In Bernalillo County, with 62 of 69 vote centers reporting:

Debbie O'Malley won County Commission District 1

Paseo del Norte / I-25 cash was approved by a landslide (65 percent to 34 percent)

The AMAFCA bond passed

The minimum wage hike passed by a lot (66 percent to 33 percent)

Statewide, with 826 of 944 sites reporting:

Barack Obama and Joe Biden won president and vice president

Martin Heinrich won the Senate seat

Michelle Lujan Grisham won the congressional seat

Carmie Lynn Toulouse will be on the Public Education Commission

Karen Montoya won the District 1 PRC seat

Most of the constitutional amendments are passing, though two of them about the PRC are awfully close. They would pull corporations and insurance out of the PRC's purview.

As a side note: Gary Johnson's only pulling 3.5 percent statewide. If he doesn't cross that 5 percent threshold, the Libertarian Party will not be considered a major party in New Mexico.

Looks like all of the county and state bonds made it through.

 

People spilled out of the ballrooms and into the hallways. About 2,000 Democrats attended the results watch party at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque.

Folks celebrated Democratic victories even before they were certain. Sam Bregman said at just after 8 p.m., still early in the evening, that presidential candidate Mitt Romney was "on the ropes" and would be defeated.

City Councilor Ken Sanchez was all smiles as he worked the room, as did Brian Colon and many other Democrat candidates, officials and campaign workers. State Rep. Gail Chasey, who was re-elected to her legislative seat was beaming from ear to ear, not just for herself but newly elected congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Lujan Grisham said the progressive core values need to reach a broad group of citizens. "And the kinds of issues that we need to be passionate about are for women and people of color and persons in poverty. These are the issues I am going to be so proud to work on."

The party will likely be going strong for a while.