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Democratic Party of Torrance County Newsletter
February 9, 2026
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Good morning fellow Democrats, Antifa members and passionate activists!
There is certainly no shortage of crazy things from the Trump administration to talk about this week, from his posting of racist memes characterizing former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as jungle monkeys to the FBI raiding of the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center to seize ballots and other records from the election in 2020. But this week I think we really need to focus on issues closer to home.
At the roundhouse, HB9 passed both houses of the Legislature and was signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. Among other things, that legislation now makes it illegal for any local government within the state to contract with ICE for the detention of detainees. How this will impact the Torrance County Detention Center remains to be seen since HB9 doesn’t forbid Core Civic from contracting directly with ICE and Core Civic actually owns the detention center.
But I want to get even closer to home and discuss DPTC business. On Saturday we’ll be holding our ward meetings and County Pre-primary convention at the office starting at 11 AM, and we’d love for a large group to join us. By the time we’re done, and it shouldn’t take too long, we will hopefully have chosen four individuals, in addition to our four State Central Committee members, to serve as delegates to the DPNM State Pre-Primary Convention three weeks later in Ruidoso. This is a great opportunity to learn about the inner workings of the party from the inside, as delegates vote to put candidates for federal and state-wide positions on the ballot for the June primary election.
And, speaking of the June primary, at this point we still don’t have any brave souls who have stepped up to be candidates for any of the county-level positions that are up for election! We can’t win if we don’t have candidates on the ballot! Two County Commissioner positions are up (Districts 1 and 2) as well as Sheriff, Assessor and Probate Judge are in play, and the two Republican County Commissioner incumbents are term-limited and can’t run again this cycle. If anyone is interested in running, please contact me ASAP and the party will do everything it can to help you get elected!
STAND UP, PUSH BACK AND CONTINUE THE FIGHT!
Bill
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TRUMP LIES ABOUT EVERYTHING!
Refute the Republican Rhetoric
By Bill Peifer
A week and a half ago the FBI, at Pam Bondi’s direction (presumably on orders from Trump) conducted a raid at the Fulton County, Georgia election office in Union City, GA. The FBI seized all physical ballots, ballot images, tabulator tapes, and the voter rolls of Fulton County from the 2020 United States presidential election with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in attendance for some unknown reason.
As we all know, Trump has been fixated for five years on his delusion that he actually won the 2020 election. Most of us can remember hearing the recording of Trump trying to coerce Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find a way to fraudulently give him additional votes to overcome his 11,779-vote deficit. The exact words, which contributed to Trump’s second impeachment, were "What I want to do is this. I just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state." It’s safe to assume that Trump is hoping that his lackeys will either “create” 11,780 ballots for him or destroy that many ballots that were marked for Biden so that he can claim that he won Georgia in 2020 (which still wouldn’t be anywhere near enough to change the final results).
On Monday, a few days after that raid, Trump sat down with his former FBI director Dan Bongino for a podcast interview. The interview quickly turned to the FBI raid and Trump’s favorite subject: the supposed massive voter fraud that exists in his mind, but nowhere else. A few minutes into the interview the words that would later be replayed by every major network except FOX News rolled out of his mouth.
"The Republicans should say: 'We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.' The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting," Trump said. That’s not the lie for this week, although the whole idea is based on a lie. No, the lie came later in the week when he claimed “I never said that! I would never use the word ‘nationalize’!”
Of course, tens of millions of Americans have by now heard the clip and heard the exact words being uttered. He can’t possibly deny having suggested a federal takeover . . . no, actually a Republican party takeover . . . of our election system! And yet he still tries to deny it.
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Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday
12 Noon to 4PM
or
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200 Central Avenue, Moriarty
or
Donate Cash!
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CALL
NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TORRANCE COUNTY
ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE PRE-PRIMARY CONVENTION
In accordance with DPNM rules, calls are hereby issued for the Democratic Party of Torrance County Ward Meetings at 11 AM, and the Pre-Primary Convention at 12 PM, on February 14, 2026, at the DPTC Office, 1701 West Route 66, Suite 5, Moriarty NM. Lunch Provided.
PURPOSE OF COUNTY CONVENTION is to elect the delegates and alternates to the Democratic Party of New Mexico Pre-Primary Convention, March 7, 2026.
DONE THIS January 14, 2026,
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TORRANCE COUNTY, BY:
Myra Oden, County Chair Democratic Party of Torrance County.
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EVERY SATURDAY - 12 PM - 1 PM
Save Democracy! Protest - Moriarty
Corner of Rt. 41 & 66
THIS A RECURING EVENT - EVERY SATURDAY
EVERY SUNDAY - 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Solidarity Sundays Protest - Tijeras
Corner of Old 66 and Rt. 337
THIS A RECURING EVENT - EVERY SUNDAY
WALK OUT AMERICA - 2PM Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
Albuquerque:
5301-5499 Ponderosa Ave NE
The Intersection of MLK & UNIVERSITY BLVD NE
or Virtually
DPTC WARD MEETINGS AND PRE-PRIMARY CONVENTION 11AM - 1PM Saturday, February 14, 2026
See Below for details.
