Ron Hall, D Hector C. Grijalva, D Velia Miranda Ron Hall is seeking a fourth Democrat Hector C. Grijalva term as Silver City magistrate Benny Montes, D is running for a Division 2 mag- Velia Miranda is a write-in Shirley Solano judge. candidate for the position of Grant County, istrate judgeship in Bayard. Democrat Benny Montes is run- Shirley Solano is running for the ning for the offi ce of probate judge. Grant County probate judge. Hall is a retired police offi cer Grijalva, the municipal judge position of probate judge. Montes previously served as pro- Miranda recently retired Solano, a write-in candidate, is and a graduate of Western New in Santa Clara since March 2000, from the 6th Judicial District is also a 31-year veteran of the bate judge, between 1992 and 1998. a former patrol offi cer, investigator Mexico University. In addition, he was a municipal judge clerkʼs offi ce, after 34 years as National Guard, and chief of police for the village of New Mexico in the late 1980s. court clerk. Santa Clara. She has also been a foster He resides in Silver City with and recently returned from a 15- He and his wife, Carol, have two Miranda, who has two chil- parent. his wife of 38 years, Jane. They month deployment in support of sons, Paul and Mark, and two grand- dren and one grandchild, resides Solano has four children and 11 have three grown children. Operation Noble Eagle. children. in Hurley. grandchildren, and 24 foster children. 2006 General Election Grant County Polling Locations Precinct# Polling Place Location Precinct# Polling Place Location Information Supplement 1 Cliff School, 622 Hwy 211, Cliff 19 Public Safety Building, 1011 N. Hudson St., 2 Gila Valley Baptist Church, 401 Hwy 211, Gila Silver City 3 Sapillo Creek VFD, 860 Hwy 35, Mimbres 20 Silver City Senior Citizens Center, 205 W. Victoria, 4 Sapillo Creek VFD, 860 Hwy 35, Mimbres Silver City Election Day 5 San Lorenzo Elementary School, Rt. 15 Hwy 35, 21 6th Street Elementary School, 405 W. 6th St., San Lorenzo Silver City 6 Redrock Church, 25 Patton Rd., Redrock 22 Harrison Schmitt Elementary School, 4042 Hwy 90 Tuesday 7 Pinos Altos VFD, 4759 Hwy 15, Pinos Altos S., Silver City 8 Real West Cinema #8, 11585 E. U.S. Hwy 180, 23 VFW Building, 2 Burnham, Arenas Valley Nov. 7, 2006 Silver City 24 Central Elementary School, 600 S. Prescott, 9 National Guard Armory, 11990 E. U.S. Hwy 180, Santa Clara Santa Clara 25 Local 890 Hall, 302 Tom Foy Blvd., Bayard Early Voting 10 Faywood VFD, 1125 Hwy 61, Faywood 26 Bayard Fire Station, 2 Central Ave., Bayard 11 Tyrone Community Center, 100 Turquoise, 27 Bayard Community Center, 290 Hurley Ave., Oct. 10 - Nov. 4 Tyrone Bayard 12 Jose Barrios Elementary School, 1709 Little Walnut Rd., Silver City 28 Hurley Town Hall, 101 Cortez Ave., Hurley For questions please call: 13 Grant County Offi ce Complex, 2610 N. Silver St., 29 Hurley Elementary School, 300 Carasco Ave., Grant County Clerk's Offi ce Silver City Hurley 14 Womanʼs Club, Silver Heights Blvd., 30 Tyrone Community Center, 100 Turquoise, Tyrone Tel: 505-574-0042 31 Hachita Baptist Church, 44 A. Ave., Hachita Silver City This brochure was compiled and printed by the staff of the 15 La Plata Middle School, 3200 N. Silver St., 32 Silver City Public Library, 515 W. College Ave., Silver City Daily Press. Information was provided by the Silver City Silver City candidates and the Grant County Clerk's Offi ce. 16 G.W. Stout Elementary School, 2600 N. Silver St., 33 Public Safety Building, 1011 N. Hudson St., 2006 General Election Voter Information Silver City Silver City, NM 17 Real West Cinema #8, 11585 E. US Hwy 180, 34 Santa Clara Town Hall, 105 N. Bayard, Santa Clara • In order to be eligible to vote for the 2006 Grant County General Election you must be registered by 5 p.m. Silver City 35 Mulecreek Community Center, 555 Hwy 78, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006. Please contact the County Clerk’s Offi ce at 574-0042 to register to vote or update 18 Sechler Hall, 400 W. 12th St., Silver City Mulecreek voter registration information. Candidate Information • To vote Absentee by paper ballot, call the County Clerk’s Offi ce at 574-0042 and request an application for Tuesday, Oct. 10: 1st Campaign Report due for expenditures made or contributions received through 10/2/2006. * Voter registration closes an absent voter ballot. The last day to mail ballot is by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, 2006. at 5 p.m. * Absentee voting begins. Saturday, Oct. 21: Early in-person voting begins at Bayard Community Center. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday Thursday, Nov. 2: 2nd Campaign Report due. Friday, Nov. 3: Last day County Clerk may mail absentee ballot. • Absentee ballots may be returned by mail or in person to County Clerk’s Offi ce or precinct in which you are Saturday, Nov. 4: Absentee voting ends. * Early in-person voting ends. registered. All ballots, whether mailed or delivered in person, must be received in the County Clerk’s Offi ce by Tuesday, Nov. 7: General Election Day. Friday, Nov. 10: Canvassing results presented to County Commission. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006 (Election Day). Monday, Nov. 13: Voter registration reopens. • Early/Absentee Voting will take place at the County Clerk’s Offi ce in the Grant County Administration Center, Thursday, Dec. 7: 3rd Campaign Report due. All must fi le except those who fi led statement of exempt. 1400 U.S. 180 East, Silver City, beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 10, through Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006. • A satellite Early/Absentee Voting site will be set up in Bayard’s Community Center beginning Saturday, Oct. 21, through Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006. Lyons, a Republican, was a state senator from 1992 to 2002, serv- ing six counties in northeast New Mexico. He was elected land com- missioner in 2002, and also owns a ranch near Cuervo. He and his wife, Sandy, have three children: Amy, Kimberly and Daniel.

