New Mexico Democratic Delegation 2016

The Green Papers
2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

New Mexico Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 7 June 2016 (presumably)¹
District Conventions: Saturday 18 June 2016 (presumably)
State Post Primary Election Convention: Saturday 25 June 2016 (presumably)

Candidate	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Hard Total	Floor
Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham	`18 41.86%`	`27 62.79%`
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"	`16 37.21%`	`16 37.21%`
Uncommitted	`9 20.93%`
Total	`43 100.00%`	`43 100.00%`

Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

43 total delegate votes - 23 district / 7 at large; 4 Pledged PLEOs; 9 Unpledged PLEOs

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New Mexico Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

New Mexico State and Local Government

Source: Delegate Selection Plan for the 2016 DNC Convention.

Source: 2016 Primary Election Candidate Portal from the New Mexico Secretary of State.

Results from
Returns from the New Mexico Secretary of State.
AP Statewide
Politico.

Unpledged delegate preferences as of
26 February 2016: Clinton: 5.
30 April 2016: Clinton 6.
28 May 2016: Clinton 7.
8 June 2016: Clinton 8.
17 June 2016: Clinton 9.

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Participation in New Mexico's delegate selection process is open to all voters registered as Democrats.

Tuesday 7 June 2016 (presumably): New Mexico Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p MDT (1300-0100 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 29 June 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

Candidate	Pop Vote	%
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton	111,334	51.53%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders	104,741	48.47%
Total	216,075	100.00%

Tuesday 7 June 2016 (presumably): 34 of 43 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Mexico Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

23 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the Primary results in each of the State's 3 congressional districts.
In addition, 11 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the Primary vote statewide.
- 7 at-large National Convention delegates
- 4 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: Email from the Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Thursday 30 June 2016.

Contest				Clinton			Sanders
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del	Pop Vote	Alloc	Del
CD1	78,633	78,633	8	38,768	3.944	4	39,865	4.056	4
CD2	47,285	47,285	7	25,360	3.754	4	21,925	3.246	3
CD3	89,436	89,436	8	46,872	4.193	4	42,564	3.807	4
PLEO	215,354	215,354	4	111,000	2.062	2	104,354	1.938	2
At-Large	215,354	215,354	7	111,000	3.608	4	104,354	3.392	3
Total Delegates			34			18			16

Saturday 18 June 2016 (presumably): District Conventions. National Convention District delegates are elected by state delegates according to the results of the Presidential Primary.

Saturday 25 June 2016 (presumably): State Party Committee Meeting.

State Post Primary Election Convention elects National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-large delegates according to the statewide results of the Presidential Primary.

The remaining 9 National Convention delegates consist of

9 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

4 Democratic National Committee members.
4 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 2 Representatives).
0 Governors.
1 Distinguished Party Leader (Former DNC Chairman Fred R. Harris).

These 9 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

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.

Notes

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.

¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

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
Media & others
	• Albuquerque Journal
	• Independent - Gallup
	• KOB TV - NBC - Albuquerque
	• KOB TV - NBC - Albuquerque
	• KUNM FM - Public Radio - Albuquerque
	• New Mexican - Santa Fe
	• New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan
	• Politics1.com - New Mexico
	• The Taos News
	• Valencia County News-Bulletin