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Albuquerque's First Run Submitted by Katie Schlieper on Tue, 06/05/2007 - 2:06pm.
This year Albuquerque, New Mexico will see its first run of city council races where a full public financing option is available and from this report on the candidates who have qualified for public financing it seems there's enthusiasm to participate, especially in the 6th district!
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