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Republican majority wins City Council

Chavez wasn’t the only incumbent to lose Tuesday night.

City Councilor Michael Cadigan lost a bid Tuesday to serve another four-year term, altering the makeup of the city council at a time when the city’s growth has emerged as a major consideration. Cadigan lost to newcomer Dan Lewis in a race that some said was part of an organized campaign. Some city council members charged that a large California developer had targeted Cadigan as an opponent of a special tax plan to help the developer pay for roads, water and sewers for a huge mixed-use development on the city’s west side.

Cadigan struggled against a last-minute attack by a political committee called Moving Albuquerque Forward, which was financed, in part, by SunCal, a large California developer. The organization sent out flyers criticizing Cadigan’s tenure as councilor for District 5.