# 2026 NM Primary — Candidate List (Albuquerque & Rio Rancho ballots)

STATUS: reference data | TIER: candidate-aware

Source: NM Secretary of State official 2026 Primary candidate export (GridViewExport.csv). Qualified candidates only (disqualified/withdrawn excluded). Primary is June 2, 2026; semi-open.

**Scope note:** Albuquerque = Bernalillo County ballot; Rio Rancho = Sandoval County ballot. Statewide and federal races appear on both. A given voter sees only their own single legislative and commission district, not all listed; districts are grouped by county here for completeness. Filing county reflects candidate residence and is used as the county-association proxy.

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## Statewide races (both ballots)

### United States Senator
  - **Democratic:** Ben R Lujan; Matt Dodson
  - **Republican:** Larry E Marker

### Governor
  - **Democratic:** Deb Haaland; Sam Bregman
  - **Republican:** Doug W Turner; Duke Rodriguez; Greggory D Hull

### Lieutenant Governor
  - **Democratic:** Harold James Pope Jr; Maggie Toulouse Oliver
  - **Republican:** Aubrey Blair Dunn; David M Gallegos; Manuel (Manny) Lardizabal

### Attorney General
  - **Democratic:** Raul Torrez
  - **Republican:** Samuel Isaiah Kane Sr

### Secretary of State
  - **Democratic:** Amanda López Askin; Katharine E Clark
  - **Republican:** Ramona L Goolsby

### State Treasurer
  - **Democratic:** Laura M Montoya
  - **Republican:** James F Ellison

### State Auditor
  - **Democratic:** Joseph M Maestas
  - **Republican:** Joshua James Ryan Lawrence

### Commissioner of Public Lands
  - **Democratic:** Jonas Moya; Juan De Jesus Sanchez Iii; Matthew Mcqueen
  - **Republican:** Michael Jack Perry

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## Federal — U.S. House

*Albuquerque and Rio Rancho are both in Congressional District 1. CD2/CD3 listed for reference only — not on these ballots.*

### U.S. House DISTRICT 1
  - **Democratic:** Melanie Ann Stansbury
  - **Republican:** Ndidiamaka Ekwua Charlene Okpareke

### U.S. House DISTRICT 2
  - **Democratic:** Gabriel Vasquez
  - **Republican:** Gregory G Cunningham; Jose Orozco

### U.S. House DISTRICT 3
  - **Democratic:** Teresa Leger Fernandez
  - **Republican:** Martin Zamora

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## Albuquerque (Bernalillo County)

### State House DISTRICT 10
  - **Democratic:** G Andres Romero
  - **Republican:** Christopher P Crane

### State House DISTRICT 11
  - **Democratic:** Javier I Martinez

### State House DISTRICT 12
  - **Democratic:** Art De La Cruz
  - **Republican:** Steven E Tafoya

### State House DISTRICT 13
  - **Democratic:** Matthew E Archuleta; Patricia A Roybal Caballero

### State House DISTRICT 14
  - **Democratic:** Joseph M Romero; Miguel P Garcia
  - **Republican:** Richard Victor Zubia

### State House DISTRICT 15
  - **Democratic:** Dayan "Day" Mercedes Hochman-Vigil

### State House DISTRICT 16
  - **Democratic:** Marsella Duarte Serna; Yanira Gurrola Valenzuela

### State House DISTRICT 17
  - **Democratic:** Cynthia D Borrego
  - **Republican:** Stacey Deanne Rich

### State House DISTRICT 18
  - **Democratic:** Marianna A Anaya

### State House DISTRICT 19
  - **Democratic:** Janelle I Anyanonu

### State House DISTRICT 20
  - **Democratic:** Meredith A Dixon

### State House DISTRICT 21
  - **Democratic:** Debra Marie Sarinana
  - **Republican:** Robert L Mason

### State House DISTRICT 22
  - **Democratic:** William (Bill) Scott
  - **Republican:** Stefani Lord

### State House DISTRICT 24
  - **Democratic:** Elizabeth L Thomson

### State House DISTRICT 25
  - **Democratic:** Cristina S Parajon
  - **Republican:** Denis Litvinenko

### State House DISTRICT 26
  - **Democratic:** Eleanor Chavez
  - **Republican:** Corey Rubin Zimmerman

### State House DISTRICT 27
  - **Democratic:** Abby Christine Foster; Marian Matthews
  - **Republican:** Jahnelle Louise Garcia; Robert S Godshall

