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“For all its imperfections, America is still the beacon to the world,

 an ideal to be realized, a promise to be kept.” President Joseph Biden

Democratic Party of Torrance County Newsletter 

April 15, 2024

Fellow Democrats:

On August 19th, Democrats from all over the country, including U.S. territories, will converge on Chicago to begin the 4-day process of officially nominating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be our candidates for President and Vice President in November. The Democratic National Convention is a sometimes-contentious spectacle that many of us have watched on television from afar. Some Democrats have dreamed of being a delegate themselves to one of these every-four-years events, personally involved in the process. But how do you get to be a delegate?

Becoming a delegate to the National Convention is a long process that will begin this year in New Mexico in June, and yes . . . even YOU could become a delegate and participate in the process in Chicago. On June 8th our local party will meet in Estancia in the morning to begin the process, starting with elections at the ward level to elect our delegates to our County Post-Primary Convention that same afternoon. That part is easy. Just about everyone who attends will be elected to either be a delegate or alternate to the County Convention.

At the County Convention we will elect delegates to represent our county to both a Congressional District Convention (CD1) on June 15th and a State Convention on June 22nd. Each of those two conventions will, in turn, elect a small number of delegates to the National Convention in Chicago in August. The competition for credentialing as a National Convention delegate is often fierce, but if you’ve ever dreamed of being in the room when all of those balloons are released and the confetti flies when the party’s nominee accepts his nomination, now’s your chance.

Watch the Blue Beacon in the coming weeks for more details, and be sure to mark your calendar to be available those three successive Saturdays in June, as well as from August 19th to the 22nd!

Bill

DPTC Vice Chair

2024 Primary Presidential Election Information

Candidate Events

Community News

Moriarty

City Clean up will be April 22-28.

Please bring Water Bill & Driver’s License for proof of residency.

(You must live inside the Moriarty City Limits)

The City will provide roll-off trash dumpsters for Moriarty City Residents free of charge

The containers will be located at 400 Saiz Drive at the City Public Works Department

Residents will have a large item pick up day Wednesday April 24th.

Call city office to make arrangements for your large item to be collected.

You can also dispose of large nonfunctioning items such as appliances, furniture, and other items.

***NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS***

Estancia

Job Fair April 25, 2024 10AM - 2PM

Estancia Public Library 601 S. 10th Street, Estancia

Estancia/Moriarty area Employers want to speak to you about their job opportunities!

Job Opportunities

• Torrance County is currently accepting applications for a Project Manager, EMT/Firefighter, Equipment Operator, 911 Dispatcher, Sheriff Deputy, and a Clerical Float.

Click Here for more information.

• Estancia is accepting applications for the position of Certified Police Officer, a Maintenance Worker, an EMT Firefighter, Pool Lifeguard, and a Pool Manager. Click Here for more information.

• Mountainair is accepting applications for a Certified Police Officer. Click Here for more information.

Moriarty

City Council

2nd & 4th Wednesday

Moriarty Civic Center

201 Broadway Street

7:30 PM

Estancia

Board of Trustees

1st & 3rd Monday

Estancia Town Hall

513 Williams Avenue

6:15 PM

Mountainair

City Council

1st & 3rd Tuesday  

Council Meeting Room

107 1/2 N. Roosevelt

5:30 PM

Claunch/Pinto Soil & Water Conservation District

1st Friday, 8 AM

1206 NM 55, Mountainair

ZOOM Meeting ONLY

Click here for more information

East Torrance

Soil & Water Conservation District

3rd Wednesday, 6 PM

715 S 5th St, Estancia

Edgewood

Soil & Water Conservation District

1st Thursday, 10 AM

2506 US 66, Moriarty

Estancia Municipal Schoolboard

2nd Monday, 6 PM

300 N 9th St, Estancia

Van Stone Room 02/03

Moriarty-Edgewood Schoolboard

3rd Tuesday, 7 PM

MESD Board Room

2422 E. NM-333 Moriarty

Mountainair Public Schoolboard

4th Tuesday, 6 PM

Central Office

512 North Ross

Vaughn Municipal Schoolboard

3rd Wednesday, 6 PM

District Office

101 East 4th Street

Your Democratic Party of Torrance County Executive Committee

DPTC Chair - Dennis Wallin - wallin@spencelawyers.com

DPTC Vice Chair - Bill Peifer - wpeifer@peifercomputing.net

DPTC Secretary - Millie Peifer - secretary@dptc-nm.org

DPTC Treasurer - Bill Peifer -  wpeifer@peifercomputing.net

Ward Chairs

DPTC Ward A (Pcts 1,2,7,14 & 16) - Augustine Montoya - anm4nm@gmail.com 

DPTC Ward B (Pcts 5,13,17, 20 & 21) - Vacant

DPTC Ward C (Pcts 3,4,8,9,10,11 & 12) - Jason Quintana - jasoncq2415@gmail.com

DPTC Ward D (Pcts 6,15,18,19 & 22) - Bill Peifer - wpeifer@peifercomputing.net

Don't know your precinct? Click here.

Democratic Party of Torrance County Website: DPTC-NM.org

OR

You can mail a check to:

Democratic Party of Torrance County

PO Box 2206, Moriarty NM 87035

(make check payable to Democratic Party of Torrance County)