Janice Arnold-Jones

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She decided to retire from the legislature and run for Governor of New Mexico after incumbent Democratic governor Bill Richardson was term limited. In the Republican primary, she ranked last in a five candidate field with 3% of the vote. Doña Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez, for won the primary with 51% of the vote. [9]

2012 congressional election

After incumbent Democrat, U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich of New Mexico's 1st congressional district, decided to step down in order to run for U.S. Senate, Arnold-Jones decided to run. She initially faced Albuquerque City Councilman Dan Lewis and new resident (and Army veteran) Gary Smith in the Republican primary, but Lewis dropped his candidacy after under-performing in the Republican pre-primary convention [10] and Smith was removed from the ballot when a New Mexico District Judge sustained a challenge, by 8 Republican voters, to the validity of Smith's petition signatures. As a result, Arnold-Jones was formally unopposed in the primary. [11] She faced Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham in the general election and was defeated 59% to 41%. [12] Later, after the election, Gary Smith was charged with stalking Arnold-Jones and slashing her tires. [13] He pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. [14]

Albuquerque City Council

On April 15, 2013, she was appointed by Mayor Richard J. Berry to the Albuquerque City Council, filling a seat vacated by Council member Michael Cook, who resigned earlier in the month. She said she would seek election to a full term as a council member in the October 8, 2013 city election. [15]

Earlier in the year, Albuquerque voters in a mail-in election approved an ordinance requiring 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff election, and in the general election on October 8, 2013, Arnold-Jones went on to win 49% of the vote, missing the 50% mark by 77 votes, triggering a runoff. [16] In the runoff election on November 19, 2013, Arnold-Jones was defeated 51% to 49% by Democrat Diane Gibson. [17]

2018 congressional election

In 2018, Arnold-Jones ran for the 1st district seat a second time after it was vacated by Lujan Grisham in order to run for Governor of New Mexico. Arnold-Jones was again unopposed in the primary, [18] but lost to Deb Haaland in the general election, 59% to 36%. [19]

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  2. ↑ "House Dist. 24: Janice E. Arnold-Jones". Albuquerque Journal. October 13, 2002. Retrieved August 27, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
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  11. ↑ Monteleone, James (April 17, 2012). "Republican Off U.S. House Ballot". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved August 26, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Statewide Results" (PDF). New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-04.
  13. ↑ Lohmann, Patrick (January 3, 2013). "Ex-GOP Candidate Accused Of Stalking". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved August 27, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Lawmaker's stalker faces longer penalty". Albuquerque Journal. June 5, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Dan McKay. Arnold-Jones appointed to open City Council seat, Albuquerque Journal, April 15, 2013; accessed April 16, 2013.
  16. ↑ Matthew Reichbach. "Arnold-Jones faces runoff" [usurped] , New Mexico Telegram, October 8, 2013; retrieved July 10, 2014.
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Janice Arnold-Jones
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Member of the Albuquerque City Council
from District 7
In office
April 16, 2013 –January 3, 2014