Voters rejected an Alamosa school bond proposal for a second time, while school boards in Sanford, Center and Sangre de Cristo got new members following Tuesday’s municipal and school election.
In the Alamosa City Council races, Jan Vigil won another term as an at-large member, while Mark Martinez won the write-in vote to represent Ward 4. Those were the two contested races. Ty Coleman won another term as mayor and Dawn Krebs won re-election to Ward 2 in unopposed races.
“I want to thank the citizens of Alamosa for entrusting me with another term on the city council,” Vigil said. “I am proud to be a part of a team that tackles tough and gnarly issues. I will continue to listen and work for the people of Alamosa and keep getting things done, a motto I have run with since I was first elected in 2013.”
The Alamosa school bond was behind by 173 votes out of 3,547 votes cast, according to unofficial results, or 52.4 percent against and 47.5 percent for the bond proposal.
The school district asked voters to approve a $30 million bond issuance to pay for a variety of school improvement projects at Ortega Middle School, Alamosa High and Alamosa Elementary. It floated a similar measure, but at $28 million, in November 2024.
The school bond defeat is a setback for a school district that has a list of school security and building upgrades for its aging middle school and high school. A new transportation facility was also part of the bond projects.
Voters, in defeating the school bond proposal a second time, continue to question the school district’s acquisition of downtown Alamosa property to serve as its administration headquarters and its alternative and online schools.
Alamosa Schools paid $2.3 million for the former Friday Health Plans headquarters at Main Street and San Juan to move its administration offices to the downtown property from office space it was renting in East Alamosa. It is currently renovating the downtown office building to accommodate its alternative and online students, who are expected to relocate to the new space in the second half of the 2025-2026 school year.
Unofficial results
Nov. 4 municipal and school election
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Alamosa School District Ballot Issue 5A
Shall Alamosa School District debt be increased by $30 million…
| YES 1,687 | NO 1,860 |
Center School District Ballot Question 5B
Shall the present and future elected directors be authorized to serve more than two consecutive terms in office?
| YES 101 | NO 328 |
Alamosa City Council
Mayor
| Ty Coleman, 1,569 votes |
At-Large
| Zachary Reaves, 475 votes | Jan Vigil, 1,323 votes |
Ward 2
| Dawn Krebs, 418 votes |
Ward 4
| Alex Brown, 6 votes | Mark Martinez, 12 votes |
Alamosa School Board
District 3
| Thomas Wisniewski, 2,197 votes |
District 6
| Heidi Richardson, 2,310 votes |
Center School Board
District A
| Sonya Flores, 118 votes | William Eddie Wilson, 256 votes |
District B
| Amanda Garcia, 230 votes | Eidy Guaderrama, 137 votes |
Sanford School Board
At-Large (Top 2 vote-getters elected)
| Monica Edgar, 216 votes |
| Jeff Peterson, 255 votes |
| Tyler G. Woods, 244 votes |
Sangre de Cristo School Board
At-Large (Top 2 vote getters elected)
| Lance Curtis, 194 votes |
| Michael Jones, 186 votes |
| William Squires, 134 votes |
District South
| Jess Freel 186 | Jason Tillman 148 |