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Las Cruces City Councilor Gill Sorg will not be a candidate for re-election this November, but Councilor Yvonne Flores will run for a second term. Councilor Gabe Vasquez is expected to announce his decision about running for re-election in the near future.
City council districts 3 (Vasquez), 5 (Sorg) and 6 (Flores) will be on the Tuesday, Nov. 2, combined local election ballot, along with two seats on the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education and seats on the Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation Board of Supervisors.
“It’s a difficult decision to decide what to do,” Sorg said in an email to the Bulletin. “On the one hand, I feel I am doing a lot good for the city and there is more to do. (On) the other hand, 12 years is a lot and it is time for some new person to contribute.”
Sorg is completing his third four-year term on the council.
Flores said she has decided to run for re-election to the District 6 seat on the council. She defeated incumbent Ceil Levatino 57-43 percent in November 2017. Before Levatino’s election 2013, the seat had been held by Sharon Thomas, and before her by Mayor Ken Miyagishima.
Sorg won the District 5 council seat in 2009, defeating incumbent Gil Jones. Sorg was re-elected in 2013, defeating challenger David Roewe 54.8-45.2. Sorg was re-elected in 2017 with 51 percent of the vote, compared to 41 percent for Steve Montanez and seven percent for William Fuller.
Vasquez was elected to his first term on the council, representing District 3, in 2017 when he defeated Bev Courtney, 70-30 percent. The seat had previously been held by Olga Pedroza, and before that by Dolores Archuleta.
