2026 midterms · State
New Mexico
Primary Jun 2, 2026 · general election Nov 3, 2026
- races
- 5
- candidates listed
- 9
- statements classified
- 38,962
New Mexico 2nd District
The closest rating in New Mexico: held by Democrats (Vasquez). Cook Political Report ratings, entered by the lab.
Statewide races
A Senate race and a governor’s race are on the 2026 ballot. Once a primary is called, only the candidates recorded as advancing are listed; before that, everyone running.
Each race links to its own page: the candidates, what they say and the money they report. Cook Political Report ratings, entered by the lab (last updated by the lab on Jun 24, 2026); a forecaster’s judgement about the general election, not the lab’s.
Senate
Primary called
Democrats
- Ben LujanDIncumbent · advanced · official profile
Republicans
None recorded as advancing
Governor
Likely DPrimary called
Democrats
- Debra HaalandDChallenger · advanced
Republicans
- Gregg HullRChallenger · advanced
House races
Three House races, all with a recorded primary result.
House districts follow the candidates’ FEC filings. Where a state redrew its map for 2026, a few candidates may still appear under their old district number.
1st District
Primary called
Democrats
- Melanie StansburyDIncumbent · advanced · official profile
Republicans
- Ndidiamaka OkparekeRChallenger · advanced
2nd District
Lean DPrimary called
Democrats
- Gabriel VasquezDIncumbent · advanced · official profile
Republicans
- Greg CunninghamRChallenger · advanced
3rd District
Primary called
Democrats
- Teresa Leger FernandezDIncumbent · advanced · official profile
Republicans
- Martin ZamoraRChallenger · advanced
What the candidates say
Nine of New Mexico’s nine candidates have 10 or more classified statements. Nine have 50 or more and are ranked against candidates nationwide.
An AI model reads each statement and marks the kinds of statement it contains; a candidate’s rate is the share of their statements with that label. Incumbent members of Congress are measured on everything they publish in office, everyone else on posts on X. A rate describes what was said, not whether it was right.
How do New Mexico’s candidates compare?
Share of each candidate’s statements with each label; sort by any column
| Ben Lujan | D | Senate | Incumbent | 13,054 | 3.4% | 17% | 70% | 6.9% | 23% |
| Debra Haaland | D | Governor | Challenger | 1,272 | 1.4% | 15% | 57% | 2.4% | 20% |
| Gregg Hull | R | Governor | Challenger | 247 | 0.4% | 1.2% | 32% | 1.2% | 13% |
| Melanie Stansbury | D | 1st District | Incumbent | 11,064 | 2.3% | 15% | 65% | 5.2% | 23% |
| Ndidiamaka Okpareke | R | 1st District | Challenger | 92 | 2.2% | 4.3% | 21% | 0% | 5.4% |