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A new year means new leadership in City Hall. 

Newly elected Councilor Stephanie Telles has joined other district leaders behind the dais, meaning that women now hold six of the nine seats for the first time in the Albuquerque City Council鈥檚 history.

鈥淧eople tend to assign this idea of soft leadership to women,鈥� Telles said. 鈥淏ut what I think it is is more effective leadership that comes from our experience as women who do a lot day to day. We鈥檙e multitaskers.鈥�

Telles said as much while multitasking herself, looking for her child鈥檚 toy under a couch and pulling out a pot to make an early dinner of macaroni and cheese, all while discussing her first formal week in office.

The council鈥檚 gender makeup reflects the state at large, which has a female majority Legislature and has been led by a female governor for more than a decade.

With Telles entering the fray the council has flipped from a narrowly held conservative-leaning majority to a liberal-leaning majority, though council seats are intended to be nonpartisan.

Albuquerque鈥檚 City Council is again being led by a woman after councilors voted to appoint longstanding Councilor Klarissa Pe帽a as council president during the first meeting of the year on Monday.

Pe帽a, who represents District 3 in the southwest corner of Albuquerque, was elected in a 5-4 vote.

She was close to losing her seat entirely in December when she won by 71 votes in a runoff election against Teresa Garcia, according to results from the New Mexico Secretary of State鈥檚 Office.

Still, Pe帽a is no stranger to council leadership, having served as council vice president last year and council president in 2019.

However, rather than taking up the gavel, Pe帽a deferred to former council President Brook Bassan and asked her to lead one last meeting Monday night.

鈥淚 think you鈥檝e done an incredible job and it鈥檚 gonna be some hard shoes to fill because of your timeliness and your efficiency,鈥� Pe帽a said.

Pe帽a now sits in the second-highest position within City Hall, according to the City Charter. That effectively makes Pe帽a second-in-command and the next-in-line to lead the city should the mayor resign, die, or move out of town, according to the City Charter.

As council president, Pe帽a is also responsible for leading biweekly council meetings and assigning councilors to various committees, thus shaping the legislative body's priorities for the year. 

Coming in next in line, councilors elected Dan Champine, District 8, to lead alongside Pe帽a as vice president and Ren茅e Grout, District 9, to oversee the budget as chair of the Committee-of-the-Whole in dual 5-4 votes.

Also nominated for these leadership positions were Councilors Joaqu铆n Baca, District 2, Nichole Rogers, District 6, and Tammy Fiebelkorn, District 7, though all three failed to secure a majority.

Those three councilors, joined by newcomer Telles, voted against the new leadership cohort, hinting at where loyalties may lie and how the bloc of more liberal-leaning councilors might vote as the year goes on.

Gillian Barkhurst is the local government reporter for the Journal. She can be reached at gbarkhurst@abqjournal.com or on Twitter @G_Barkhurst