### State House DISTRICT 28
  - **Democratic:** Pamelya Paulette Herndon
  - **Republican:** Brenda J Olson

### State House DISTRICT 29
  - **Democratic:** Joy I Garratt
  - **Republican:** Carolyn Stith

### State House DISTRICT 30
  - **Democratic:** Elizabeth Diane Torres-Velasquez; Veronica Nadine Mireles
  - **Republican:** Jerry L Trujillo

### State House DISTRICT 31
  - **Democratic:** Ryan Anselm Braid
  - **Republican:** Nicole Chavez

### State House DISTRICT 68
  - **Democratic:** Charlotte L Little
  - **Republican:** David E Adkins

### State House DISTRICT 69
  - **Democratic:** Michelle Paulene Abeyta

### County Commissioner DISTRICT 1
  - **Democratic:** Barbara Christine Baca

### County Commissioner DISTRICT 5
  - **Democratic:** Byron K Powdrell; Eric Olivas
  - **Republican:** Thomas Wayne Riley; Wayne A Yevoli

### County Assessor
  - **Democratic:** Damian R Lara; Linda Stover
  - **Republican:** Michael Ray Maine

### County Sheriff
  - **Democratic:** John D Allen; Philip A Snedeker

### Probate Judge
  - **Democratic:** Carmela Dorothy Starace; Joseph W Gandert; Robert L Padilla; Veronica Hernandez

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## Rio Rancho (Sandoval County)

### State House DISTRICT 23
  - **Democratic:** Elise Falanga Taylor
  - **Republican:** Alan T Martinez

### State House DISTRICT 44
  - **Democratic:** Kathleen M Cates
  - **Republican:** Adam Stanley Prior

### State House DISTRICT 57
  - **Democratic:** Chriselle Verene Martinez
  - **Republican:** Catherine Jeanette Cullen

### State House DISTRICT 60
  - **Democratic:** Luke Nicholas Jungmann
  - **Republican:** Joshua N Hernandez; Zachary David Anaya

### State House DISTRICT 65
  - **Democratic:** Derrick J Lente

### County Commissioner DISTRICT 1
  - **Democratic:** John Mark Sapien; Paul J Madrid
  - **Republican:** Rebecca Lynn Skartwed

### County Commissioner DISTRICT 3
  - **Democratic:** Frank James Smith Jr
  - **Republican:** Daniel J Stoddard; Edwin Paul Linson

### County Assessor
  - **Democratic:** Gerred Prairie
  - **Republican:** Lawrence D Griego; Richard Shanks

### County Sheriff
  - **Democratic:** John Paul Trujillo; Jose Eloy Gonzales Jr; Martin M Arellano
  - **Republican:** Alvin Eric Miller; Victor J Rodriguez

### Probate Judge
  - **Democratic:** Donna Iven Tillman
  - **Republican:** Rebecca A Torres

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## Judicial races (by county)

### Albuquerque (Bernalillo County)

- **Judge of the Metropolitan Court:** Democratic — Andrea Inez Gunderson; Ramon J Maestas | Republican — Kerry J Morris

### Rio Rancho (Sandoval County)

- **Magistrate Judge:** Democratic — Ann Marie Maxwell- Chavez; Delilah M Montano-Baca; F Kenneth Eichwald

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## Notable absences from this primary ballot

- **2nd Judicial District Attorney (Bernalillo):** not on the 2026 primary ballot — not up this cycle.
- **Attorney General:** only the Democratic incumbent (Raul Torrez) and one Republican (Samuel Kane Sr) qualified; no Democratic primary contest.