NMiF speaks with Santa Fe, ABQ mayoral race candidates

This week, New Mexico in Focus returns to Albuquerque's upcoming mayoral election with a pair of interviews: one with incumbent Tim Keller and another with one of his progressive challengers, former New Mexico U.S. Attorney Alexander Uballez.

Host Nash Jones asks Keller why voters should elect him for an unprecedented third consecutive term. Later, Uballez is asked whether his time as a chief federal law enforcement officer would inform his priorities as mayor.

Reporter Cailley Chella takes us to Santa Fe, where she spoke with three of the city's eight candidates vying for the mayor's office in the City Different.

Letitia Montoya, Jeanne O'Dean and Oscar Rodriguez tell Chella their thoughts on Santa Fe's affordability crisis and the city's recent partnership with Urban Alchemy to work with the rising unhoused population.

County Clerk Katharine Clark stops by the NMIF studio to break down how Santa Fe's ranked-choice voting system works.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 14 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app. Involved, informed, in-depth media: watch New Mexico in Focus again online shortly thereafter.

NMiF Segments
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller on Running For Third Term
Host
Nash Jones

Guest
Tim Keller, mayor of Albuquerque

Mayoral Candidate Alexander Uballez on Crime, Housing in Albuquerque
Host
Nash Jones

Guest
Alexander Uballez, Albuquerque mayoral candidate

Three Questions for Santa Fe Candidates Montoya, O'Dean, Rodriguez
Correspondent
Cailley Chella

Guests
Letitia Montoya, Santa Fe mayoral candidate
Jeanne O'Dean, Santa Fe mayoral candidate
Oscar Rodriguez, Santa Fe mayoral candidate

Santa Fe County Clerk Explains Ranked-Choice Voting
Host
Nash Jones

Guest
Katharine Clark, Santa Fe County clerk

NMiF Host
Nash Jones

New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic health, education, and art issues and explores them in-depth with a critical eye to give them context beyond the "news of the moment."

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. Host and producer of New Mexico in Focus is Nash Jones. Producer is Antonio Sanchez. Multimedia journalist is Cailley Chella.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You. Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund. Funding for Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present & Future is provided in part by the Neeper Natural History Programming.