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By Frost McGahey
Connie Holguin
Randy Hernandez[Editor's Note: This is part 1 of several articles, which have been done through an emailed questionnaire. This series covers only the local contested races in the Primary election. For the General Election every contested race candidate will receive a questionnaire a month or more before the General Election, for publication prior to early voting.]
 As a public service the Grant County Beat is asking Candidates questions so voters can determine who they want to vote for in the coming Democrat primary, June 4, 2024. Since there are no Republican contested races, the focus is on the races in the Democrat Primary. This is only a partially closed primary so Independent and Declined to State can vote in it.
Connie's answers are first followed by Randy's. (Ladies first)
Here are some key 2024 dates to remember:
These  links below pertain to any citizen living in the state of New Mexico. The option is to visit your local county clerk's office or call them for more information. For those in Grant County, the number to call is 575-574-0042.
By Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist
Marisa Castrillo, Grant County ClerkIn the 2021 election for Town District 2, County Clerk Marisa Castrillo blocked Simon Wheaton-Smith from filing a Declaration of Candidacy on the filing day of August 24th. Â Castrillo claimed that since Wheaton-Smith hadn't lived in District 2 on the date of the governor's proclamation, (90 days ago) he was ineligible. Wheaton-Smith had been living in the district on the regular filing date of 70 days before the election.
(See excerpt from Candidate Guide at end of article. There is no election deadline in the proclamation law.*)
Before then a forum had been organized by the Silver City Press on August 6th to discuss what candidates needed to know in order to file.** The county had taken over the Town elections.Â
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Southeast Tularosa Basin-
Western El Paso County-Southern Hudspeth Highlands-Rio Grande
Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-Rio Grande
Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
Including the cities of Virden, Sierra Blanca, Tornillo, Downtown
El Paso, West El Paso, Lordsburg, Red Rock, Fort Hancock, Fabens,
Upper Valley, Indian Hot Springs, and Orogrande
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Including the cities of Dell City, Deming, Sunland Park,
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...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
By Roger Lanse
As a Bayard Police Department officer was patrolling the area of Central Avenue and Mayo Street on Saturday, Apr. 6, 2024, at about 7 a.m., he noticed a male standing by the Bayard Post Office and observed damage to the front door of the post office.
According to a BPD incident report, the officer made contact with the male, who identified himself as Raymond Chavez with a birthdate of Aug.15,1989. He denied any knowledge of the door's damage – "I don't know. That's what I was just looking at, Bro." The male then walked away although the officer requested him to stay. Based on bodycam footage, the male was identified as Christopher Amador, 34, of Silver City. The Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority informed the officer Amador had a felony warrant for his arrest.
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