New Mexico Voter Guide 2026

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 campaign emphasizes lowering family costs, supporting working families, clean energy, rural infrastructure, and Native and community representation.

Priorities: Lower costs for New Mexico families · Invest in clean energy, infrastructure, and rural communities · Protect public lands, health care, and working-family supports

Gregg Hull is New Mexico's Republican nominee for governor and a former three-term mayor of Rio Rancho. His campaign emphasizes economic development, crime reduction, executive experience, and changing one-party control in state government.

Priorities: Grow New Mexico's economy and private-sector jobs · Reduce crime and improve public safety · Bring mayoral executive experience to state government

Ben Ray Luján is New Mexico's incumbent U.S. senator and the Democratic nominee for a second term in 2026. Raised in Nambé, he served six terms in the U.S. House before winning his Senate seat in 2020, and his work centers on good-paying jobs, affordable health care, rural broadband, and protecting New Mexico's land, water, and culture.

Priorities: Create good-paying jobs for New Mexicans · Expand access to quality, affordable health care · Protect New Mexico's land, water, and natural resources

Larry Marker is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in New Mexico, a businessman who previously ran for land commissioner in 2022 and state Senate in 2024. His platform emphasizes border security, expanded energy production, and support for New Mexico agriculture.

Priorities: Secure the border · Expand New Mexico energy production · Support farmers, ranchers, and rural New Mexico

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.

Priorities: Strengthen public safety and violent-crime prosecution · Protect children and vulnerable New Mexicans · Enforce consumer protection and civil rights laws

Sam Kane is the Republican nominee for New Mexico attorney general, an attorney in private practice. He offers a Republican alternative for the state's chief legal office.

Priorities: 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

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.

Priorities: Keep New Mexico elections secure and smooth-running · Bring county clerk experience to statewide election administration · Protect voter access across New Mexico

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.

Priorities: Protect election integrity · Enforce election finance statutes · Bring transparency and accountability to state government

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.

Priorities: Manage state funds with integrity and transparency · Expand financial opportunity and literacy for New Mexicans · Protect taxpayer dollars through prudent investment

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.

Priorities: Apply CFA-level investment discipline to state funds · Protect taxpayer dollars through responsible stewardship · Bring regulatory and analytical experience to the treasury

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.

Priorities: Root out fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds · Hold government agencies financially accountable · Bring engineering rigor to public oversight

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.

Priorities: Provide independent scrutiny of state spending · Bring an outsider's perspective to government oversight · Increase transparency in public finances