2025 Albuquerque mayoral election
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The 2025 Albuquerque mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first round of voting saw Democratic Party incumbent Tim Keller win a plurality of the vote but failing to win over 50%, triggering a second round contest between him and Republican candidate Darren White.[1] Keller was re-elected to a third term after defeating White in the runoff on December 9.
Incumbent mayor Tim Keller ran for re-election to a third term in office.[2]
After the petition deadline on June 20, seven candidates met the 3,000 signature threshold, with Keller, Eddie Varela, and Alex Uballez leading in signatures gathered.[3]
Since no candidate reached 50% of the vote in the general election, a runoff election between the top two candidates will take place on December 9, 2025.[4]
General election
Candidates
Advanced to runoff
- Tim Keller, incumbent mayor (Democratic)[5]
- Darren White, former Bernalillo County Sheriff (Republican)[6]
Eliminated in general
- Mayling Armijo, former Sandoval County deputy manager (Democratic)[7]
- Louie Sanchez, city councilor (Democratic)[8]
- Alex Uballez, former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico (Democratic)[9]
- Eddie Varela, former Albuquerque deputy fire chief and former Reserve city councilor (Republican)[10]
Disqualified
- Alpana Adair, human resources professional (Independent)[11]
- Adeo Herrick (Democratic)[12]
- Patrick Sais, candidate for mayor in 2021 (Republican)[11]
Withdrawn
Endorsements
Tim Keller
- U.S. representatives
- Melanie Stansbury, NM-01 (2021–present)[14]
- State legislators
- Javier Martínez, speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 11th district (2015–present)[14]
- Heather Berghmans, state senator from the 15th district (2025–present)[15]
- Individuals
- Dolores Huerta, labor leader[14]
- Labor unions
- Teamsters Local 492[16]
- AFSCME Council 18[17]
- AFL-CIO New Mexico[15]
- Western States Regional Council of Carpenters[15]
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 611[18]
- Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Local 49[19]
- Organizations
Alex Uballez
- Organizations
- Political parties
- Working Families Party of New Mexico (endorsed Keller in the runoff)[25]
Darren White
- Local officials
- Dan Lewis, city councilmember from the 5th district (2021–present)[26]
- Renee Grout, city councilmember from the 9th district (2021–present)[26]
- Dan Champine, city councilmember from the 8th district (2023–present)[26]
Mayling Armijo
- Labor unions
- Associated Builders and Contractors New Mexico[14]
Debates
| Host | Date & time | Link(s) | Participants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren White (R) | Tim Keller (D) | Alex Uballez (D) | Louie Sanchez (D) | Eddie Varela (R) | Mayling Armijo (D) | |||
| KOAT7 | October 15, 2025 | [27] | P | P | P | P | N | N |
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Tim Keller |
Darren White |
Louie Sanchez |
Alexander Uballez |
Eddie Varela |
Mayling Armijo |
Daniel Chavez |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research & Polling Inc.[28][A] | September 26, 2025 | 514 (LV) | ± 4.3% | 29% | 16% | 6% | 6% | 2% | — | — | 37% |
| Rival Strategy Group (R)[29][B] | July 8–12, 2025 | 529 (LV) | ± 4.2% | 32% | — | — | — | — | — | 37% | 31% |
| 33% | — | 40% | — | — | — | — | 27% | ||||
| 38% | 43% | — | — | — | — | — | 19% | ||||
| 27% | — | — | — | — | 37% | — | 35% | ||||
| 33% | — | — | — | 34% | — | — | 33% | ||||
| 25% | — | — | 39% | — | — | — | 36% |
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Keller (incumbent) | 47,911 | 35.69% | |
| Darren White | 41,137 | 30.65% | |
| Alex Uballez | 25,213 | 18.79% | |
| Louie Sanchez | 8,647 | 6.44% | |
| Mayling Armijo | 7,673 | 5.72% | |
| Eddie Varela | 2,280 | 1.70% | |
| Daniel Chavez | 1,366 | 1.02% | |
| Total votes | 134,227 | 100.00 | |
Runoff election
Endorsements
Tim Keller
- U.S. senators
- Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico (2021–present)[31]
- Political parties
- Working Families Party of New Mexico (previously endorsed Uballez)[32]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Tim Keller |
Darren White |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBAO (D)[33][C] | October 16–19, 2025 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 45% | 38% | 17% |
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Keller (incumbent) | 74,472 | 57.71% | |
| Darren White | 54,564 | 42.29% | |
| Total votes | 129,036 | 100.00 | |
