| The Green Papers: New Mexico 2009 General Election |
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New Mexico
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Jesse F. "Jeff" Bingaman, Jr. • First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Tom Udall • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor William B. "Bill" Richardson • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Diane D. Denish | |||
• 9 May 2009: Made a brief statement saying he would probably not run. |
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Democratic | state Senator Michael S. Sanchez | |||
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Republican | state Representative Janice E. Arnold-Jones | |||
• 22 August 2009: "Nathan Krekula ... says he won’t run for governor next year ..." |
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Republican | Doña Ana County Third Judicial District Attorney Susana Martinez | |||
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Republican | Doug Turner | |||
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Republican | Allen E. Weh | |||
• Withdrew, circa 17 July 2009, cited family concerns. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Diane D. Denish • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010 |
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Democratic | state Representative Jose A. Campos | |||
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Democratic | Brian Colón | |||
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Democratic | state Senator Linda M. Lopez | |||
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Democratic | state Senator Gerald "Jerry" Ortiz y Pino | |||
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Democratic | Executive Director for the Mid-Region Council of Governments of New Mexico Lawrence Rael | |||
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Democratic | Greg Solano | |||
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Republican | J.R. Damron | |||
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Republican | former state Representative Brian Moore | |||
| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Democratic (3 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Martin T. Heinrich • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Martin T. Heinrich • FEC H8NM01224: $844,368 |
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Republican | Jon Barela • FEC H0NM01163: $180,839 |
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Constitution | Jerry Scott | |||
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Libertarian | Alan P. Woodruff • FEC H0NM01155: $8,779 |
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Democratic | Congressman Harry Teague • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Harry Teague • FEC H8NM02032: $875,234 |
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Republican | former Congressman Stevan E. "Steve" Pearce • FEC H2NM02126: $507,865 |
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Democratic | Congressman Ben Ray Luján • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Ben Ray Luján • FEC H8NM03196: $384,595 |
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Republican | Adam Charles Kokesh • FEC H0NM03037: $104,075 |
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Republican | Thomas E. "Tom" Mullins • FEC H0NM03045: Financial report not available |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Secretary of State Mary E. Herrera • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Gary K. King • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer James B. Lewis • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Auditor Hector H. Balderas • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Commissioner of Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Public Lands Commissioner Patrick H. "Pat" Lyons • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - At Term Limit. Will run for Public Regulation Commissioner in 2010. |
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Democratic | Sandy Jones | |||
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Democratic | Santa Fe County Commissioner Harry B. Montoya | |||
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Democratic | former Public Lands Commissioner Ray Powell | |||
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Republican | Errol J. Chavez | |||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |