# 2017 Albuquerque mayoral election

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The 2017 Albuquerque mayoral election was a nonpartisan election, held on October 3 and November 14, 2017, to choose the next mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Richard J. Berry, the incumbent mayor, did not seek reelection. This was the first mayoral election in Albuquerque without an incumbent candidate in twenty years. All candidates ran on the same ballot. No candidate reached 50% of the vote in the initial round held on October 3, and so a runoff election was held November 14 between the top two finishers.
The race was non-partisan (i.e., party affiliations do not appear on the ballot). However, "although the election is nonpartisan, a candidate’s political affiliation obviously can play a role in the campaign." In order to appear on the ballot, a candidate must collect 3,000 signatures from Albuquerque registered voters and submit them to the city clerk's office.
The maximum allowed campaign contribution that may be given to a candidate is $5,193 per person or company, which is 5% of the mayor's salary.
Alongside the mayoral election, five seats of the city council were up for re-election. Incumbent councillors Ken Sanchez (District 1), Klarissa Peña (District 3), Diane G. Gibson (District 7) and Don Harris (District 9) were re-elected. In the 5th district, Cynthia Borrego, who ran as a Democrat, won the runoff against Robert Aragon, who ran as a Republican for state auditor in 2014. The 5th district seat was vacated by Dan Lewis, who ran for mayor.

## Primary election
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Ricardo Chaves (Republican), founder of Parking Company of America
* Brian Colón (Democratic), former chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico
* Michelle Garcia Holmes (Independent), former chief of staff for the Attorney General's Office, retired Albuquerque police detective
* Wayne Johnson (Republican), Bernalillo County Commissioner
* Tim Keller (Democratic), State Auditor
* Dan Lewis (Republican), city councilor
* Augustus "Gus" Pedrotty (Democratic), University of New Mexico undergraduate student
* Susan Wheeler-Deichsel (Independent), co-founder of civic group Urban ABQ

#### Did not qualify

* Lamont Davis
* Rachel Golden, movie theater worker
* Stella Anne Padilla (Democratic), retired Old Town resident

#### Withdrew

* Eddy Aragon (Independent), conservative talk radio show host on KIVA 95.9 FM
* Deanna Archuleta (Democratic), former Bernalillo County Commissioner and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science in the Department of the Interior
* Elan Colello (Democratic), CEO of a virtual reality company
* Scott Madison (Democratic), Kirtland Air Force Base/Sandia National Laboratories nuclear weapons program worker
* Ian Page
* Jacob Shull

#### Declined

* Richard J. Berry (Republican), incumbent mayor
* Pete Dinelli (Democratic), former city councilor and local prosecutor, unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 2013 and 1989
* James Lewis (Democratic), president of the Alumni Association of the University of New Mexico, former state treasurer

### Results

Nonpartisan primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tim Keller | 38,156 | 39.35 |
| | Republican | Dan Lewis | 22,238 | 22.93 |
| | Democratic | Brian Colón | 15,884 | 16.38 |
| | Republican | Wayne Johnson | 9,342 | 9.63 |
| | Democratic | Augustus Pedrotty | 6,638 | 6.84 |
| | Independent | Michelle Garcia Holmes | 3,748 | 3.86 |
| | Independent | Susan Wheeler-Deichsel | 490 | 0.50 |
| | Republican | Ricardo Chaves | 475 | 0.49 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 96,971 | 100.00 |

## Runoff election
### Candidates

* Tim Keller, state auditor
* Dan Lewis, city councilor

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Tim Keller | Dan Lewis | Undecided |
| Carroll Strategies | October 4, 2017 | - | ± 4.1% | 49% | 36% | 14% |

### Results

2017 Albuquerque mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Tim Keller | 60,219 | 62.20 |
| | Republican | Dan Lewis | 36,594 | 37.80 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 96,813 | 100.00 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |