G.E. Nordell's
State of New Mexico
Political Links Pages
On 9 September 1850, the American government established the New Mexico Territory, which included all of present-day Arizona and New Mexico, and parts of Colorado; the official capital was established at Santa Fe in 1851. During the American Civil War, Confederate troops from Texas briefly occupied southern New Mexico in July 1861, pushed up the Rio Grande River valley as far as Santa Fe by February 1862, and were defeated in the Battle of Glorieta Pass in March 1862 (and then fled back south). The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad reached New Mexico in 1878, crossing Raton Pass that December; it reached Santa Fe itself (actually Lamy) in 1879, and Deming, New Mexico in 1881. The rival Southern Pacific Railroad was completed between the Rio Grande valley and the Arizona border in 1881. Congress voted New Mexico into the Union on 6 January 1912; President Taft signed the legislation that same day, making New Mexico the 47th state. (#48 Arizona was admitted on 14 February 1912.)
official Timeline of New Mexico History
Official Government Links & Officials
New Mexico covers 121,593 square miles {314,926 square kilometers}.
State population: 2,088,070 (U.S. Census 2017 estimate); Albuquerque area population: 448,600 (U.S. Census 2000).
>> reached 2 million state population in April 2007 <<
Albuquerque, New Mexico Journal newspaper's
New Mexico Election Voter Guide (2018)
New Mexico State Government Portal
offcial text of the New Mexico Constitution [orig. 1911, revisions to 2017]
New Mexico entry at Wikipedia
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham [Dem; January 2019 - December 2026]
official webpage •
entry at Wikipedia •
campaign website •
official Facebook page [est. 1/2019] •
Spirit of America Bookstore's Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Page
other New Mexico officials • other New Mexico Cabinet-level positions
So very glad to be rid of Gov. Martinez [2011-2018] that the data about her really terrible record was moved
to bottom of this page shortly after the November 2018 election.
former Governor Susana 'La Borracha' Martinez [G.O.P.; January 2011 - December 2018]
‘shadow governor’ Jay McCleskey was 'top advisor' to Susana Martinez
'New Mexico Gubernatorial Election, 2018' entry at Wikipedia
Results at the Democratic Party Pre-Primary Convention in March 2018: Cong. Michelle Lujan Grisham (66.88%) and businessman Jeff Apodaca (21.16%) qualified,
while State Senator Joseph Cervantes (10.05%) and Peter DeBenedittis (1.91%) did not (requires 20% to be on primary ballot).
The 2018 primary election results show 116,311 votes for Democratic candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham and a total of 175,182 for all three Democratic candidates while Republican candidate/nominee Steve Pearce received 74,705; note that 23% of New Mexico's registered voters are third party or independents (280,000), who do not vote in the primary election.
U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham [2013-2018; Dem NM-01] - ran for New Mexico Governor in 2018 and WON!
she got almost 3 times the votes of second-place Apodaca in the 2018 primary
Congress homepage {gone} • campaign website
'Michelle Lujan Grisham for Governor 2018' campaign website
several campaign videos and other details were moved to
Spirit of America Bookstore's Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Page in June 2023.
businessman Jeff Apodaca ran for New Mexico Governor in 2018, placing a distant second in the polls & the primary
campaign website
watch 5/2017 official 'Meet Jeff Apodaca' TV ad [1:30] online at YouTube
watch 7/2017 official 'Invest' TV ad [1:30] online at YouTube
watch 8/2017 official 'Education' TV ad [1:14] online at YouTube
Joseph Cervantes ran for New Mexico Governor in 2018 (distant third in the pre-primary polls)
progressive candidate Peter DeBenedittis got a mere 1.91% in pre-primary polls and so dropped out in late April
Libertarian candidate Bob Walsh polled at just 3.1 percent; unclear yet whether Walsh will appear on the general election ballot, pending any recount.
meathead Cong. Steve Pearce was the Republican candidate for New Mexico Governor in 2018.
