New Mexico 2020 Election Results

New Mexico held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 112 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Democrats kept the trifecta that would redraw New Mexico's districts after the 2020 census, netting a Senate seat while losing two House seats, one to a Republican and one to an independent.
• Five Senate seats changed party, three to Democrats and two to Republicans:
  • Harold Pope (D), a retired Air Force officer, unseated Sen. Sander Rue (R) in Senate District 23 by about 4 points and became the state's first Black state senator.
  • Katy Duhigg (D) unseated Sen. Candace Gould (R) in District 10 by 5 points, and Martin Hickey (D) won the open District 20 by 8.
  • Republicans took two seats left open when their Democratic incumbents lost June primaries: Joshua Sanchez (R) beat Pamela Cordova (D) in District 30 by about 2 points, and Crystal Diamond (R), now Crystal Brantley, won District 35 by 16.
• In the House, unaffiliated candidate Brittney Barreras (I) beat the incumbent, Rep. Art De La Cruz (D), in House District 12 with nearly three-quarters of the vote and became the chamber's first openly lesbian member. Luis Terrazas (R) unseated Rep. Rodolpho S. Martinez (D) in District 39 by about 600 votes. The new House is also majority female for the first time.
• Democrats held two seats by razor-thin margins: Willie Madrid (D) kept House District 53 by fewer than 40 votes over Ricky Little (R), and Siah Correa Hemphill (D) held the open Senate District 28, whose incumbent had also lost his June primary, by fewer than 400 votes.
• In all, 7 legislative seats changed party and 4 incumbents lost, two from each party. Another 29 seats drew only one candidate.
• Voters approved all 5 statewide questions. Constitutional Amendment 1, which replaces the elected Public Regulation Commission with a three-member appointed one, passed after almost $1 million in spending by two groups promoting it. The others let lawmakers adjust election dates and terms for non-statewide offices and issued bonds for senior facilities, public libraries, and higher education and tribal schools.

Legislature

• House (70 seats): 44 D, 24 R, 2 other or vacant before the election, 44 D, 25 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Democrats.
• Senate (42 seats): 26 D, 16 R before the election, 27 D, 15 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Legislative races

Ballot measures