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Dossier · Who's Who
Jose Ibarra
A BorderPlex Digital Assets consultant who backed the Project Jupiter IRB and briefly sought the District 3 County Commission seat before dropping from the ballot.
At a glance
- Current role
- Consultant and community-outreach lead, BorderPlex Digital Assets[1],[3]
- Category
- Candidate
- Jurisdiction
- Doña Ana County
- Verification
- caveated — True with a stated limit on it
- In the record
- 4 sources · 1 connections · 1 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP109
Key facts
- Spoke at the IRB public input as a "Sunland Park resident" without disclosing the BorderPlex Digital role, then joined chairman Lanham Napier at the podium as a company official.[2]
- Promised twice-weekly Sunland Park meetings ahead of the September 19, 2025 IRB hearing.[3]
- Sought the 2026 Democratic nomination for County Commission District 3, the seat that oversees the project.[1]
- 2026-06-02Does not appear in the final Secretary of State results for the District 3 primary, where only Willie D. Madrid advanced.[4]
The record
A BorderPlex Digital Assets consultant who backed the Project Jupiter IRB and briefly sought the District 3 Commission seat that oversees the project, before dropping from the ballot.
Relationships · 1
In the timeline · 1
Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.
Sources · 4
- 1.newsAlbuquerque Journal — Project Jupiter fight helps shape Doña Ana County commission election (Ibarra identified as BorderPlex Digital Assets consultant and District 3 Democratic candidate from Chaparral, single father of two) ↗
- 2.newshaussamen.com — Column on Project Jupiter transparency: Ibarra spoke at public input for the IRB as a 'Sunland Park resident' without disclosing his BorderPlex Digital employment, then joined chairman Lanham Napier at the podium as a company official ↗
- 3.newsAlbuquerque Journal — 'Confusing outreach marks rollout' (Ibarra described as a local businessman assisting BorderPlex Digital with community outreach, promising twice-weekly Sunland Park meetings ahead of the Sept. 19 IRB hearing) ↗
- 4.governmentNM Secretary of State — Doña Ana County 2026 primary results (District 3 Democratic race shows only Willie D. Madrid, 2,598 votes; Ibarra absent from final results) ↗
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