Lucy Whitmarsh, R Steve Pearce, R Republican Lucy Whitmarsh is seeking the position of Grant County Republican Steve Pearce is seek- Rodolpho S. Martinez, D ing a third term in the United States Sandy Jones, D assessor. Jeff Bingaman, D Diane D. Denish, D Vickie S. Perea, R Whitmarsh has 20 years of House of Representatives. is seeking re- Sandy Jones is seeking election to Rodolpho “Rudy” Martinez Silver City native Jeff Bingaman Pearce was a pilot in the Air Republican Vickie Perea is government experience, including election at New Mexico lieuten- Jim Bibb, R the New Mexico Public Regulation is running for the District 2 Grant 15 years as a property appraiser in is seeking a fifth term in the United Force, serving in the Philippines and running for the office of secre- James B. Lewis, D Commission, District 5. County Commission seat. States Senate. flying missions into Vietnam. Later, ant governor. Republican Jim Bibb is running Riverside, Calif. She also supervised tary of state. Jones, a Democrat, owned and Martinez is the mayor of Bayard county clerk, assessor and recorder Bingaman, a Democrat, practiced he owned and operated an oilfield The Democrat, who owned A Los Lunas native, Perea James Lewis is running for for the office of attorney general. operated a road construction business and a Vietnam veteran. A Democrat, law in New Mexico until he was services firm with his wife, Cynthia, a successful small business for Bibb is a former assistant district offices there. has been an Albuquerque city the office of state treasurer. Catherine M. Smith, D with his wife, Ginni, between 1980 he is employed as facilities manager She and her husband, Jim Kane, elected the stateʼs attorney general in and was elected to the New Mexico 12 years, was the first woman Lewis, a Democrat, previ- attorney in Las Vergas and former as- for GEO Careʼs Fort Bayard Medical councilor and is the president of Catherine Smith is seeking and 2003. He is the chairman of the operate Silco Travel Services. 1978. Four years later, he was elected House of Representatives in 1996. elected to the second-highest the New Mexico Christian Com- ously held the office of treasurer sistant United States attorney. He also New Mexico State Fair Commission. Center. served as an FBI special agent in Or- re-election as public education United States senator. executive office in the state. munity Foundation. betweem 1985 and 1991. He He and his wife have two chil- Martinez has three children and He and his wife, Anne, have Denish is married to Herb, is egon, and flew a medevac helicopter commissioner. dren, Cristal and Clay. two grandchildren. raised one son, John. She and her husband, Seff, was also chief of staff for for- for the New Mexico Army National The Democrat, who resides the mother of three grown chil- have two sons and two grand- mer Gov. Bruce King, and was Guard in Afghanistan. in Mimbres, is the vice chair of dren and has one granddaughter. daughters. twice elected Bernalillo County He and his wife, Kristina, have the commission. treasurer. five children.

