State Rep. Keith Gardner, R-Roswell, will have a challenger for his House seat in the June 6 primary. Lucille B. Tucker, also a Roswell Republican, filed Tuesday to run against the incumbent whose area includes Roosevelt and three other counties. Gardner, who unseated Earlene Roberts for the District 66 seat two years ago, said he does not know his latest challenger, though he’s heard of her. He said he does not know why she filed to run against him. Tucker could not be reached for comment on Tuesday night. Gardner said he’s hoping voters will let him return to Santa Fe for a second term. “I’ll tell you, it’s been nice serving Roosevelt County especially,” he said. “I’ve made a lot of good friends in Portales and in the smaller towns around Portales. It’s like going home when I go there. I guess that sounds kind of hokey, but it’s true.” Gardner said he was pleased he was able to help secure $45,000 in funding for the Newman Project this year, a program aimed at senior citizens safety, named in honor of a longtime Portales couple slain last year. “You hate to be reactive in government, I’d rather be proactive, but we had to do something after that tragedy; it just tears your heart out,” he said. Other area House candidates will not have opposition in June or in the November general election, unless it comes from a write-in candidate. Senate seats are not up for election this year. Local fiings on Tuesday: District 63-Curry, DeBaca, Guadalupe, Roosevelt counties Democrat: Jose A. Campos, Santa Rosa (i) District 64-Curry County Republican: Anna Crook, Clovis (i) District 66-Chaves, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt counties Republican: Keith Gardner, Roswell (i); Lucille B. Tucker, Roswell District 67-Curry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Union counties Republican: Brian Moore, Clayton (i) Other filings: District 1-San Juan County Democrat: Ann B. George, Farmington Republican: Thomas C. Taylor, Farmington (i) District 2-San Juan County Democrat: Alice Marie Slaven-Edmond, Farmington Republican: James R. J. Strickler, Farmington District 3-San Juan County Republican: Paul C. Bandy, Aztec District 4-San Juan County Democrat: Ray Begaye, Shiprock (i) District 5-McKinley, San Juan counties Democrat: Irvin Harrison, Gallup (i) District 6-Cibola, McKinley counties Democrat: George Hanosh, Grants (i) Republican: Edward Lee Smith Sr., Grants; Raymond Grant Clawson, Ramah District 7-Valencia County Democrat: Chris Martinez, Belen; Andrew Barreras, Belen; Kevin Cronk, Los Lunas; Steven R. Otero, Los Lunas; Benny L. Hodges, Los Lunas Republican: David Young, Peralta District 8-Valencia County Democrat: Elias Barela, Belen; Salomon Montano, Belen Republican: Jackie Farnsworth, Los Lunas District 9-McKinley, San Juan counties Democrat: Patricia Lundstrom, Gallup (i) District 10- Bernalillo, Valencia counties Democrat: Henry Kiki Saavedra, Albuquerque (i) District 11-Bernalillo County Democrat: Rick Miera, Albuquerque (i) District 12-Bernalillo County Democrat: Ernest H. Chavez, Albuquerque (i); Daniel P. Garcia Republican: Richard L. Abraham District 13-Bernalillo County Democrat: Daniel P. Silva, Albuquerque (i) District 14-Bernalillo County Democrat: Miguel P. Garcia, Albuquerque (i) Republican: Clara A. Pena, Albuquerque District 15-Bernalillo County Democrat: Traci Jo Cadigan Republican: Teresa A. Zanetti, Albuquerque (i) District 16-Bernalillo County Democrat: Pat Baca Jr., Albuquerque; Dan Serrano, Albuquerque; Antonio “Moe” Maestas, Albuquerque; Dominic J. Aragon, Albuquerque Republican: Ty Storm Field, Albuquerque District 17-Bernalillo County Democrat: Edward C. Sandoval, Albuquerque (i) District 18-Bernalillo County Democrat: Gail Chasey, Albuquerque (i); Joseph J. Garcia, Albuquerque Republican: Lance Klafeta, Albuquerque District 19-Bernalillo County Democrat: Sheryl Williams Stapleton, Albuquerque (i) District 20-Bernalillo County Republican: James P. White, Albuquerque; Richard J. Berry, Albuquerque; Kevin R. Dixon, Albuquerque District 21-Bernalillo County Democrat: Mimi Stewart, Albuquerque (i) District 22-Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe counties Democrat: Janice M. Saxton, Placitas Republican: Kathy McCoy, Cedar Crest (i) District 23-Bernalillo, Sandoval counties Democrat: Barbara Anne Sterling, Corrales; Tessa T. Davidson, Corrales Republican: Eric Youngberg, Albuquerque (i) District 24-Bernalillo