In the 2016 national election, New Mexico's Governor and both U.S Senators were not up for re-election, all three incumbent Congresspeople
retained their seats, and Hillary Clinton won the state's electoral votes. In the official New Mexico results, 804,043 voters cast ballots,
or 62.4 percent of the 1,289,414 voters who were registered in time to vote in the November election.
'New Mexico Gubernatorial Election, 2014' entry at Wikipedia
NM Attorney General Gary K. King [2006-2014; Dem] won the June 3rd primary election to run for NM Governor in 2014
Gary King's 6/2014 "The Truth" video [0:30] on YouTube
San Felipe Pueblo member Debra Haaland ran unopposed in the 2014 Democratic primary for Lt. Governor of New Mexico
9/2014 Debra Haaland for Lt. Governor video [3:48] on YouTube
Lt. Governor of New Mexico official webpage
Lt. Gov. Howie C. Morales [Dem; January 2019 - December 2022]
sports teacher based in Silver City; former SD-28 State Senator [apptd 1/2008-2018; Dem]
official website •
Wikipedia •
2018 campaign website •
lame-duck Lt. Gov. John Sanchez [G.O.P.; 2011-2018] has expressed no future plans (8/2018).
former Lt. Gov. Diane Denish [Dem; 2003-2010]: Denish ran for NM Governor in 2010 but lost to Susana Martinez; the campaign website is given up;
Denish now works on education issues at Strategies 360
Results at the Democratic Party Pre-Primary Convention in March 2018: Howie Morales (50.28%) and Rick Miera (27.94%) qualified,
while Jeff Carr and Billy Garrett did not (requires 20% to be on primary ballot). Democrat Morales won the primary election in June.
The candidates for Lt. Governor of New Mexico in November 2018 were Republican Michelle Garcia Holmes and winner State Senator Howie Morales.
former Governor Bill Richardson [Dem; 2003-2010]
2005 autobiography •
Ian's Bill Richardson blog •
official website
Political & Activist Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico
Common Cause New Mexico
Democracy for New Mexico
Democracy In New Mexico blog
Disabled American Veterans [est. 1920] - Dept. of New Mexico
Medical Cannabis Producers Assn. of New Mexico
'Moral Mondays' protests at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe [Mondays only 2 February to 16 March in 2015]
Nature Conservancy - New Mexico Chapter
New Mexico Community Foundation [est. 1983]
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government [est. 1989]
New Mexico Matters blogsite
New Mexico Political Action Collective
Heath Haussamen's non-partisan NMpolitics [dot] net website
New Mexico Rail Passenger Alliance
non-partisan New Mexico Turn Around [est. 2001; dormant since 2011?]
New Mexico Women [est. 2012]
Progressive Albuquerque Network {website gone? 3/2012}
Occupy New Mexico [est. 2012]
Rio Grande Foundation [est. 2006] right-wing propagandists
![Progressive Leaders Fund of New Mexico [est. 4/2014] P.A.C.](images/ProgressiveLeadersFundNM.jpg)
![League of Conservation Voters [est. 1969] headquartered in Washington, DC + New Mexico Branch based in Santa Fe](images/LeagueConservationVoters.jpg)
Democratic Party of New Mexico
D.P.N.M. Executive Director Sean Ward {hired 10/2021}
D.P.N.M. officers elected 4/2021: Chair Jessica Velasquez, Vice Chair Manny Crespin,
Secretary Pamelya Herndon [apptd NMHD-28], Treasurer Rayellen Smith
former State Chairman Debra Haaland [4/2015-4/2017]
former State Chairman Sam Bregman, 4/2013-4/2015
former State Chairman Javier M. Gonzales, 9/2009-4/2013
former D.P.N.M. Executive Director of DPNM Joe Kabourek, 8/2015-8/2021
Democratic Party of New Mexico - list of county groups
Democratic Party of Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Democratic Party of Chaves County, New Mexico
Democratic Party of Lea County, New Mexico
