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Bernalillo County, NM

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19 races and 7 ballot questions in your ZIP preview.

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U.S. House, New Mexico District 2
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Gregory G. Cunningham
REP
Biography
Cunningham is a former U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran, Albuquerque police officer and undercover detective who now owns a business, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he is a lifelong New Mexican, husband, father and grandfather running for Congress as a Republican.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Gabriel Vasquez
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Gabe Vasquez is the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 2nd District and a New Mexico State University graduate who helped build a Las Cruces small business, per the campaign site. He joined Senator Heinrich's staff in 2013 and was elected to the Las Cruces City Council in 2017, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Make life more affordable for working New Mexicans
  • Protect public lands
  • Improve public safety
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Gregory G. Cunningham (R), Gabriel Vasquez (D) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary.
U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Ben Ray Luján
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Ben Ray Luján is New Mexico's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. He was born and raised on a small family farm in Nambé by a union ironworker and a public school employee, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Making New Mexico more affordable
  • Delivering for New Mexicans
  • Keeping New Mexicans safe
Campaign Finance
$7,669,989 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (32% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (23% of receipts)
Key voting record
Voted no on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the Senate 60-40 in November 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
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Larry Marker
REP
Biography
Larry Marker was born in Hobbs in 1963 and raised in Roswell after his family settled there in 1972, per the campaign site. He has worked in oil and gas production, farming, ranching, manufacturing, construction and service, per the campaign site. The campaign site says his Senate campaign earned a spot on the general ballot through the write-in primary process.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Powering New Mexico's future: protect jobs, schools and energy
  • Secure borders, safe neighborhoods
  • Standing with farmers and ranchers
Campaign Finance
$32,400 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (78% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Deb Haaland
DEM
Biography
Deb Haaland is New Mexico's Democratic nominee for governor, a former U.S. secretary of the interior, former U.S. representative, and former state Democratic Party chair. Her running mate for lieutenant governor is Stephanie Garcia Richard, the state's outgoing commissioner of public lands, per the Santa Fe New Mexican. Her campaign emphasizes lowering family costs, supporting working families, clean energy, rural infrastructure, and Native and community representation.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lower costs for New Mexico families
  • Invest in clean energy, infrastructure, and rural communities
  • Protect public lands, health care, and working-family supports
Campaign siteFull profile
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Gregg Hull
REP
Biography
Gregg Hull is New Mexico's Republican nominee for governor and a former three-term mayor of Rio Rancho. His running mate for lieutenant governor is state Senator David Gallegos of Eunice, per the Santa Fe New Mexican. His campaign emphasizes economic development, crime reduction, executive experience, and changing one-party control in state government.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Grow New Mexico's economy and private-sector jobs
  • Reduce crime and improve public safety
  • Bring mayoral executive experience to state government
Campaign siteFull profile
Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Raúl Torrez
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Raúl Torrez is New Mexico's incumbent attorney general and the Democratic nominee for re-election in 2026. A former federal prosecutor, Justice Department senior advisor, and elected district attorney for the Albuquerque area, his office has emphasized public safety, crimes against children, consumer protection, and civil rights enforcement.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Strengthen public safety and violent-crime prosecution
  • Protect children and vulnerable New Mexicans
  • Enforce consumer protection and civil rights laws
Campaign siteFull profile
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Sam Kane
REP
Biography
Sam Kane is running for New Mexico Attorney General. He worked as a math teacher in Miami while attending law school at night, and later clerked for a federal judge in Las Cruces, New Mexico, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Bring private-practice legal experience to the office
  • Focus the office on crime and public safety
  • Provide a check on one-party control of state government
Campaign siteFull profile
Secretary of State
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Amanda López Askin
DEM
Biography
Amanda López Askin is the Democratic nominee for New Mexico secretary of state, the Doña Ana County clerk and a former New Mexico State University regent. With incumbent Maggie Toulouse Oliver term-limited, her campaign emphasizes her county-level experience keeping elections running smoothly and securely.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Keep New Mexico elections secure and smooth-running
  • Bring county clerk experience to statewide election administration
  • Protect voter access across New Mexico
Campaign siteFull profile
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Ramona Goolsby
REP
Biography
Ramona Goolsby is the Republican nominee for New Mexico secretary of state, a retired nurse practitioner, Army veteran, and soil and water conservation board member. Her campaign emphasizes election integrity, enforcement of campaign finance statutes, and transparency in state government.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protect election integrity
