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The Albuquerque mayoral election of 2001 occurred on October 2 2001.Former Mayor Martin Chavez did not run for re-election in 1997 and instead was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Mexico. He lost to Gary Johnson and announced his plans to run against incumbent mayor Jim Baca. Former District attorney and District court judge Bob Schwartz lost the election to Chavez by a mere 2783 votes.