Democratic Party of Lincoln County, New Mexico
Democratic Party of Santa Fe County, New Mexico
DPNM's Kick Ass Democrat Awards [Aug 2022 = #1] at Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 412 in SE Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico Federation of Democratic Women [est. 1973] { website parked 2022 }
Cibola County Federation of Democratic Women
Federation of Democratic Women of Doña Ana County
Laguna Pueblo Federation of Democratic Women [est. ?] { website parked 2022 }
Socorro County Federation of Democratic Women
Valencia County Federation of Democratic Women
Democratic Party of Valencia County, New Mexico [est. 10/2011]
D.P.V.C. Executive Board {1/2022}: Chair Pam Cordova, Vice Chair Jeffrey Cooper, Acting Secretary Mike Melendez, Treasurer Summer Ludwig
D.P.V.C. Wards {1/2022}: Ward 1 Chairman Kenneth Tyger • Ward 2 Chairwoman Lorraine Espinosa • Ward 3 Chairwoman Kathy McCord
former D.P.V.C. Executive Board {10/2021}: Chair Joan Baker, Vice Chair Megan Morgan-Cordova, Secretary Carol Young, Treasurer Joan Baker
Native American Democratic Caucus of New Mexico [est. 2005] 
 | Democratic Socialists Party of America in New Mexico
based in Albuquerque, with with branches in Santa Fe and in Doña Ana County (Las Cruces)
Young Democratic Socialists of America {not active in NM, 2022} |
 | Green Party of New Mexico based in Albuquerque, with lots of action around Santa Fe |
 | Libertarian Party of New Mexico [est. 6/1972]
national Libertarian Party [est. 1971] |
 | fascist Republican Party of New Mexico
meathead Steve Pearce was re-elected state chair 12/2020 & 12/2022 RNC Hispanic Community Center [open 8/2022] 9601 Sage Road {across from WalMart} in SW Albuquerque |
Image Gallery
Federal Offices
New Mexico for Bernie Sanders {national website closed 7/2019}
Santa Fe [NM] for Bernie Sanders grassroots website [est. 2015] {website closed 7/2019}
U.S. Senate
2018 NM U.S. Senate election page at Wikipedia
2020 NM U.S. Senate election page at Wikipedia
2022 NM U.S. Senate election page at Wikipedia
2024 NM U.S. Senate election page at Wikipedia
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich [since 2013; Dem] won re-election in 2018 - up for re-election in 2024
official webpage •
entry at Wikipedia •
campaign website
Heinrich's Lobo PAC New Mexico [est. 5/2014]
Sen. Heinrich April 2013 Message To Constituents [4:43] at YouTube
Sen. Heinrich June 2013 First Senate Floor Speech [15:01] at YouTube
15 October 2013 Floor Speech 'New Mexicans Want Their Government To Function Again' [9:43] at YouTube
Op-ed letter "End the N.S.A. Dragnet, Now" by Senators Heinrich, Udall & Wyden in New York Times on 25 Nov 2013
Op-ed letter "The Land Grab Out West" by Senator Heinrich in New York Times on 26 Oct 2014
Martin Heinrich's first Senate race TV ad, 4/2012 [0:31]
5/2012 'Find Martin Heinrich On Weekends' TV ad [0:31]
Martin Heinrich's 5/2012 'Fighting For New Mexico' TV ad [0:31]
Martin Heinrich's 5/2012 'Tug' TV ad [0:32]
Martin Heinrich's 7/2012 'Dignity' TV ad [0:31]
Martin Heinrich's first re-election TV ad 'Every Corner', 7/2018 [1:00]
Martin Heinrich's 8/2018 re-election TV ad 'Clean' [0:30]
Martin Heinrich's 9/2018 re-election TV ad 'Pickup Truck' [0:30]
Martin Heinrich's 9/2018 re-election TV ad 'Wilderness' [1:00]
Martin Heinrich's 10/2018 re-election TV ad 'Veterans' [0:30]
Martin Heinrich's 10/2018 re-election TV ad 'Labs and Bases' [0:30]
Martin Heinrich's 10/2018 last re-election TV ad [0:30]
State Commissioner of Public Lands Aubrey Dunn, Jr. [2015-2018] began a campaign as a Libertarian for the U.S. Senate in February 2018;
he ended that campaign in July and asked the party to nominate former Gov. Gary Johnson as his replacement.
