to win the seat formerly held by Maggie Hart Stebbins, who, last January – one year shy of completing her second elected term on the commission – left for a gubernatorial appointment as New Mexico’s Natural Resources Trustee. Retired Presbyterian minister Jim Collie was appointed by the governor to fill Hart’s remaining year. From the beginning, he said he was not interested in running for the seat. The district lies mostly in the city of Albuquerque. It runs along the east side of Interstate 25 from the southernmost to...