San Juan County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
26 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 22 San Juan County races, led by the San Juan County Assessor contest.
County offices
AssessorJohn D. Kuhn (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
John D. Kuhn
John D. Kuhn is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan 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.
John D. Kuhn is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageSheriffKenneth W. Christesen (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Kenneth W. Christesen
Top priorities
- Supporting deputies by rebuilding staffing and providing resources and training
- Targeting drug trafficking, including methamphetamine and fentanyl, through proactive enforcement and interagency cooperation
- Promoting open communication and fair policing to build community trust
Per the campaign site.
About Kenneth W. Christesen
Kenneth W. Christesen has lived in San Juan County since 1973 and spent 29 years in law enforcement there, per his campaign site, previously serving two elected terms as San Juan County Sheriff and as president of the New Mexico Sheriffs' Association.
Kenneth W. Christesen is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageCommissioner, District 1Lonnie W. Todacheene (D) · Danielle Todacheene (R)
Lonnie W. Todacheene (D) and Danielle Todacheene (R) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Commissioner, District 1.
Lonnie W. Todacheene
Lonnie W. Todacheene is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Commissioner, District 1, 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.
Danielle Todacheene
Danielle Todacheene is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Commissioner, District 1, 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.
2 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Commissioner, District 1, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageCommissioner, District 2Elouise Brown (D) · Gary M. McDaniel (R) · Ervin Chavez (I)
Elouise Brown (D), Gary M. McDaniel (R) and Ervin Chavez (I) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Commissioner, District 2.
Elouise Brown
Elouise Brown is the Democratic nominee for San Juan County Commissioner, District 2, per KSJE 90.9 FM's election coverage. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Gary M. McDaniel
Gary M. McDaniel is a Republican candidate for San Juan County Commissioner, District 2. He previously won election to the same seat in 2022, per Yahoo News. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Ervin Chavez
Ervin Chavez is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Commissioner, District 2, 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.
3 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Commissioner, District 2, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageMagistrate Judge, Division 1Russell L. Bradford (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Russell L. Bradford
Russell L. Bradford is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Magistrate Judge, Division 1, 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.
Russell L. Bradford is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageMagistrate Judge, Division 2Eugenia Jean Charles Newton (D)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Eugenia Jean Charles Newton
Eugenia Jean Charles Newton is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Magistrate Judge, Division 2, 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.
Eugenia Jean Charles Newton is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageMagistrate Judge, Division 3Cory Tanner (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Cory Tanner
Cory Tanner is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Magistrate Judge, Division 3, 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.
Cory Tanner is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageMagistrate Judge, Division 4Trudy M. Chase (D)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Trudy M. Chase
Trudy M. Chase is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Magistrate Judge, Division 4, 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.
Trudy M. Chase is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageMagistrate Judge, Division 5Erich F. Cole (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Erich F. Cole
Erich F. Cole is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Magistrate Judge, Division 5, 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.
Erich F. Cole is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageMagistrate Judge, Division 6Stacey D. Biel (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Stacey D. Biel
Stacey D. Biel is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for San Juan County Magistrate Judge, Division 6, 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.
Stacey D. Biel is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageSchool board
Public Education Commission District 5Sharon E. Clahchischilliage (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Sharon E. Clahchischilliage (Republican) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Public Education Commission District 5.
Sharon E. Clahchischilliage
Sharon Clahchischilliage, a Navajo Nation member raised in Shiprock, began her career as a special education teacher and later taught at the Bernalillo School District, Albuquerque Public Schools, Farmington School District, Diné College, and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, per the New Mexico Public Education Department. She served three terms in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 2013 to 2018, then directed the Navajo Nation's Washington, D.C. office and the National Council of Urban Indian Health, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Incumbent Sharon Clahchischilliage is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the Public Education Commission District 5 seat, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified candidate list. This district covers only part of the county; the seat appears only on ballots inside the district. The name still appears on the ballot; the race is uncontested.
Full race pageJudges
Probate JudgeGary Risley (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Gary Risley
Gary Risley is the sitting San Juan County probate judge, per the Durango Herald, having previously served two earlier terms in the office before term limits and later returning by county commission appointment in 2021. Risley is the founding director of the Risley Law Firm, P.C. in Farmington, per the Durango Herald. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Gary Risley is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's certified 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List.
Full race pageNew Mexico 11th Judicial District Court, Division IIBradley Lyle Keeler (D)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Bradley Lyle Keeler
Bradley Lyle Keeler is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico 11th Judicial District Court, Division II, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's official general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Bradley Lyle Keeler is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Eleventh Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Bradley Lyle Keeler is the sitting judge in this division, per https://eleventhdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/mckinley-county-gallup-district-court-judges/ and .../san-juan-county-aztec-farmington-district-court/. Every voter in McKinley and San Juan counties elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 11th 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.
