The Green Papers: New Mexico 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 2 June 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Tuesday 4 February 2020 - Filing Deadline: Preprimary Party Convention .
Tuesday 10 March 2020 - Filing Deadline: Primary Major Party .
Tuesday 17 March 2020 - Filing Deadline: Primary Write-in .
Tuesday 2 June 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p MDT (1300-0100 UTC).
Thursday 25 June 2020 - Filing Deadline: Minor/Independent/Independent President/Write-in General Election .
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p MST (1400-0200 UTC).
 
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 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


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


2020 Candidate Information from the New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State.

2020 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List from the New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State.

2 June 2020 Primary results, results from a media source.

2 June 2020 Primary returns from the New Mexico New Mexico Secretary of State.

2020 General Election Contest/Candidate List from the New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State.

3 November 2020 returns from the New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2020
 Candidate list (6)
  Elected Democratic 501,614 54.29% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
(5 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Republican 401,894 43.50% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Libertarian 12,585 1.36% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate Green 4,426 0.48% Howie Gresham Hawkins
for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker
FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095
  Candidate Constitution 1,806 0.20% Sheila "Samm" Tittle
for Vice President: David Carl Sandige
FEC P20002630
  Candidate Socialism and Liberation 1,640 0.18% Gloria Estela La Riva
for Vice President: Sunil Freeman
FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
Total 923,965 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th 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 (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich
FEC S2NM00088

Class 2
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Senator Tom Udall
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 25 March 2019: "... I'm announcing today that I won’t be seeking re-election next year."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3)
  Elected Democratic 474,483 51.73% Member of Congress Ben Ray Luján
Member of Congress CD 3

FEC S0NM00058; 23 Nov 20; Tot $9,143,984; Dsb $9,412,961
  Candidate Republican 418,483 45.62% Mark V. Ronchetti
FEC S0NM00124; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,977,143; Dsb $3,940,139
  Candidate Libertarian 24,271 2.65% Bob Walsh
FEC S0NM00132; 23 Nov 20; Tot $8,326; Dsb $6,895
Total 917,237 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
First elected: 2018
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Howie C. Morales
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democratic (2 Renominated, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Debra A. "Deb" Haaland
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 186,953 58.19% Member of Congress Debra A. "Deb" Haaland
FEC H8NM01331; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,239,922; Dsb $1,807,228
  Candidate Republican 134,337 41.81% Michelle Garcia Holmes
FEC H0NM01189; 31 Dec 20; Tot $395,288; Dsb $383,584
Total 321,290 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Xochitl Torres Small
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 142,283 53.70% former state Representative Stella Yvette "Yvette" Herrell
FEC H8NM02156; 31 Dec 20; Tot $2,849,385; Dsb $2,959,587
  Candidate Democratic 122,546 46.25% Member of Congress Xochitl Torres Small
FEC H8NM02248; 23 Nov 20; Tot $8,478,730; Dsb $8,551,661
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 117 0.04% Steve Jones
No Party/Independent/Decline to State

FEC H0NM02237; 23 Nov 20; Tot $9,405; Dsb $9,505
Total 264,946 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Open
Democratic Member of Congress Ben Ray Luján
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 1 April 2019: Member of Congress Luján declared he would run for the Class 2 Senate Seat in 2020.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 186,282 58.68% Teresa Leger Fernandez
a.k.a. Teresa Leger, Teresa Leger de Fernandez.

FEC H0NM03102; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,280,814; Dsb $2,103,502
  Candidate Republican 131,166 41.32% Alexis M. Johnson
FEC H0NM03201; 23 Nov 20; Tot $155,675; Dsb $142,224
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Angela Gale Morales
Total 317,448 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. 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.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.
19 April 2019: Filed with the FEC to run for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat.
29 October 2019: Ending her campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Attorney General Hector H. Balderas
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Treasurer Tim Eichenberg
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Auditor Brian S. Colón
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Auditor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Commissioner of Public Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 

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
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 2 candidates
 
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.


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
Republican
  Republican Party of New Mexico
Third Party
  Justice Party of New Mexico
  Libertarian Party of New Mexico 26 August 2022: Libertarian Party of New Mexico disaffiliated with the Libertarian National Committee.
  The Right to Life Committee of New Mexico
  The Unity Party of New Mexico
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

 


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