Election Runoff Livestream - December 9, 2025

Unofficial results indicate that West Side voters elected Stephanie Telles, a Democrat, who garnered nearly 60% of the vote to defeat her Republican opponent in a runoff election Tuesday.

Telles, 41, and Joshua Neal, 29, were the top two vote-getters Nov. 4 in a four-way contest for an open seat in District 1. Unofficial results show Neal garnered 40% of the vote.

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Darren White took the stage around 7:45 p.m. to announce to a crowd of about 60 people that Keller had won the mayoral race.

Several supporters expressed their disappointment in the results, shouting “awwww” or “what?” as White thanked his family, campaign manager and voters for their support.

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News of White’s concession has spread among supporters at Keller’s watch party at the Clyde Downtown. Some shed happy tears, while others tried to speak to Keller as he made his first appearance.

Incumbent Mayor Tim Keller won the runoff election and will lead Albuquerque for at least another four years, according to unofficial election results from Tuesday’s municipal election.

With 58% of the vote by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Keller — first elected in 2017 — bested challenger Darren White to become the city’s first consecutive three-term mayor.

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About 50 people, including House Minority Leader Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, and former mayoral candidate Eddie Varela, have arrived at the Courtyard by Marriott Albuquerque hotel in support of Darren White, who is sporting a blue suit as he welcomes guests. The bar is growing increasingly busy as supporters begin to flow in.

Nearly 30,000 voters had cast ballots on Election Day as of 4 p.m., according to figures posted by the Bernalillo County Clerk’s Office.

That propelled total voter turnout for Albuquerque’s runoff election to 112,496 votes cast — or about 30.8% of registered voters in the city.

That means final voter turnout could end up approaching — or even surpassing — the nearly 135,000 votes that were cast in last month’s mayoral race.

Robust early voting turnout suggests strong interest in the outcome Tuesday of a feisty runoff contest between incumbent Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and challenger Darren White.

West Side voters also will decide two Albuquerque City Council races in Districts 1 and 3 when they head to the polls Tuesday.

About 83,000 voters, nearly 23% of eligible Albuquerque voters, cast early or absentee ballots as of midday Monday, according to the Bernalillo County Clerk’s Office.

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Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller’s campaign wants a local politics blogger to reveal who passed out dozens of “I love Tim Keller” sweatshirts to homeless people along Central last week and has filed a complaint with the city’s ethics board in an attempt to force his hand.

Keller’s campaign called the sweatshirts a “cruel political stunt” and the culprit’s anonymous spending illegal, in a Friday news release.

According to the City Charter, those who spend more than $250 to influence an election must register with the clerk’s office and publicly list their donors unless the group is an advocacy nonprofit, classified as a 501(c)(4).

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In the final run-up to Albuquerque’s mayoral runoff election, photos of homeless people wearing yellow sweatshirts have become an unlikely political flashpoint.

Incumbent Mayor Tim Keller’s campaign on Sunday accused his challenger Darren White’s supporters of being behind the sweatshirts that feature the phrase “I ♥ Tim Keller” emblazoned on the front.

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With early voting underway in the race to decide who will be Albuquerque’s next mayor, the cost of the city’s runoff election is generating renewed scrutiny.

Bernalillo County election officials have projected it will cost $1.6 million to administer this year’s runoff election, which includes the mayoral showdown between incumbent Tim Keller and challenger Darren White, along with two city council races.

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For most cities and towns around New Mexico, the winners of local races were unofficially decided on Election Day this month.

But the votes will be retallied in 34 different races around the state that featured narrow vote margins, after the State Canvassing Board signed off Tuesday on automatic recounts.

The races heading to automatic recount include mayoral, city council, municipal judge and school board contests around New Mexico.

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The polls had barely closed on Election Day before a new showdown started to come into focus.

After finishing atop a six-candidate field, incumbent Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and challenger Darren White wasted little time launching their first salvos in what’s expected to be a pugnacious runoff election.

A day after Election Day, White said his campaign was pleasantly surprised by unofficial election returns that showed him just 5 percentage points behind Keller — with 36% of votes cast for the incumbent and 31% for White.

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