The Albuquerque City Council is the elected legislative authority of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It consists of nine members, elected from respective districts of the city on a non-partisan basis. The form of city government is mayor–council government and home rule municipality. It meets in the Vincent A. Griego Chambers at the Albuquerque City Hall in Downtown Albuquerque.
History
From 1916 to 1974, Albuquerque was governed by a city commission of at-large members. In the place of a president in the council, the mayor was known as the "Chairman of the Commission." In 1975, due to large growth in the city, voters replaced the commission system with a city council system.
Composition
The council is composed of nine members in nine districts, each elected by their individual district residents to a four-year term. The chairman of the council is elected by members of the council on a yearly basis, in votes the chairman is likely chosen by the majority party in control of the city council. Since 1975, there have been no "at-large" members, elections are non-partisan, but party registration is often mentioned through local media outlets and the respective parties usually endorse their candidates.
Current members
Name Position Party reg. Took office Up forre-election Stephanie Telles District 1 Democratic 2026 2029 Joaquin Baca District 2 Democratic 2024 2027 Klarissa Peña District 3 Democratic 2014 2029 Brook Bassan District 4 Republican 2020 2027 Dan Lewis District 5 Republican 2022 2029 Nichole Rogers District 6 Democratic 2024 2027 Tammy Fiebelkorn District 7 Democratic 2022 2029 Dan Champine District 8 Republican 2024 2027 Renee Grout District 9 Republican 2022 2029
Political party strength and past composition YearDistrict 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 D +8 D +11 D +8 R +10 R +2 D +15 D +2 R +13 R +41995Alan Armijo (D)Vincent Griego (D)Adell Baca-Hundley (D)Sam Bregman (D)Tim Kline (D)Hess Yntema (I)Mike McEntee (R)Timothy E. Cummins (R)Michael Brasher (R)19961997Hess Yntema (R)19981999Eric Griego (D)Brad Winter (R)Greg Payne (R)20002001Miguel Gomez (D)Michael Cadigan (D)Sally Mayer (R)Tina E. Cummins (R)20022003Debbie O'Malley (D)Martin Heinrich (D)Craig Loy (R)20042005Ken Sanchez (D)Isaac Benton (D)Don Harris (R)20062007Rey Garduno (D)Trudy Jones (R)20082009Dan Lewis (R)Michael Cook (R)20102011Roxanna Meyers (R)Janice Arnold-Jones (R)20122013Isaac Benton (D)Klarissa Pena (D)Diane Gibson (D)201420152016Pat Davis (D)20172018Cynthia Borrego (D)20192020Lan Sena (D)Brook Bassan (R)20212022Louie Sánchez (D)Dan Lewis (R)Tammy Fiebelkorn (D)Renee Grout (R)20232024Joaquin Baca (D)Nichole Rogers (D)Dan Champine (R)2025
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