Eileen P. Riordan
Republican Incumbent
Biography
Eileen P. Riordan currently serves as the Division V judge of the 5th Judicial District Court, covering Lea County, per the court's own website. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Lea County, New Mexico
New Mexico 5th Judicial District Court, Division V
Lea County, New Mexico
New Mexico 5th Judicial District Court, Division V
One candidate is tracked for New Mexico 5th Judicial District Court, Division V on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Eileen P. Riordan. Candidate information follows official Lea County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
About this race
Eileen P. Riordan is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Fifth Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Eileen P. Riordan is the sitting judge in this division, per https://fifthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/district-judges/. Every voter in Chaves, Eddy, and Lea counties elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 5th 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.
What this office does
Trial court judge. A trial judge presides over criminal and civil cases at the first level: bail and pleas, motions, trials, sentencing and civil judgments. Judges are bound by state law and appellate precedent and are barred by judicial conduct rules from campaigning on how they would rule. Most states elect trial judges on a nonpartisan ballot; the term and the courts a judge may sit on vary by state.
This race. The sitting officeholder, Eileen P. Riordan, is on the ballot. One name is on the ballot for this seat.