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CANDIDATE BIOS (District 5): Richard Martinez • Alfredo Montoya
CANDIDATE BIOS (District 8): Pete Campos • Thomas Garcia
CANDIDATE BIOS (District 39): Nicole Castellano • Phil Griego • Jack Sullivan
Griego defends campaign spendingCANDIDATE BIOS (District 40): Peter Martinez • Benjie Regensberg • Nick Salazar
CANDIDATE BIOS (District 46): David Coss • Carlos Trujillo
CANDIDATE BIOS (District 50): Gerard L. Chavez • Stephen Easly Patricia Lincoln • Charles Larry Miller
State House District 40: Two challenge longtime lawmaker for house seatCANDIDATE BIOS: Hector Balderas (D) • Martin Heinrich (D) • Greg Sowards (R) • Heather Wilson (R)
U.S. Senate campaign finance at a glanceCANDIDATE BIOS (Republican primary, District 3): Jefferson Byrd (R) • Frederick "Rick" Newtown (R)
2 vie to be oft-ignored GOP pick for 3rd House districtCANDIDATE BIOS (District 3): Valerie Espinoza • Brad Gallegos • Daniel Maki • Virginia Vigil
PRC usually below most voters' radarCANDIDATE BIOS (First Judicial District — Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties): Lloyd Drager • Angela "Spence" Pacheco
Challenger targets district attorney's conviction numbersCANDIDATE BIOS (District 2): Miguel Chavez • Maria-Ester De Anda Hay • Gilbert 'Dennis' Hernandez
CANDIDATE BIOS (District 4): Victor P. Baca • Kathy Holian
Challenger takes on District 4 incumbentCANDIDATE BIOS: Tara Lujan • Letitia Montoya • Geraldine Salazar
3 compete for county clerk jobCANDIDATE BIOS: Patrick Varela • Oliver Garcia
County treasurer hopeful denies car-wash fraudCANDIDATE BIOS: Victor Lopez • M. Monica Zamora
Two Democrats seek Appeals Court nomination