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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." [1] In 1975, due to large growth in the city, voters replaced the commission system with a city council system. [2]
The city was governed by a mayor until the transition to a City Commission government in 1917. [1] Under this system, the leader of city government in Albuquerque was the Chairman of the City Commission. In 1975, due to large growth in the city, voters replaced the commission system with a city council system.
The Mayor of Albuquerque holds a full-time paid elected position with a four-year term. [3] Elections for Mayor are nonpartisan. [4] The current mayor is Tim Keller, who was elected in 2017. Each year, the Mayor submits a city budget proposal for the year to the Council by April 1, and the Council must act on the proposal within sixty days.
Candidates could win an Albuquerque City Council or Mayoral election with a plurality of the vote, rather than a majority, or more than 50% of the vote, should voters be in favor of the proposal.
Jun. 17—Monday night is the last Albuquerque City Council meeting before a month-long break, and councilors face a hefty agenda as debate on four charter amendments is expected to come to a close.
Aug. 30—Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller confirmed to KOAT-TV this week that he plans to run for a third term in 2025, something he's been saying he would likely do for over a year. But the city's ...
Aug. 20—The Albuquerque City Council voted down an update to the city's minimum wage ordinance Monday night. The council also rejected an appeal that would have impeded the development of a new ...
The 2021 Albuquerque mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. [1] The election was nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations did not appear on the ballot.