Runoff will decide council majority | ABQJournal Online By Dan McKay / Journal Staff Writer

About 47 percent of the district’s registered voters are Democrats, and 31 percent are Republicans. …

The candidates are divided on two recent ballot measures brought forth in Albuquerque.

Neither was in office at the time, but at the polls, Arnold-Jones voted against the minimum-wage increase last year, while Gibson supported it.

The two are also split on the proposed ordinance to ban abortions in Albuquerque after 20 weeks of pregnancy. That proposal goes before voters Nov. 19, the same day of the runoff election.

“The last thing I want is for Albuquerque to be known as the abortion capital of the world,” Arnold-Jones said. “I don’t think it’s OK to kill babies.”

Gibson describes herself as “pro-choice” and said she will vote “no.”

“It doesn’t belong on a city ballot,” she said. “It is not constitutional, and I cannot support that.”

Runoff will decide council majority | ABQJournal Online

Hey, Janice, I don’t know anyone who wants Albuquerque to be known as the abortion capital of the world. How about “the place women lost their freedom and self-determination” — sound better?