Democrat former U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman
NM Attorney General, 1979-82; U.S. Senator [1983-2012]
currently a distinguished fellow [new 4/2013] at Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford Law School
entry at Wikipedia •
Facebook page •
entry at Wikipedia
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján [since 2021; Dem] won election to the vacant seat in 2020 - up for re-election in 2026
U.S. Congressman Luján [NM-03 2009-2020; Dem] quickly announced that he was running to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Tom Udall
Sen. Luján has offices in Washington DC and in Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Las Cruces & Portales in New Mexico (9/2022)
official webpage •
campaign website •
entry at Wikipedia
chief of staff Carlos Sanchez (2/2022)
spokesman Adán Serna (3/2022)
On Tuesday morning 1 February 2022, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján experienced dizziness and fatigue and checked himself into Christus St. Vincent Regional Hospital in Santa Fe;
he was later transferred to U.N.M. Hospital in Albuquerque; he was found to have suffered a stroke in the cerebellum that affected his balance and underwent decompressive
surgery to ease swelling; his office says that he is stabilized and expected to make a full recovery in 4-6 weeks - the major problem for the Democrats in the Senate is that
the seating count is now 49 Democrats to 50 Republicans which will prevent getting any part of Biden's legislative agenda approved.
Sen. Luján returned to work in D.C. on Thursday March 3rd; upon entering a committee meeting room, members and workers rose to give him a standing ovation.
Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced in April 2019 that she is running to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat in 2020.
Maggie's 4/2019 campaign video "Possibilities" [2:02] at YouTube
Democrat accountant Andrew Perkins did not get enough signatures, dropped out 2/2020.
Giovanni Alexander Haqani quit race for U.S. Senate in favor of Maggie 7/2019.
New Mexico commercial contractor Mick Rich announced in July 2019 that he was running again for U.S. Senate, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat in 2020.
As-of February 2020, there were six GOP contenders for the Senate primary: Gavin Clarkson, Elisa Martinez, Rick Montoya,
Mick Rich, Mark Ronchetti, and Louie Sanchez.
Santa Fe resident Bob Walsh filed as a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate; he received only 2.65% of the November vote.
U.S. Senator Tom Udall [2009-2020; Dem] retired in 2020
entry at Wikipedia •
campaign website {last update 1/2021}
confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa 12/2021
U.S. Congress
Congressional District 1 [split from at-large district in 1968]
NM District 1 entry at Wikipedia
U.S. Congresswoman Melanie Ann Stansbury [won special election June 2021; Dem] 
official website •
entry at Wikipedia •
campaign website
former U.S. Congresswoman Debra Haaland [1/2019-3/2021; Dem] 
first female & first Native American U.S. Secretary of the Interior [confirmed 3/2021]
official DoI website •
'Onward America' website •
entry at Wikipedia
Haaland won the 2018 primary/nomination with twice the votes of Lopez
G.E. Nordell's Deb Haaland of New Mexico Page
Albuquerque City Councilor Pat Davis - Democratic candidate for NM-01
smartly dropped out in favor of Deb Haaland before the primary
official homepage •
campaign website • no entry at Wikipedia
watch May 11th official "F*** The N.R.A.!" TV ad [0:15] online at YouTube
watch May 14th official "150 Bullets" TV ad [0:15] online at YouTube •
