The Green Papers: New Mexico 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:2,120,220 (0.68% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:5(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
Capital:Santa Fe
 

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New Mexico State and Local Government

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


The statewide Primary is for Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian candidates.

A candidate who wins support of 20% or more of the delegates at the state convention automatically advances to the primary. Alternatively, candidates can file nominations papers with the requisite number of signatures by TBD. The Republican convention is TBD and the Democratic Convention is TBD.

Special election nominees are chosen by party leaders rather than primary.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018.
Previously served in the U.S. House elected 2008, re-elected 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (7)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich
FEC S2NM00088; 30 Sep 23; Tot $3,668,744; Dsb $1,590,070
  Candidate Democratic     Joshua Kenderdine
FEC S4NM00167
  Candidate Republican     Robert Kwasny
  Candidate Republican     Benjamin Ralph Luna
FEC S4NM00159; 30 Sep 23; Tot $3,050; Dsb $782
  Candidate Republican     Reece Wright-Mcdonald
FEC S4NM00142
  Candidate Independent     Cameron Alton Chick, Sr.
FEC S4NM00134
  Candidate Unaffiliated     Jerry Rose
FEC S4NM00118

Class 2 Democratic Senator Ben Ray Luján
Previously served in the U.S. House, first elected: 2008, re-elected: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018; first elected to the U.S. Senate: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
1 February 2022: Suffered a stroke and expecting to make a full recovery.
2 February 2022: Media reports state the Senator will return to work in 4 to 6 weeks.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Ben Ray Luján
FEC S0NM00058

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Howie C. Morales
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democratic (3 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Member of Congress Melanie Ann Stansbury
First elected in a Special Election: 1 June 2021 [re: Member of Congress Debra A. "Deb" Haaland (Democratic)'s confirmation as Secretary of the Interior in the Biden Administration.]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Melanie Ann Stansbury
FEC H2NM01144; 30 Sep 23; Tot $428,944; Dsb $304,513
  Candidate Republican     Steve Jones
FEC H4NM01140

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress Gabriel "Gabe" Vasquez
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Gabriel "Gabe" Vasquez
FEC H2NM02191; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,245,024; Dsb $392,500
  Candidate Republican     former Member of Congress Stella Yvette "Yvette" Herrell
Unsuccessful candidate: 2018; first elected: 2020; unsuccessful candidate for re-election: 2022.

FEC H8NM02156; 30 Sep 23; Tot $621,616; Dsb $212,744

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress Teresa Leger Fernandez
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Teresa Leger Fernandez
FEC H0NM03102; 30 Sep 23; Tot $840,593; Dsb $337,261
  Candidate Republican     New Mexico Public Education Commissioner Sharon E. Clahchischilliage
FEC H4NM03096; 30 Sep 23; Tot $126; Dsb $5

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver
First elected in a Special Election: 8 November 2016 (re: resignation of Dianna Duran); re-elected: 2018, 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Secretary of State is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Seat - At term limit.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Treasurer Laura M. Montoya
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Auditor Joseph M. Maestas
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
The current Auditor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Commissioner of Public Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 12 incumbents, 6 candidates
  Republican: 6 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
 
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.

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.


 


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