2020 New Mexico elections
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Registered | 1,351,811 | |
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Turnout | 68.67%[1] | |
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A general election has held in the U.S. state of New Mexico on November 3, 2020.[2] To vote by mail, registered New Mexico voters must have requested a ballot by October 30, 2020.[3][4]
Federal offices[]
U.S. President[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joe Biden | 501,614 | 54.29 | ![]() | |
Republican | Donald Trump (incumbent) | 401,894 | 43.50 | ![]() | |
Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen | 12,585 | 1.36 | ![]() | |
Green | Howie Hawkins | 4,426 | 0.48 | ![]() | |
Constitution | Sheila Tittle | 1,806 | 0.20 | ![]() | |
Socialism and Liberation | Gloria La Riva | 1,640 | 0.18 | ![]() | |
Majority | 99,720 | 10.79 | ![]() | ||
Total votes | 923,965 | 100.00 |
U.S. Senate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Ben Ray Luján | 474,483 | 51.73 | ![]() | |
Republican | Mark Ronchetti | 418,483 | 45.62 | ![]() | |
Libertarian | Bob Walsh | 24,271 | 2.65 | ||
Total votes | 917,237 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
U.S. House of Representatives[]
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
New Mexico 1 | Deb Haaland | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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New Mexico 2 | Xochitl Torres Small | Democratic | 2018 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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New Mexico 3 | Ben Ray Luján | Democratic | 2008 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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State offices[]
State Legislature[]
All of the seats of the New Mexico Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2020. Democrats held control of both chambers, maintaining a government trifecta.
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Judicial offices[]
Supreme Court[]
Position 1[]
Justice Shannon Bacon ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 25, 2019.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shannon Bacon (incumbent) | 495,759 | 55.7 | |
Republican | Ned Fuller | 394,595 | 44.3 | |
Total votes | 890,354 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Position 2[]
Justice David Thomson ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 25, 2019.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Thomson (incumbent) | 480,507 | 54.2 | |
Republican | Kerry Morris | 406,791 | 45.8 | |
Total votes | 887,298 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Court of Appeals[]
Position 1[]
Judge Zachary Ives ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 31, 2019.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Zachary Ives (incumbent) | 464,043 | 52.5 | |
Republican | Barbara Johnson | 419,927 | 47.5 | |
Total votes | 883,970 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Position 2[]
Judge Shammara Henderson ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on February 14, 2020.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Shammara Henderson (incumbent) | 450,566 | 51.0 | |
Republican | Gertrude Lee | 370,778 | 41.9 | |
Libertarian | Stephen Curtis | 62,547 | 7.1 | |
Total votes | 883,891 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Position 3[]
Judge Jane Yohalem ran for a full term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on June 20, 2020.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jane Yohalem (incumbent) | 456,645 | 51.8 | |
Republican | Thomas Montoya | 424,153 | 48.2 | |
Total votes | 880,798 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Medina seat[]
Judge Jacqueline Medina won election to a full term in 2018. In order to be eligible for future terms, Judge Medina faced an uncontested retention election, where she needed at least 57% of the vote.
Choice | Votes | % |
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540,619 | 73.1 |
No | 199,217 | 26.9 |
Total votes | 739,836 | 100.00 |
See also[]
- Elections in New Mexico
- Bilingual elections requirement for New Mexico (per Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006)[8]
- Politics of New Mexico
- Political party strength in New Mexico
References[]
- ^ "Turnout". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ "New Mexico elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2020,
New Mexico
- ^ "Absentee and Mail Voting Policies in Effect for the 2020 Election", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, retrieved October 10, 2020,
New Mexico
- ^ "Federal". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Official Results - 2020 General November 3, 2020". New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "2020 General Election Results Statewide Summary". New Mexico Secretary of State.
- ^ "Covered Areas for Voting Rights Bilingual Election Materials—2015", Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006, Determinations Under Section 203, Federal Register, retrieved October 13, 2020,
A Notice by the Census Bureau on 12/05/2016
External links[]
- "League of Women Voters of New Mexico". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "New Mexico", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "New Mexico: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "New Mexico 2019 & 2020 Elections", Followthemoney.org
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through...2020
- 2020 New Mexico elections
- 2020 elections in the United States by state
- Western United States election stubs
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