DENIM & DIAMONDS FUNDRAISING DINNER
4PM - 8PM Sunday, April 19, 2026
Moriarty Civic Center 202 E. Broadway, Moriarty
See Below for Details
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Donate to the Billboard Fund!
We want to put several billboards on I 40! We need $10,000 to do this!
More information will be coming.
Please DONATE to the
Democratic Party of Torrance County!
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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)
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Our Office!
Still Looking for Help!
Did you know that we have an office in Moriarty? It is in the same shopping center as Moriarty Foods. Stop by some time and check it out.
We are currently looking for a volunteer to take the Tuesday and Saturday shift - If you would like to help email Millie.
Help Wanted!
The DPTC has a need for a Certified Licensed Electrician. We have some minor issues in our office that we would like to have addressed. If you can help email Millie.
| | Electronic Signature on Candidates Petitions! | | You have probably received emails asking for your electronic signature on petitions from various candidates. Here is a link to do just that. It is easy and keeps track of who's petition you've already signed! CLICK HERE | | |
Looking for Democrats to run in 2026
With the 2025 non-partisan elections behind us, the DPTC is now looking at the 2026 Torrance County elections. These elections are partisan, but in the recent past there have only been Republicans on the ballot for the General Election since it’s been difficult to persuade Democrats to run in a county where it’s perceived that only Republicans can win. Because of this perception, there have been times when Democrats want to run, but feel that they have to change their party affiliation to “Republican” to get elected. In 2026 we’d like to change this perception, but we need brave Democrats to step up and “put their hats in the ring”. Here are the positions that will be up for election in 2026 along with the estimated annual salary:
County Commissioner District 1 – Pays $27,570.
County Commissioner District 2 – Pays $27,570.
Sheriff – Pays $72,164.
Assessor – Pays $70,031.
Probate Judge – Pays $24,180.
Magistrate Judge – Pays $79,537
All of the salaries shown are the current salaries which will likely go up slightly with a “cost of living” increase at the first of the year. The DPTC stands ready to assist you as much as possible, should you choose to step up and run for one of these positions! Contact Bill Peifer if you have any interest in running.
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Torrance County is currently accepting applications for a Customer Service Specialist II, Uncertified Deputy, Certified Sheriff's Deputy, a 911 Dispatcher, and an EMT/Fire fighter.
Click Here for more information.
- Moriarty is accepting applications for a Police Officer and a Maintenance Worker.
Click Here for more information
- Mountainair is accepting applications for a Certified Police Officer.
Click Here for more information.
| | Commission, Council and Board Meetings | |
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Torrance County Commission
Meeting February 11, 2026 9AM
205 S. Ninth Street, Estancia, NM
meeting is available via Zoom
Click Here for Zoom
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Moriarty
City Council
2nd & 4th Wednesday
Moriarty Civic Center
201 Broadway Street
7:30 PM
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Estancia
Board of Trustees
1st & 3rd Monday
Estancia Town Hall
513 Williams Avenue
6:15 PM
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Mountainair
City Council
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Council Meeting Room
107 1/2 N. Roosevelt
5:30 PM
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Claunch/Pinto Soil & Water Conservation District
1st Friday, 8 AM
1206 NM 55, Mountainair
ZOOM Meeting ONLY
Click here for more information
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East Torrance
Soil & Water Conservation District
3rd Wednesday, 6 PM
715 S 5th St, Estancia
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Central Tri-County
Soil & Water Conservation District
1st Thursday, 10 AM
2506 US 66, Moriarty
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Estancia Municipal Schoolboard
2nd Monday, 6 PM
300 N 9th St, Estancia
Van Stone Room 02/03
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Moriarty-Edgewood Schoolboard
3rd Tuesday, 6 PM
MESD Board Room
2422 E. NM-333 Moriarty
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Mountainair Public Schoolboard
4th Tuesday, 6 PM
Central Office
512 North Ross, Mountainair
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Vaughn Municipal Schoolboard
3rd Wednesday, 6 PM
District Office
101 East 4th Street, Vaughn
| | Your Democratic Party of Torrance County Executive Committee | | |
DPTC Chair - Myra Oden- chair@dptc-nm.org
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) - Ronnie Ray - imronnieray@gmail.com
DPTC Ward B (Pcts 5,13,17, 20 & 21) - Jonathan Pedersen - jpgencon@hotmail.com
DPTC Ward C (Pcts 3,4,8,9,10,11 & 12) - Available. Interested? Email Myra Oden.
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
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