Board Election Information

The 2025 Election of the MRGCD Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The purpose of the election is to elect directors to the Board of Directors for the following positions:

Position No. 3 – Bernalillo County
(Currently held by Karen Dunning)

Position No. 4 – Bernalillo County
(Currently held by Colin T. Baugh)

Position No. 6 – Socorro County
(Currently held by Glen Duggins)

Position No. 7 – Sandoval County
(Currently held by Michael T. Sandoval)

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View the Board Approved documents:
Election Poll Sites
Notice of MRGCD Election Proclamation
Election Calendar
MRGCD Rule No. 20

Click below for further information
Governance Handbook
Qualifications

Candidate Packets Now Available!

Filing of Declaration of Candidacy and Petition Forms:
Declaration of Candidacy and Petition Forms will be available beginning Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at the General Office of the MRGCD, 1931 Second Street SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The deadline to file a Declaration of Candidacy with the required petition signatures (75) is  no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, August 8, 2025.

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QE Area Sandoval 2025
QE Area Bernalillo 2025
QE Area Socorro 2025

Are you a Qualified Voter?
If you recently purchased property that is benefited within the Bold Red Line on the above maps, you may be a “qualified elector” and able to vote in the upcoming October 7, 2025, election for the MRGCD Board of Directors.

§73-14-20. G.
‘“… qualified elector”means an individual who owns real property within the benefited area of the conservancy district and who has provided proof of an ownership interest… ’

§73-14-21. A.
‘… The individual may become certified to vote in a future election by filing his deed of title… at least 90 days before the next conservancy district election… .’  The cutoff date for this election is Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

To ensure that you are listed on the Qualified Elector List, please send a copy of your filed deed to the MRGCD by Wednesday, July 9, 2025, to:

Doug Strech, GISP
MRGCD Elections List Compiler
P.O. Box 581
Albuquerque, NM 87103-0581

Or hand-deliver a copy to the List Compiler:

MRGCD General Office
1931 Second St SW
Albuquerque, NM

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For more information, please contact the Election Director, Tim Smith, with Automated Election Services, at (505) 891-6530.

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Visit https://www.mrgcd.com/board-of-directors/ for the full contact Board of Directors List.

About the MRGCD

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) was established in 1925. MRGCD operates, maintains and manages irrigation, drainage and river flood control in the middle valley.  Serving approximately 11,000 irrigators, six pueblos and 100,000 parcels of land throughout the Middle Rio Grande, MRGCD is essential to maintaining the facilities required to upkeep the agricultural production in this area. The MRGCD owns and manages 30,000 acres of bosque, and has helped to establish Tingley Beach, the Rio Grande Nature Center, Los Lunas Bosque Open Space, Corrales Bosque Preserve, Escondido Lake State Park, among several more and all of which are open for recreational use by the public. The MRGCD also works in cooperation with other local, state, and federal agencies to protect the environment, wildlife, and endangered species.