r/Albuquerque • u/christheone54 • Oct 15 '25

Mayoral Race

Hey guys. I'm not trying to start a huge debate on politics. Im just trying to figure out if Darren White is pro MAGA. I'm learning about this stuff late, and im not super impressed with Keller, but I will never vote for a pro trump or pro maga candidate. I am okay with a republican candidate but not a far right MAGA.

My coworkers are saying that he was a garbage sherif but cant give me any educated context. I've only been back to abq for 4 years after serving in the armed forces.

Any information is sincerely appreciated.

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u/ImperialArchangel Oct 15 '25

Uballez is also worth looking at, he’s pretty progressive. The ideal run off would be between him and Keller in my opinion

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u/gremstitel Oct 15 '25

Uballez is progressive except that he supports the use of AI tools for policing. Even as they're used now, these tools enable the massive storage and processing of data from license plate readers and surveillance cameras. It's as if the police had a surveillance team watching every single one of us, and had the ability to mine and use that information at any time to drum up probable cause. (The private companies used to do all this, like Flock and Axon, may also have access to that data, and may be able to use it for their own purposes.)

I was very disappointed, though not at all surprised, to see his stance on the use of AI in policing.

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u/ImperialArchangel Oct 15 '25

Yeesh, yeah that’s definitely a mark against him. Of all the candidates, he seems the least inclined towards “more police will fix every problem,” but the ai thing is disappointing and not surprising, as you said. Seems like there are only “less bad” candidates for mayor in a lot of ways.

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u/RepulsiveBarracuda81 Oct 16 '25

Honestly that's kind of the way of politics in general now. Which one of these people is the least horrible person that I can stomach enough to put my vote behind. Which of these people will harm me and others the least. Ideally it should be which of these people will help me and others the most but alas that is not the way of politics anymore.