blogger Brett Kokinadis changed to Republican in April 2019 and filed to run for the vacant CD-3 seat, then refiled in July to oppose Deb Haaland in CD-1
founder of New Mexico Democrats for Democracy [est. 3/2018] • his campaign website redirects to 'Stop MLG' petition website
former U.S. District Attorney Damon Martinez - announced 7/2017 as Democratic candidate for NM-01 in 2018
entry at Wikipedia •
campaign website
Damon Martinez tv ad 'you're fired' 4/23/2018 [00:32] at YouTube
former UNM Law School dean Antoinette Sedillo Lopez - Democratic candidate for NM-01 in 2018
appointed 1/2019 to NM Senate District 16 to succeed retiring Cisco McSorley, re-elected in 2020
Edgewood Town Councilor John Abrams - Democratic candidate for NM-01 in 2018
physicist Dennis Dinge - Democratic candidate for NM-01 in 2018 = dropped out
Albuquerque attorney Damian Lara - Democratic candidate for NM-01 in 2018
Paul Moya - Democratic candidate for NM-01 in 2018
former State Legislator Janice Arnold-Jones - Republican candidate for NM-01 in 2018
attorney Michael Hendricks - Republican candidate for NM-01 in 2018 (ann July 2017)
former U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham [N.M. 1st District 2013-2018; Dem] was elected New Mexico Governor in 2018
entry at Wikipedia •
'Michelle Lujan Grisham for Governor' campaign website
former U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich [N.M. 1st District 2009-2012; Dem]
Martin Heinrich was elected to the open New Mexico U.S. Senate seat and was sworn in January 2013 and was re-elected as Senator in 2018.
Congressional District 2 [split from at-large district in 1968]
NM District 2 entry at Wikipedia
Democratic Voices of N.M. District 2
2018 NM elections CD-2 section at Wikipedia
2020 NM elections CD-2 section at Wikipedia
2022 NM elections CD-2 section at Wikipedia
U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Herrell [from 2021; GOP] of New Mexico
Herrell is proud to be endorsed by Freedom Works, a Koch Brothers-funded PAC that supports TEA Party candidates
2020 Republican candidates for U.S. Congress in N.M. 2nd District are former Alamogordo State Rep. Yvette Herrell,
Roswell oil lobbyist Claire Chase, and Las Cruces businessman Chris Mathys.
Democratic candidate Gabe Vasquez of Las Cruces, New Mexico
announced 9/2021 that he is running for U.S. Congress New Mexico District 2; he was a Las Cruces City Councilor for District 3 (2017-2021); he worked as an aide
to U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, 2013-2017; Gabe also served as executive director of the Las Cruces Hispanic Chamber of Commerce [est. 1991]
bare page at Wikipedia •
campaign website (English or Spanish) •
campaign Facebook page
KRWGnews YouTube Channel [est. 2010] teenager Noah Raess Report segment - interview with candidate Gabe Vasquez
watch 10/2021 KRWGnews segment [5:45] online at YouTube
former U.S. Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small [2019-2020; Dem] of Las Cruces, New Mexico
formerly a water attorney; won the 2018 nomination with almost 3 times Mad's votes; appointed Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development 10/2021
official DoA homepage •
entry at Wikipedia
watch Xochi's 8/2018 campaign ad 'Life' [0:30] online at YouTube
watch Xochi's 9/2018 campaign ad 'Too Common' [0:30] online at YouTube
watch Xochi's 10/2018 campaign ad 'Hunting' [0:30] online at YouTube
watch Xochi's 10/2018 campaign ad 'Hometown' [0:30] online at YouTube
former U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce [2003-2008, re-elected 2011-2018; GOP], N.M. 2nd District - ran for NM Governor in 2018 and LOST!