Raul "Bully" Holguin, D , D Raul “Bully” Holguin is seeking Allen McCulloch, R Bill Richardson is seeking a his second term as Grant County second term as governor of New sheriff. Republican Allen McCulloch, a Holguin has 22 years of experi- Farmington doctor, is running for the Mexico. Diana "Punkie” Garretson, R Richardson, a Democrat, served Dianne Hamilton, R ence as a law enforcement officer U.S. Senate. Hector Balderas, D C. Earl Greer, R Diana “Punkie” Garretson is seek- with the Grant County Sheriffʼs McCulloch and his wife, Gayla, in the U.S. House of Representatives Dianne Hamilton is running ing election as Grant County commis- for 15 years. He was later named , R Democrat Hector Balderas is Department. founded a natural-beef ranch, before for her fourth term in the New C. Earl Greer is seeking the office sioner for District 2. His family includes Danielle, and ambassador to the United Nations Sue Wilson Beffort is seeking seeking the office of state auditor. Demesia Padilla, R Jim Baca, D Mexico House of Representa- of public regulation commissioner, committing to community medicine. Balderas, a Wagon Mound at- Garretson, a Republican, was the their children, Kyleen, Alec and Ro- In January 2006, he completed a and secretary of the Department of the office of New Mexico - lieu Republican Demesia Padilla is Jim Baca is seeking election as New tives. District 5. first woman elected to the Luna Coun- Energy. tenant governor. torney, is serving his first term in the seeking the office of state treasurer. man, and his 20-year-old son, Aaron, two-year term as Medical Executive Mexico commissioner of public lands. The Silver City Republican Greer, a Republican, has been a ty Commission, and she served on the and grandson, Aaron Jr. He met his wife, Barbara, in Beffort, a Republican, is in New Mexico House of Representa- Padilla is a small-business owner Realtor since 1978. He has served as Committee member and chief of tives. Baca, a Democrat, was land com- is former teacher and was host Doña Ana County Commission. She surgery at San Juan Regional Medi- Boston, Mass. her third, four-year term in the and former IRS agent, and is a prac- missioner from 1982-85 and 1991-93, of a radio talk show. She has president of the National Association also worked for the Bureau of Land New Mexico Legislature. She He and his wife, Denise, have ticing certified public accountant in of Realtors, and director of the Real- cal Center. three children. and also served as the director of the also served as president of the Management for 11 years. McCulloch and his wife live in is also a former small-business Albuquerque. U.S. Bureau of Land Management tors Association of New Mexico. Garretson has five grown children. owner. Western New Mexico University Farmington. They have raised two under former President Bill Clinton. A board of regents. Greer and his wife, Coleen, have boys. Her husband, Steve, is a Uni- one-time mayor of Albuquerque, he re- four children, Danielle, Alysha, versity of New Mexico associate She and her husband, John, cently retired as New Mexicoʼs natural have four children. Brooke and Justin. vice president. resource trustee. Baca lives in Albuquerque with his wife, Bobbi. They have two children, Justin and Noelle.

James Koons. R John Dendahl, R Mary Ann Sedillo, D Republican James Koons is seek- John Dendahl is running for the ing election for Grant County sheriff. Democrat Mary Ann Sedillo Koons, who owns AutoGlass office of New Mexico governor. is seeking election to the District 1 Dendahl, a Republican, was CEO Gary R. King, D MD, served as a law enforcement of- Mary Herrera, D Lorenzo Garcia, R County Commission seat. Randy W. Villa, D ficer for the Deming Police Depart- Albert D. Kissling, D for a technology company and direc- Gary King is seeking election Sedillo, who has 26 years of tor of the First National Bank in Santa Mary Herrera is seeking the Lorenzo Garcia is running for Randy Villa is running for the of- ment from 1992-95, and also served Al Kissling is seeking a seat to the attorney generalʼs office. experience in county government, is fice of Grant County assessor. with the Grant County Sheriffʼs in the U.S. House of Representa- Fe. Former Gov. position of secretary of state. New Mexico auditor. The Democrat served in the The Democrat has been a Manuel Herrera, D a former Grant County clerk. She is Villa, a Democrat, has been an Department between 1995 and 1998. tives. appointed him secretary of economic Garcia, a Republican, is an Army New Mexico Legislature for 12 public servant for 33 years as a veteran of the Vietnam War. Since the executive director of the Silver employee of the assessorʼs office since He then joined the Silver City Police The Democrat is a former development and tourism, a position years, and was a policy adviser Manuel Herrera is seeking City-Grant County Economic Devel- he held for three years. clerk typist and assistant comp- 1990, he has been a certified public Patrick Lyons, R 1987. For the past seven years, he has Department, where he was eventu- Presbyterian minister, and, earlier, for the U.S. Department of En- re-election to his District 39 state opment Corp. been chief deputy assessor, managing ally promoted to the rank of detective was a youth minister in Germany. Dendahl and his wife, Jackie, troller, and is serving her second accountant. Patrick Lyons is seeking re- representative seat. term as Bernalillo County clerk. He lives with his wife, Maria, in ergy in the late 1990s. Sedillo lives in Santa Clara with the day-to-day operations of the office. sergeant. In 1998 he moved to Las Cruces, have five adult daughters, Debbie, election as commissioner of public Herrera, a Democrat, lives in her husband, Alfred. They have three Kathy, Lisa, Ellie and Karen, and She has two children, Nathan Albuquerque. They have two chil- King and his wife, Yolanda, Villa and his wife, Yolanda, have He resides in Silver City with his where he and his wife, Beth, reside near Moriarty. lands. Bayard with his wife, Kathleen. sons and four grandchildren. one son, Daniel. wife, Joanna. worked for Habitat for Humanity. nine grandchildren. and Monique. dren and one grandchild.