Full race pageNew Mexico 11th Judicial District Court, Division VIBrenna Clani-Washinawatok (D) · Brian D. Decker (R)
Brenna Clani-Washinawatok
Brenna Clani-Washinawatok currently serves as the Division 6 district judge at the Aztec District Court in the 11th Judicial District, covering San Juan County, per the court's own website. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Brian D. Decker
Brian D. Decker is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico 11th Judicial District Court, Division VI, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's official general-election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Brenna Clani-Washinawatok and Brian D. Decker are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Eleventh Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Brenna Clani-Washinawatok is the sitting judge in this division, per https://eleventhdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/mckinley-county-gallup-district-court-judges/ and .../san-juan-county-aztec-farmington-district-court/. Every voter in McKinley and San Juan counties elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 11th 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.
Full race pageNew Mexico 11th Judicial District Court, Division VIIIStephen M. Wayne (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Stephen M. Wayne
Stephen M. Wayne currently serves as the Division 8 district judge at the Aztec District Court in the 11th Judicial District, covering San Juan County, per the court's own website. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Stephen M. Wayne is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat on the Eleventh Judicial District, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Stephen M. Wayne is the sitting judge in this division, per https://eleventhdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/mckinley-county-gallup-district-court-judges/ and .../san-juan-county-aztec-farmington-district-court/. Every voter in McKinley and San Juan counties elects this seat, since New Mexico district judges are elected district-wide across the 11th 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.
Full race pageBy address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
San Juan County is split across 7 New Mexico House districts.
Find your districts by addressNew Mexico House: 7 districtsDistricts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 65, 69
New Mexico House District 1Rod Montoya (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Rod Montoya
Rod Montoya is a real estate broker based in Farmington who has served in the New Mexico House since 2015, per the New Mexico Legislature. He is the ranking member of the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee and also serves on the House Taxation and Revenue Committee, per the New Mexico Legislature. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Rod Montoya (R) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico House District 1; unopposed candidates still appear on New Mexico ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. Rod Montoya is the sitting member, per the New Mexico Legislature's member roster. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.
Full race pageNew Mexico House District 2P. Mark Duncan (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
P. Mark Duncan
P. Mark Duncan has represented a Kirtland based district in the New Mexico House since 2023, per the New Mexico Legislature. He serves as ranking member of the House Taxation and Revenue Committee and sits on the House Appropriations and Finance Committee, per the New Mexico Legislature. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
P. Mark Duncan (R) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico House District 2; unopposed candidates still appear on New Mexico ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. P. Mark Duncan is the sitting member, per the New Mexico Legislature's member roster. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.
Full race pageNew Mexico House District 3William A. Hall, II (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
William A. Hall, II
William A. Hall, II is a retired FBI agent who has served in the New Mexico House since 2024, per the New Mexico Legislature. He sits on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Labor, Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee, per the New Mexico Legislature. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
William A. Hall, II (R) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico House District 3; unopposed candidates still appear on New Mexico ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. William A. Hall, II is the sitting member, per the New Mexico Legislature's member roster. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.
Full race pageNew Mexico House District 4Heather Scott Ellison (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Heather Scott Ellison
Top priorities
- Supports strong, quality public education for every child
- Backs local jobs, small businesses and responsible energy development
- Supports law enforcement and first responders
Per the campaign site.
About Heather Scott Ellison
Heather Scott Ellison is Diné and has worked more than 35 years in education serving children and families, per Ellison's campaign site. The Democratic candidate in House District 4 withdrew from the race, leaving Ellison unopposed heading into the November 2026 general election, per News From The States.
Heather Scott Ellison (R) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico House District 4; unopposed candidates still appear on New Mexico ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. The New Mexico Legislature's member roster shows no incumbent seeking this seat. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.
Full race pageNew Mexico House District 5Doreen Wonda Johnson (D)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Doreen Wonda Johnson
Doreen Wonda Johnson is the Democratic nominee for New Mexico House District 5 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Doreen Wonda Johnson is the sitting member, per the New Mexico Legislature's member roster. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Doreen Wonda Johnson (D) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico House District 5; unopposed candidates still appear on New Mexico ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. Doreen Wonda Johnson is the sitting member, per the New Mexico Legislature's member roster. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.
Full race pageNew Mexico House District 65Derrick J. Lente (D)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Derrick J. Lente
Derrick J. Lente has represented House District 65, covering parts of Rio Arriba, Sandoval and San Juan counties, since 2017, per the New Mexico Legislature member page, which lists his occupation as business owner. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Derrick J. Lente (D) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico House District 65; unopposed candidates still appear on New Mexico ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. Derrick J. Lente is the sitting member, per the New Mexico Legislature's member roster. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.
Full race pageNew Mexico House District 69Michelle Paulene Abeyta (D)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Michelle Paulene Abeyta
Top priorities
- Supports child protection reforms including an independent Office of the Child Advocate
- Supports expanding health care access and behavioral health services
Per the campaign site.
About Michelle Paulene Abeyta
Michelle Paulene Abeyta has represented House District 69 since 2025, per the New Mexico Legislature member page, which lists her occupation as lawyer. Abeyta is a member of the Navajo Nation from To'hajiilee and holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona, per Abeyta's campaign site.
Michelle Paulene Abeyta (D) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for New Mexico House District 69; unopposed candidates still appear on New Mexico ballots, so the race is on the ballot but is not contested. Michelle Paulene Abeyta is the sitting member, per the New Mexico Legislature's member roster. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the New Mexico Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list.
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Candidate roster last updated Sep 25, 2026 from official election sources.