elected chairman of the Republican Party in NM [12/2018] •
entry at Wikipedia
meathead Steve Pearce has aligned himself with the anti-gay, anti-women, anti-minority
The Awakening USA [April 2013 = #3] 'hate camp' program of evangelical Liberty University
 | "Just Fly The Plane, Stupid!" memoir [Fall 2013] by Stevan Pearce Southern New Mexico Congressman Pearce makes himself out (or his ghost-writer does) as a hero in a crisis, but he is still a meathead and a T.E.A. Party racist; note that his book publicist is New Mexico T.E.A. Party favorite Kelly Fajardo official book site |
U.S. Congress N.M. 2nd District 2018 Democratic candidate Madeline 'Mad' Hildebrandt of Socorro, New Mexico
campaign website
Mad Hildebrandt first TV ad 4/18/2018 [00:30] at YouTube
Mad Hildebrandt anti-Xochitl TV ad 5/3/2018 [00:30] at YouTube
2018 Republican candidates for U.S. Congress in N.M. 2nd District are State Rep. Yvette Herrell, Monty Newman, and Jack Volpato.
U.S. Congress N.M. 2nd District 2016 Democratic candidate Merrie Lee Soules
![Southern New Mexico Victory Fund joint funding PAC of the Rocky Lara for Congress campaign and the Democratic Party of New Mexico [est. 2014] - no actual website found (10/2014)](images/SoNMvictoryfund.jpg)
entry at Wikipedia
watch Rocky Lara 2014 TV ads: 9/2014 ad #1 [0:31] •
9/2014 ad #2 [0:31] •
10/2014 ad #3 [0:31]
primary candidate Alamogordo attorney Leslie Endean-Singh [d. 2/2017]
conceded early to 'Rocky' Lara in the N.M. 2nd District 2014 congressional race
and created the Progressive Leaders Fund of New Mexico [est. 4/2014] to further her political work
U.S. Congress N.M. 2nd District 2012 Democratic candidate Evelyn Madrid Erhard
campaign website •
Facebook page
watch hour-long 9 October 2012 Pearce vs. Erhard debate online at YouTube
former U.S. Congressman Harry Teague [N.M. 2nd District 2009-2010; Dem]
entry at Wikipedia
Congressional District 3 [split from 1 & 2 in 1982]
NM District 3 entry at Wikipedia
U.S. Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez [since 1/2021; Dem NM-CD3]
The Democrats' Pre-primary Convention in March 2020 chose Teresa Leger Fernandez (42% delegate support) and Sandoval County Treasurer
Laura Montoya (20%) for the NM primary election on June 2nd; candidate Valerie Plame fizzled with only 5%.
Democratic candidate attorney Teresa Leger de Fernandez of Santa Fe, NM
https://youtu.be/WxlXYEsY79I teresa's tamale ad 5/2021
former U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján [2009-2020; Dem NM-CD3] ran to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat in 2020 - and won.
entry at Wikipedia •
campaign website
Congressman Luján started the Turquoise PAC in early 2012; no website found (2014).
appointed Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee [est. 1866] [2015-2018]
appointed Assistant House Speaker [2019-2020] and became the highest-ranking Latino in Congress.
Democratic candidate Laura Montoya, Sandoval County Treasurer [2013-2020] announced July 2019 her run to fill the vacant CD-3 seat in 2020.
campaign website
Democratic candidate Dineh Benally of Shiprock, NM
president of the Navajo Nation Farm Board and candidate for president of the Navajo Nation in 2018
official website
Democratic candidate Santa Fe District Attorney Marco Serna
Democratic candidate Rob Apodaca of Santa Fe, NM
Democratic candidate Gavin Kaiser of Santa Cruz, NM
Democratic candidate Joseph Louis Sanchez, state legislator HD-40 (Española)
campaign website
former CIA agent Valerie Plame announced May 2019 her run to fill the vacant CD-3 seat in 2020.
