How Public Financing is Out of Reach for Most Political Candidates

9.5.25 – In Albuquerque and Santa Fe, mayoral and city council candidates have an opportunity to fund their campaigns with taxpayer money if they qualify for public financing. In Albuquerque, just one candidate for mayor reached the threshold for public dollars: incumbent Mayor Tim Keller. Senior Producer Lou DiVizio met with one of the people who originally crafted Albuquerque’s public financing system, former city councilor Eric Griego, to ask him if it’s still working. 

Correspondent: Lou DiVizio 

Guest: Dr. Eric Griego, Ph.D., Former Albuquerque City Councilor, UNM Adjunct Professor 

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Four mayoral candidates have balked at public financing. Uballez is the latest – Albuquerque Journal