The Green Papers: New Mexico 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 4 June 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
2002 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
1990 Census:1,515,069 (0.61% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:1,823,821 (0.65% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):821,006
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):1,250,000
Capital:Santa Fe
Tuesday 4 June 2002 polls close 7:00p MDT (0100 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 7:00p MST (0200 UTC)
 

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New Mexico State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in NEW MEXICO-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 7 PM Mountain Standard Time
(0200 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • NEW MEXICO is electing its Governor in 2002; this is an Open Chair, as incumbent Republican Gary Johnson is at term limit and CANNOT run for re-election as Governor in the General Election.
  • NEW MEXICO is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; incumbent Republican Pete Domenici is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • NEW MEXICO is electing 3 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not gain nor lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of NEW MEXICO not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    Incumbent Party District
    [per 1990
    Apportionment ]    		 Reason for not
    seeking re-election
    Joe Skeen Republican CD # 2 voluntary retirement

    Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from NEW MEXICO in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE—Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]:

    • CD 2

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in NEW MEXICO:

    • CD 3: Democratic Congressman Tom Udall is running unopposed.
 
Governor  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors
Chair up for election Republican Governor Gary E. Johnson
• First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor.
• Open Chair
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democrat Bill Richardson
• Lt. Governor: Diane D. Denish
  Candidate Green David E. Bacon
• Lt. Governor: Kathleen M. Sanchez
  Candidate Independent (Russell Means - pending)
• Lt. Governor: Carmen Quintana
Means served a year in a South Dakota prison circa 1975 for his leadership role in the confrontation at Wounded Knee. New Mexico prohibits ex-Felons from holding public office.
21 October 2001: Russell Means has withdrawn as a Libertarian candidate and will run as an Independent.
10 June 2001: Nominated by Libertarian Convention.
  Candidate Republican John A. Sanchez
• Lt. Governor: Rod Adair
  Candidate Write-In (Christina M. Vahlsing - pending)
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democrat Senator Jeff Bingaman
• First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1988, 1994, 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator Pete V. Domenici
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary
  Candidate Democrat Gloria Tristani
  Elected Republican Senator Pete V. Domenici
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republicans (1 Renominated, 1 Open);
1 Democrat (1 Renominated)
CD 1 Republican Congressman Heather A. Wilson
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 23 June 1998 in Special Election re: death of Congressman Stephen Schiff, 25 March 1998
• Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Wilson is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1
CD 2 Republican Congressman Joe Skeen
• Open Seat - Voluntary Retirement
CD 3 Democrat Congressman Tom Udall
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1998
• Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Udall is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Richard M. Romero
  Elected Republican Congressman Heather A. Wilson
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat John Arthur Smith
  Candidate Green George L. Dewey
• Declared write-in candidate
  Candidate Republican Padraig M. Lynch
• Declared write-in candidate
  Elected Republican Steve Pearce
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat Congressman Tom Udall
 

  Midterm Election Home  
  RACES TO KEEP AN EYE ON -- A Spectator's Guide To Election 2002  
  Contests To Watch (pre-election polls)  
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  2002 Primary and Runoff Elections Chronologically   --   2002 Primary and Runoff Elections Alphabetically  
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  Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with multiple incumbents running for them  
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  2002 Partisan Composition by State  
  Midterm Election Congressional Districts  
  Senate Electoral Classes  
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  Governors of the States of the Union by REGION and subregion  
  "Class 2" U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2002 by REGION and Subregion  
  Change in Representation in U.S. House by REGION and Subregion between 2000 and 2002