MOST OF THE ATTENTION IN ALBUQUERQUE’S RUNOFF ELECTION IS ON THE MAYOR’S RACE BETWEEN DAN LEWIS AND TIM KELLER. BUT THERE’S ALSO A RUNOFF IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE, PITTING REPUBLICAN ROBERT ARAGON AGAINST DEMOCRAT CYNTHIA BORREGO.
POLITICAL ANALYST JOE MONAHAN SAYS THERE COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT AT CITY HALL IF THINGS PLAY OUT IN THE DEMOCRATS’ FAVOR. IF BORREGO BEATS ARAGON IN THE CITY COUNCIL RACE AND TIM KELLER WINS THE MAYOR’S RACE, THE COUNCIL WOULD BE 6-TO-3 IN FAVOR OF THE DEMOCRATS. THAT WOULD GIVE THE NEW MAYOR A VETO-PROOF MAJORITY, SOMETHING THAT HASN’T BEEN SEEN IN A WHILE.
MONAHAN SAYS, IN THAT SCENARIO, THERE COULD ALSO BE AN ATTEMPT TO REVIVE A SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE…ALTHOUGH IT LIKELY WOULDN’T BE AS STRINGENT AS THE ONE VOTERS REJECTED ON OCTOBER THIRD.