official website •
campaign website
watch controversial 9/2019 "Undercover" campaign video [1:21] on YouTube
blogger Brett Kokinadis changed to Republican in April 2019 and filed to run for the vacant CD-3 seat, then refiled in July to oppose Deb Haaland in CD-1
historic At-large Congressional District [1920-1968]
split into two as-of 1968 election cycle - entry at Wikipedia
Other New Mexico Officials
Secretary of the State of New Mexico
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver [12/2016-12/2022, Dem] is up for re-election in 2022
won special election in November 2016; sworn 12/2016; re-elected 2018
official website •
wikipedia •
campaign website
was Bernalillo County Clerk [2007-2016]
Maggie's 10/2018 'Crunch' TV ad [0:30] at YouTube
temporary Secretary of State Brad Winter [appt'd 12/2015; GOP] did not run for election in 2016
former Secretary of State Dianna J. Duran [sworn 1/2011, resigned 10/2015; GOP]
Dianna Duran indicted in August 2015 on 64 counts, including embezzlement, money laundering, conspiracy, and tampering with public records
resigned after charges filed; pled guilty to six of 65 charges; sentenced to 30 days in jail, public service time, and probation
former Secretary of State of New Mexico Mary Herrera [2007-2010; Dem]
SOS / Public Regulation Commission (search corporations)
State Treasurer of New Mexico
official website •
wikipedia
State Treasurer of New Mexico Tim Eichenberg [Dem; 1/2015 - 12/2022]
campaign website? •
wikipedia
2022 Democratic candidates for New Mexico Treasurer are Heather Benevidez & Laura Montoya
former State Treasurer of New Mexico James B. Lewis [Dem 12/2006-12/2014]
![businessman Tim Eichenberg [Dem] won election to State Treasurer in 2014](images/TimEichenbergForNMtreasurer.jpg "businessman Tim Eichenberg [Dem] won election to State Treasurer in 2014")
![attorney John Wertheim [Dem] ran for State Treasurer in 2014](images/JohnWertheimNMtreasurer.jpg "attorney John Wertheim [Dem] ran for State Treasurer in 2014")
Attorney General of New Mexico
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced in January 2024 that his office was undergoing a rebrand, that it would be renamed
as the New Mexico Department of Justice to be more closely aligned with the verbiage in state statutes.
official website •
wikipedia
![State Auditor Hector Balderas [Dem 2015-2023] won election to NM Attorney General in 2014](images/BalderasNM2014.gif)
2022 Democratic candidates for New Mexico Attorney General are Brian S. Colón & Raúl Torrez
former NM Attorney General Gary K. King [Dem 2007-2014] ran for Governor in 2014
State Auditor of New Mexico
Brian S. Colón (former NM Democratic Party chairman) won the 2018 election for NM State Auditor
campaign website •
Wikipedia
2022 Democratic candidates for New Mexico Auditor are Joseph Montoya & Zach Quintero of Las Cruces
NM State Rep. Bill McCamley [Dem HD33, 2013-2018] ran for NM State Auditor in 2018 and lost to Brian Colón in the June primary election.
former New Mexico State Auditor Wayne Johnson [appt'd/sworn 12/2017; GOP] lost the election in 2018
former New Mexico State Auditor Tim Keller [Dem 1/2015-12/2017] resigned when elected Mayor of Albuquerque in 2017
![State Sen. Tim Keller [Dem NMSD 17 since 2008] won election to State Auditor in 2014](images/TimKellerForNMauditor.jpg "State Sen. Tim Keller [Dem NMSD 17 since 2008] won election to State Auditor in 2014")
former New Mexico State Auditor Hector Balderas [Dem 2007-2014] won election to NM Attorney General in 2014
Wikipedia •
campaign website
Other New Mexico Cabinet-level Positions
interim Chief of Staff Courtney Kerstner [prom 9/2022]
former Chief of Staff Matthew L. Garcia, [sworn 1/2019, nominated to be Federal judge 7/2022]
former Chief of Staff John Bingaman [sworn 1/2019; stepped down 2020]
Chief Operating Officer Teresa Casados [sworn 1/2019]