  • Enforce election finance statutes
  • Bring transparency and accountability to state government
Campaign siteFull profile
Treasurer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Laura Montoya
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Laura Montoya is New Mexico's incumbent state treasurer and the Democratic nominee for re-election in 2026. The first Latina elected to the office, she previously served two terms as Sandoval County treasurer, and her campaign emphasizes serving with integrity, protecting public funds, and financial opportunity for all New Mexicans.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Manage state funds with integrity and transparency
  • Expand financial opportunity and literacy for New Mexicans
Campaign siteFull profile
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James Ellison
REP
Biography
James Ellison is the Republican nominee for New Mexico state treasurer, a chartered financial analyst, former Public Regulation Commission member, and former utility analyst. His campaign emphasizes responsible stewardship of the roughly $20 billion in state funds the treasurer manages directly.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Apply CFA-level investment discipline to state funds
  • Protect taxpayer dollars through responsible stewardship
  • Bring regulatory and analytical experience to the treasury
Campaign siteFull profile
Auditor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Joseph Maestas
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Joseph Maestas is New Mexico's incumbent state auditor and the Democratic nominee for re-election in 2026. An engineer and former mayor of Española and Santa Fe city councilor, his office audits government agencies statewide to protect public funds and root out fraud, waste, and abuse.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Root out fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds, per the New Mexico State Auditor's office website
  • Hold government agencies financially accountable, per the New Mexico State Auditor's office website
  • Bring engineering rigor to public oversight, per the New Mexico State Auditor's office website
Campaign siteFull profile
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Joshua James Lawrence
REP
Biography
Joshua James Lawrence is the Republican nominee for New Mexico state auditor, a film-industry worker and 2022 sheriff candidate. He offers a Republican alternative for the state's financial-oversight office. No 2026 campaign site was found as of October 15, 2026; facebook.com/SheriffJoshuaJames is a Facebook page, which is not a campaign site.
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Commissioner of Public Lands
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Michael Jack Perry
REP
Biography
Perry is a retired New Mexico Department of Game and Fish game warden and former Assistant Commissioner over state lands at the New Mexico State Land Office, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he owns Wildlife and Habitat Prescriptions, which works with ranch owners on land and habitat solutions, and serves as Vice Chair of the Chaves County Commission.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Responsible land management
  • Protecting water and watersheds
  • Wildfire and flood mitigation
Campaign siteFull profile
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Juan De Jesus Sanchez, III
DEM
Biography
Juan De Jesus Sanchez, III is the Democratic nominee for New Mexico commissioner of public lands, a farmer and conservation advocate whose family's ranch near Belen has relied on a State Trust Land grazing lease, per his campaign site. He previously worked as a natural resources specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and as political director for U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, per Source New Mexico.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protect New Mexico's public lands
  • Strengthen rural economies
  • Ensure land and water resources are stewarded responsibly
Campaign siteFull profile
Judge of The Court of Appeals Position 1
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Kris Houghton
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Kristopher Nicolas Houghton was appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals in August 2025 by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, per his campaign site. He previously served in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Albuquerque, including as Chief of the Criminal Division, and as a Department of Justice judicial attache in Bogota, Colombia, from 2012 to 2025, and is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law, per his campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
New Mexico Judicial Retention
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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C. Shannon Bacon
INCUMBENT
Biography
Bacon previously served as a district court judge on the Second Judicial District Court and as its Presiding Civil Judge, and before that was a partner at Sutin, Thayer and Brown, P.A., per the court's official biography. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in January 2019 and took the oath of office on February 4, 2019, and won election to the seat in 2020.
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David K. Thomson
INCUMBENT
Biography
Thomson earned his law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, clerked for a U.S. District Judge, worked as a litigation attorney and Deputy Attorney General in the New Mexico Attorney General's Office, and served as a state trial judge in the First Judicial District from 2015, per the court's official biography. He took the oath of office as a Supreme Court justice on February 4, 2019, and won election to the seat in 2020.
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J. Miles Hanisee
INCUMBENT
Biography
Hanisee earned his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law, clerked for two Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals judges, and worked as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1996 to 2007 before entering private practice, per the court's official biography. Governor Susana Martinez appointed him to the Court of Appeals in 2011, and voters retained him in 2018.
About this race
Retention vote: each judge appears alone with a yes-or-no question on keeping the seat.

