Spirits were high at Mayor Ken Miyagiashima's election party at restaurant Los Compas in Las Cruces.
Incumbent Miyagishima celebrated beating out challengers Miguel Silva and Eugenia Montoya Ortega with his supporters. According to unofficial city counts, Miyagishima received 51% of the vote.
Miyagishima says he plans to use his third term as mayor to continue economic development and infrastructure projects in the city.
“The city is on a great path. We want to develop economic development as far as good high paying jobs. We want to complete our downtown plaza, our police and fire substation, the east mesa command station and redo our entire roads."
Miyagishima has served as the mayor of Las Cruces since 2007.