County Democrat: Shirley Jean Abbot, Albuquerque Republican: Janice E. Arnold-Jones, Albuquerque (i) District 25-Bernalillo County Democrat: Danice R. Picraux, Albuquerque (i) District 26-Bernalillo County Democrat: Al Park, Albuquerque (i) District 27-Bernalillo County Democrat: Dolores C. Waller Republican: Larry A. Larranaga, Albuquerque (i) District 28-Bernalillo County Democrat: Shay Rose, Albuquerque Republican: Jimmie C. Hall, Albuquerque (i) District 29-Bernalillo County Democrat: Antonio E. Sandoval, Albuquerque Republican: Thomas A. Anderson, Albuquerque (i); James Maxwell Bennett, Albuquerque District 30-Bernalillo County Democrat: John H. McWaters III, Albuquerque Republican: Justine Fox-Young, Albuquerque (i); Robert W. White, Albuquerque District 31-Bernalillo County Democrat: Barbara A. Scharf, Albuquerque Republican: William R. Rehm, Albuquerque (i) District 32-Luna County Democrat: Dona G. Irwin, Deming (i) Republican: Ida “Kay” Chandler, Deming District 33-Dona Ana County Democrat: Joni Marie Gutierrez, Las Cruces (i) District 34-Dona Ana County Democrat: Mary Helen Garcia, Las Cruces (i) District 35-Dona Ana County Democrat: Antonio Lujan, Las Cruces (i) Republican: Lawrence N. Joy, Las Cruces District 36-Dona Ana County Democrat: Andrew Nunez, Hatch (i) Republican: Isaac E. Chavez, Las Cruces District 37-Dona Ana County Democrat: Jeff Steinborn, Las Cruces Republican: Scott Witt, Las Cruces District 38-Grant, Hidalgo, Sierra counties Republican: Dianne Hamilton, Silver City (i) District 39-Grant, Hidalgo counties Democrat: Manuel Herrera, Bayard (i); Ben G. Ortiz, Silver City District 40-Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos counties Democrat: Nick Salazar, Ohkay Owingeh (i); Archie Velarde, Ojo Sarco District 41-Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Taos counties Democrat: Debbie Rodella, Ohkay Owingeh (i); Moises A. Morales Jr., Canjilon District 42-Taos County Democrat: Roberto J. Gonzales, Taos (i) District 43-Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe counties Republican: Jeannette Wallace, Los Alamos (i) District 44-Sandoval County Democrat: Eliot Gould, Rio Rancho; Patricia Stewart, Rio Rancho Republican: Jane Powdrell-Culbert, Corrales (i) District 45-Santa Fe County Democrat: Jim R. Trujillo, Santa Fe (i) District 46-Santa Fe County Democrat: Ben Lujan, Santa Fe (i) District 47-Santa Fe County Democrat: Peter Wirth, Santa Fe (i) District 48-Santa Fe County Democrat: Luciano “Lucky” Varela, Santa Fe (i); Andrew J. Perkins, Santa Fe; Ouida N. MacGregor, Santa Fe District 49-Catron, Socorro, Valencia counties Republican: Don Tripp, Socorro (i) District 50-Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance counties Democrat: Rhonda King, Stanley (i) District 51-Otero County Republican: Gloria Vaughn, Alamogordo (i) District 52-Dona Ana County Democrat: Joseph Cervantes, Las Cruces (i) District 53-Dona Ana, Otero counties Democrat: Nathan P. Cote, Las Cruces Republican: Terry Marquardt, Alamogordo (i) District 54-Eddy, Otero counties Democrat: Christy A. Bourgeois, Carlsbad Republican: William J. Gray, Artesia District 55-Eddy County Democrat: John Heaton, Carlsbad (i) District 56-Lincoln, Otero counties Democrat: Carolyn D. Provencher, La Luz Republican: W. C. “Dub” Williams, Glencoe (i); Leo Martinez, Ruidoso District 57-Chaves, Lincoln, Otero counties Democrat: Wanda Valentine, Tularosa Republican: Dan Foley, Roswell (i); Steven J. Gavi, Roswell District 58-Chaves County Democrat: Pablo J. Martinez, Dexter Republican: Candy Spence Ezzell, Roswell (i) District 59-Chaves, Lincoln, Otero counties Democrat: Ellen E. Wedum, Cloudcroft Republican: Nora Espinoza, Roswell; Mike Kakuska, Roswell District 60-Sandoval County Democrat: Thomas E. Swisstack, Rio Rancho (i) Republican: Glenn Walters, Rio Rancho District 61-Lea County Democrat: Donald L. Whitaker, Eunice (i) Republican: Shirley A. Tyler, Lovington District 62-Lea County Republican: Donald Bratton, Hobbs (i) District 65-Bernalillo, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval counties Democrat: James Roger Madalena, Jemez Pueblo (i) District 68-Colfax, Guadalupe, Mora, San Miguel, Taos counties Democrat: Hector Balderas, Wagon Mound, (i) District 69-Cibola, McKinley, San Juan counties Democrat: W. Ken Martinez, Grants (i) District 70-San Miguel, Torrance counties Democrat: Richard Vigil, Ribera (i); Naomi R. Montoya, Las Vegas