Countywide races in Bernalillo County

ZIP 87121 sits in Bernalillo County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Bernalillo County races (39).

Bernalillo County Assessor
2 candidates
County ▾
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Michael Ray Maine
REP
Biography
Michael Ray Maine is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Bernalillo County Assessor, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
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Linda Stover
DEM
Biography
Linda Stover is a Democratic candidate for Bernalillo County Assessor. She previously served as Bernalillo County Clerk and currently works as the county's Deputy Treasurer, per her campaign site. Her earlier career included 33 years in the mortgage industry and six years as a realtor, per the Albuquerque Journal.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Supports fair, consistent and transparent property valuations, with clear communication about how values are determined.
  • Supports maintaining New Mexico's statutory cap limiting how much a property's assessed value can rise in a single year.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
2 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Bernalillo County Assessor, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Bernalillo County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
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John D. Allen
DEM
Biography
John D. Allen is the sitting Bernalillo County Sheriff, per the county's official elected officials roster. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
John D. Allen is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Bernalillo County Probate Judge
1 candidate
County ▾
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Veronica Hernandez
DEM
Biography
Veronica Hernandez is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Bernalillo County Probate Judge, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Veronica Hernandez is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Division V
2 candidates
County ▾
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Ramon J. Maestas
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Ramon J. Maestas currently serves as the Division V judge of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, per the court's own judges directory. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
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Kerry J. Morris
REP
Biography
Kerry J. Morris is a Republican candidate for Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Division V. He has been a New Mexico resident since 1953 and earned his law degree from the UNM School of Law in 1981. His legal career spans more than four and a half decades, beginning as a prosecutor and continuing in private practice representing individuals and small businesses, per his campaign site. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Says courts must uphold the Constitution and Bill of Rights as written.
  • Says judges should decide the cases before them rather than make policy from the bench.
Full profile
About this race
Ramon J. Maestas and Kerry J. Morris are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Ramon J. Maestas is the sitting judge in this division, per https://metro.nmcourts.gov/about-this-court/judges/. Every Bernalillo County voter elects this seat. New Mexico's metropolitan court judges run in a partisan election the first time they seek the seat, then stand later on a separate nonpartisan retention question; this is that partisan race.
Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Division XIX
1 candidate
County ▾
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Andrea Inez Gunderson
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Andrea Inez Gunderson is a judge of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Civil Division, appointed in March 2025, per her campaign site. She previously served as a Special Commissioner for the Second Judicial Children's Court and as an Assistant District Attorney in Bernalillo County prosecuting DWI and domestic violence cases, and spent more than ten years in private practice handling child welfare, criminal defense and civil litigation, per her campaign site. She holds a B.A., an M.B.A. and a J.D. from the University of New Mexico, and has volunteered for over a decade teaching evidence and trial practice at the UNM School of Law.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Andrea Inez Gunderson is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Andrea Inez Gunderson is the sitting judge in this division, per https://metro.nmcourts.gov/about-this-court/judges/. Every Bernalillo County voter elects this seat. New Mexico's metropolitan court judges run in a partisan election the first time they seek the seat, then stand later on a separate nonpartisan retention question; this is that partisan race.
New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court, Division II
1 candidate
County ▾
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Matthew Edwin Chavez
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Matthew Edwin Chavez currently serves as the Division II judge of the 2nd Judicial District Court, covering Bernalillo County, per the court's own website. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Matthew Edwin Chavez is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Second Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Matthew Edwin Chavez is the sitting judge in this division, per https://seconddistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/judges-directory/. Every voter in Bernalillo county elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 2nd Judicial District (the New Mexico Courts' Courts by District page). New Mexico district judges run in a partisan election the first time they seek the seat, then stand later on a separate nonpartisan retention question; this is that partisan race.
New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court, Division XI
1 candidate
County ▾
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Bryan T. Fox
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Bryan T. Fox currently serves as the Division XI judge of the 2nd Judicial District Court, covering Bernalillo County, per the court's own website. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Bryan T. Fox is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Second Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Bryan T. Fox is the sitting judge in this division, per https://seconddistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/judges-directory/. Every voter in Bernalillo county elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 2nd Judicial District (the New Mexico Courts' Courts by District page). New Mexico district judges run in a partisan election the first time they seek the seat, then stand later on a separate nonpartisan retention question; this is that partisan race.
New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court, Division XIX
1 candidate
County ▾
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Diana Lynn Garcia
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Diana Lynn Garcia is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court, Division XIX, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's official general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Diana Lynn Garcia is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Second Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Diana Lynn Garcia is the sitting judge in this division, per https://seconddistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/judges-directory/. Every voter in Bernalillo county elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 2nd Judicial District (the New Mexico Courts' Courts by District page). New Mexico district judges run in a partisan election the first time they seek the seat, then stand later on a separate nonpartisan retention question; this is that partisan race.
New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court, Division XXIV
1 candidate
County ▾
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Crystal Emerald Lees
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Crystal Emerald Lees currently serves as the Division XXIV judge of the 2nd Judicial District Court, covering Bernalillo County, per the court's own website. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Crystal Emerald Lees is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Second Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Crystal Emerald Lees is the sitting judge in this division, per https://seconddistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/judges-directory/. Every voter in Bernalillo county elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 2nd Judicial District (the New Mexico Courts' Courts by District page). New Mexico district judges run in a partisan election the first time they seek the seat, then stand later on a separate nonpartisan retention question; this is that partisan race.

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