Nine Candidates File for APS School Board Seats

Voters will decide four Board of Education races and a $350 million bond measure to fund school improvements and new facilities.

Nine candidates have filed to run for the four Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education seats up for grabs in the Nov. 4 election.

• The District 3 seat has drawn three candidates, including Board President Danielle Gonzales, who is seeking reelection. She is running against Isaac Alexander Flores and Rebecca Marie Betzen.
• The District 5 seat currently held by Crystal Tapia-Romero has two candidates, Joshua S. Martinez and Brian Kevin Laurent Jr. Tapia-Romero had previously announced she wouldn’t be seeking reelection.
• District 6 also has two candidates, David Adam Ams and Margaret S. Warigia Bowman. Josefina Dominguez, who currently holds the seat, isn’t seeking reelection.
• And in District 7, Board Vice President Courtney Jackson is running against Kristin Renee Wood-Hegner.

The deadline for candidates to file to get their names on the ballot was Aug. 26. Write-in candidates can file on Sept. 2.

Successful candidates begin their four-year terms on Jan. 1.

Voters and candidates can find their district and learn about voter registration, polling locations, candidate requirements, and more at the Board of Education election web page.

GO Bond

An APS General Obligation Bond question will also appear on the Nov. 4 ballot. If approved, the GO Bond would generate $350 million for a host of projects. 

Those projects include: converting 20 schools from evaporative coolers to refrigerated air and construction projects at 13 schools. The funding would also pay for a new career technical educational student training facility, a Taylor Middle School classroom block and a west side student special needs education facility.

Approval of the bond would not increase the current tax rate.