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Henry N. Jaffa was elected the first mayor of Albuquerque in 1885. 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 ...
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.
The 2025 Albuquerque mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Incumbent mayor, Tim Keller , is running for a third term as mayor. [ 1 ]
Jul. 3—Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller vetoed a proposal to reduce the percentage of votes needed to win a City Council seat or the mayorship from 50% to a simple majority. If the change was ...
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 mayor of Albuquerque holds a full-time paid position and is directly elected for four-year terms. [145] Members of the Albuquerque City Council serve part-time, paid positions and are elected from their nine respective districts for four-year terms, with four or five councilors elected every two years. [146]
May 21—City Council voted Monday to approve, on a 8-1 vote, a $1.4 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year. But the budget didn't escape amendment at the Monday City Council meeting, as ...
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said Wednesday that the city cleared 1,000 encampments in June alone and spends $1 million a month on housing vouchers. It's not enough, he said.