Election in New Mexico
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Democratic
Republican
Last election
3
0
Seats won
2
1
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
495,781
407,786
Percentage
54.86%
45.12%
Swing
3.39%
6.92%
Democratic
50–60%
Republican
50–60%
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the three
U.S. representatives from the
state of
New Mexico , one from each of the state's three
congressional districts . The elections coincided with the
2020 U.S. presidential election , as well as
other elections to the House of Representatives,
elections to the
United States Senate and various
state and
local elections .
From the election until
Deb Haaland 's resignation to become
Secretary of the Interior , New Mexico had a house delegation comprised entirely of
women of color , the second US state (after Hawaii) to do so.
[1] New Mexico is also the first state to have a majority of its house representatives be
Native Americans .
[a]
Overview
Popular vote
Democratic
54.86%
Republican
45.12%
Other
0.01%
House seats
Democratic
66.67%
Republican
33.33%
Results of the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico by district:
[3]
District 1
2020 New Mexico's 1st congressional district election
County resultsHolmes: 50-60% 60–70%Haaland: 50–60%
Precinct resultsHaaland: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Holmes: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Tie: 50% No votes
The 1st district is centered around
Albuquerque , taking in most of
Bernalillo County ,
Torrance County , and parts of
Sandoval County ,
Santa Fe County and
Valencia County . The incumbent was Democrat
Deb Haaland , who was elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2018.
[4]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Brett Kokinadis, founder of New Mexico Democrats for Democracy
[8]
Jared Vanderdussen, attorney
[9]
Results
General election
Debate
Predictions
Endorsements
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
[b]
Margin of error
Deb Haaland (D)
Michelle Garcia Holmes (R)
Undecided
Research & Polling Inc.
October 23–29, 2020
430 (LV)
± 4.7%
58%
37%
6%
Research & Polling Inc.
August 26 – September 2, 2020
404 (LV)
± 4.9%
58%
31%
11%
Results
District 2
2020 New Mexico's 2nd congressional district election
County resultsHerrell: 50-60% 60–70% 70–80%Torres Small: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Precinct resultsHerrell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Torres Small: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Tie: 50% No votes
The 2nd district covers southern New Mexico, including
Las Cruces ,
Roswell , and the southern part of
Albuquerque . The incumbent was Democrat
Xochitl Torres Small , who flipped the district and was elected with 50.9% of the vote in
2018 .
[4]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined
Polling
Results
General election
Debates
Predictions
Endorsements
Xochitl Torres Small (D)
Federal officials
Newspapers
Organizations
Yvette Herrell (R)
Executive Officials
Federal officials
Organizations
Individuals
Polling
Results
District 3
2020 New Mexico's 3rd congressional district election
County resultsMartinez Johnson: 50-60% 60–70% 70–80%Leger Fernandez: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Precinct resultsLeger Fernandez: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Martinez Johnson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Tie: 50% No votes
The 3rd district encompasses all of northern New Mexico, including the city of
Santa Fe , and includes most of the
Navajo Nation and
Puebloans within New Mexico. The incumbent was Democrat
Ben Ray Luján , who was re-elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2018,
[4] and announced on April 1, 2019 that he would seek the
Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2020 .
[44] Luján won the primary, and ultimately the general election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Declined
Hector Balderas ,
Attorney General of New Mexico
[53]
Brian Egolf , speaker of the
New Mexico House of Representatives
[53]
Valerie Espinoza ,
New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner for the 3rd district and former
Santa Fe County clerk
[54]
Paula Garcia, executive director of the New Mexico Acequia Association
[55]
Stephanie Garcia Richard ,
New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
[53]
Ben Ray Luján , incumbent U.S. representative (
running for U.S. Senate )
[44]
Joseph Maestas, mayor of
Española and former
Santa Fe city councilman
[53]
Andrea Romero , state representative
[56]
John Sapien , state senator
[55]
Victor Snover, mayor of
Aztec
[57]
Carl Trujillo , former state representative
[56]
Linda Trujillo , state representative
[56]
JoAnne Vigil Coppler,
Santa Fe city councilwoman
[58]
Renee Villarreal,
Santa Fe city councilwoman
[56]
Alan Webber ,
mayor of Santa Fe
[53]
Peter Wirth , majority leader of the
New Mexico Senate
[59]
Endorsements
Teresa Leger Fernandez
U.S. representatives
Organizations
Newspapers
Marco Serna
State and local politicians
Polling
Pre-primary convention results
Candidates for the Democratic nomination needed to either receive the votes of 20% of the delegates at the pre-primary convention on March 7, or collect and submit signatures to the secretary of state to have made it to the June 2 primary.
[76]
Candidate
Delegates
Vote
%
John Blair
19
4.5%
Teresa Leger Fernandez
178
41.9%
Laura Montoya
87
20.5%
Valerie Plame
22
5.2%
Joseph Sanchez
52
12.2%
Marco Serna
57
13.4%
Kyle Tisdel
10
2.4%
Total
425
100.0%
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Alexis Johnson, environmental engineer and rancher
[77]
Eliminated in primary
Disqualified
Audra Lee Brown, businesswoman
[51]
Anastacia Golden Morper, real estate agent
[80]
[81]
Withdrawn
Brett Kokinadis, founder of New Mexico Democrats for Democracy
[8]
Declined
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Green primary
Candidates
Declined
General election
Debate
Predictions
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
[b]
Margin of error
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)
Alexis Johnson (R)
Undecided
Research & Polling Inc.
October 23–29, 2020
347 (LV)
± 5.3%
58%
35%
6%
Research & Polling Inc.
August 26 – September 2, 2020
301 (LV)
± 5.6%
50%
35%
15%
Results
See also
Notes
^ Two of the three representatives elected from New Mexico are of Native American ancestry: Yvette Herrell is Cherokee and Deb Haaland is a member of the Laguna Pueblo.
[2]
^
a
b
c
d
e
f Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
^ John Blair 4%, Laura Montoya 3%, Kyle Tiesel 2%
^ Poll was sponsored by Plame's campaign
Partisan clients
^
a
b
c Poll sponsored by the
Yvette Herrell campaign
^
a
b
c Poll sponsored by the
NRCC .
^ Poll sponsored by the
Congressional Leadership Fund , which supports Republican candidates for Congress.
^ This poll's sponsor had endorsed Teresa Legar Fernandez prior to the sampling period
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