SANTA FE — Just days after a judge ordered her to step down as New Mexico Republican Party chairwoman, Amy Barela suffered a different kind of defeat. The incumbent was ousted this week from the Otero County Commission by primary election challenger Jonathan Emery, losing by a narrow 46-vote margin in a race that featured more than 1,700 total votes. "The people spoke — and that's the way it works," Barela said during a brief Thursday interview.