FORMER PROSECUTOR AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ADVISOR RAUL TORREZ IS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE RACE FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY. VOTERS GAVE HIM 66 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN TUESDAY’S PRIMARY … BEATING OPPONENT ED PEREA, A FORMER APD COMMANDER.
THE D-A’S RACE IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT WAS CLOSELY WATCHED. THE POSITION HAS BEEN HELD BY KARI BRANDENBURG FOR FOUR TERMS … ABOUT 16 YEARS.
