By 9:30 p.m., major media outlets and polling guru Brian Sanderoff had declared King the winner in a five-person free-for-all.
Despite finishing in last place in the Democratic pre-primary convention back in March, with just 10.51 percent of the delegates voting for him, King collected more than enough signatures from registered Democrats to get on the ballot and on Tuesday night, the son of one of the most popular governors in New Mexico history — Bruce King — came out on top.
