New Mexico 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: New Mexico 2015 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2015. Find 2016 elections here.

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New Mexico
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	2,067,273	(0.67% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
Capital:	Santa Fe

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New Mexico State and Local Government

New Mexico 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

The statewide Primary is for Democratic and Republican candidates.

HB 346, introduced by Representative Nate Gentry (Republican) on 5 February 2015, would move the date of the Statewide and Presidential Primary from the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in June to the 3rd Tuesday in March. 7 March 2015: Defeated in a tie vote by the New Mexico House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich • First elected: 2012. Previously served in the U.S. House elected 2008, re-elected 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich* • FEC S2NM00088

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Tom Udall • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list

		*Democratic*		*Senator Tom Udall* • FEC S8NM00184

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Susana Martinez • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor John A. Sanchez • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Congressman Michelle Lujan Grisham • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Michelle Lujan Grisham* • FEC H8NM01257; 30 Sep 15; Tot $712,911; Dsb $322,764

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Stevan E. "Steve" Pearce • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Stevan E. "Steve" Pearce* • FEC H2NM02126; 30 Sep 15; Tot $722,882; Dsb $225,851

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Congressman Ben Ray Luján • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Ben Ray Luján* • FEC H8NM03196; 30 Sep 15; Tot $636,493; Dsb $673,428

		Republican		Michael Glenn Lucero • FEC H6NM03075
		Republican		Jerald Steve McFall • FEC H6NM03059
		Republican		Michael H. "Mike" Romeo • FEC H6NM03067; 30 Sep 15; Tot $4,150; Dsb $306

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

Vacant		Republican	Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Secretary of State is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Vacant Office - 22 October 2015: Resigned.
	28 August 2015: Secretary of State Dianna Duran is charged with 64 counts involving tampering with public records, embezzlement, money laundering, fraud, and campaign finance violations by Attorney General Hector H. Balderas' (Democratic) office. 22 October 2015: Resigned. Governor Susana Martinez (Republican) will appoint a replacement who will serve until a 2016 Special Election. 23 October 2015: Accepted a plea bargain. October 2015: Deputy Secretary of State Mary Quintana is currently acting Secretary of State.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Attorney General Hector H. Balderas • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Treasurer Tim Eichenberg • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Auditor Timothy M. "Tim" Keller • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • The current Auditor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Commissioner of Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Public Lands Commissioner Aubrey Dunn, Jr. • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents, 4 candidates
	• Republican: 5 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates)
	• Libertarian
Other Third Parties
	• Justice Party
	• Right to Life
	• Unity
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
	• New Mexico Secretary of State
	• NMVote.org
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• New Mexico Legislature
Democratic
	• New Mexico Democratic Party
Third Party
	• Constitution Party of New Mexico
	• Justice Party of New Mexico
	• Libertarian Party of New Mexico
	• The Right to Life Committee of New Mexico
	• The Unity Party of New Mexico
Media & others
	• Alamogordo Daily News
	• Albuquerque Journal
	• Carlsbad Current-Argus
	• Farmington Daily Times
	• Independent - Gallup
	• KOB TV - NBC - Albuquerque
	• KOB TV - NBC - Albuquerque
	• KRQE TV - KREZ TV - KBIM TV - CBS - Albuquerque
	• KUNM FM - Public Radio - Albuquerque
	• Las Cruces Sun-News
	• New Mexican - Santa Fe
	• New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan
	• Politics1.com - New Mexico
	• Ruidoso News
	• The Taos News
	• Valencia County News-Bulletin