Dominic Gabello, senior policy adviser for policy, strategy & communications
former general counsel Matthew L. Garcia [apptd 1/2019, prom to Chief of Staff 2020]
Stephanie Kean, senior policy adviser for education
Mariana Padilla, Director of the Children's Cabinet
Victor Reyes, legislative director
Matt Ruybal, director of constituent relations
Tripp Stelnicki, director of communications
Jane Wishner, exec policy adviser for health & human services
Department of Aging & Longterm Services: Secretary attorney Alicia Liu McCoy [sworn 1/2019]
Department of Children, Youth & Families:
C.Y.F.D. Secretary Barbara J. Vigil [unaninous confirmation 1/2022] - formerly NM Supreme Court Justice [2012-6/2021]
former C.Y.F.D. Secretary Brian Blalock, ex-SFO [1/2019-1/2022]
former C.Y.F.D. Secretary Monique Jacobsen (out 12/2018)
Department of Corrections
DoC Probation and Parole Division: State Senator [SD-16 1997-2019; Dem] Cisco McSorley [sworn 1/2019]
State of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs [est. 1978]: Secretary Debra Garcia-Griego [sworn 1/2019]
New Mexico State Library [est. 1929]
New Mexico State Library Foundation [est. 6/2017]
The Museum of New Mexico [est. 1909]
Museum of New Mexico Foundation
El Palacio: Magazine of The Museum of New Mexico [est. 1913]
Museum of New Mexico Press [est. 1951]
New Mexico Museum of Art {formerly Museum of Fine Arts; est. 1917] in Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico Arts - state arts commission
New Mexico Arts & Cultural Districts program [est. 2007]
State of New Mexico Economic Development Dept.
Secretary Alicia Keyes, prom from ABQ film liaison [sworn 1/2019]
New Mexico Film Office {of the Economic Development Dept.}
New Mexico Film Museum [unfunded 8/2005]
New Mexico Office of Strategy, Science & Technology
Director Nora Meyers Sackett [prom 6/2023]
New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Dept.
Secretary Sarah Cottrell Propst [sworn 1/2019]
New Mexico Forestry Division {of N.M.E.M.N.R. Dept.}
New Mexico State Parks Division {of N.M.E.M.N.R. Dept.}
New Mexico State Parks Foundation [est. 8/2002]
New Mexico Mining & Minerals Division {of N.M.E.M.N.R. Dept.}
New Mexico Energy Conservation & Management Division {of N.M.E.M.N.R. Dept.}
New Mexico Department of the Environment
Secretary James Kenney [sworn 1/2019]
Green Zia Environmental Excellence Recognition program
'New Mexico Clean & Beautiful' Program [est. 1985]
New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group [est. 6/2005]
New Mexico Dept. of Finance & Administration
Secretary Olivia Padilla-Jackson [sworn 1/2019]
New Mexico Capital Outlay Dashboard [new 10/2019]
New Mexico General Services Department
Secretary John Garcia [apptd 10/2021, confirmed 1/2022]
Garcia was formerly exec VP at Home Builders Assn. of Central NM [est. 1947]
former Secretary Ken Ortiz [sworn 1/2019, retired 6/2021]
New Mexico Dept. of Health [est. 1919]
Secretary Patrick M. Allen [sworn 1/2023] from Oregon
former Secretary Kathy Kinkel [1/2019 - 12/2022]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_Department_of_Health
Public Health Division
Emergency and Response Division
New Mexico Coronavirus Epidemic Information Page
updated New Mexico COVID-19 vaccination website
which includes registration to be scheduled for vaccination
Scientific Laboratory Division
Department of Higher Education
Secretary Kate O'Neill [sworn 1/2019]
New Mexico Dept. of Homeland Security & Emergency Management [merged 2007]
Secretary Fire Captain Jackie White [sworn 1/2019]
Department of Human Services
Secretary Dr. David Scrase [sworn 1/2019] - formerly U.N.M. medical professor
Medical Assistance Division
Nicole Comeaux [sworn 1/2019]
Department of Indian Affairs
Secretary Lynn Trujillo, member of Sandia Pueblo [sworn 1/2019]
Department of Information Technology
Secretary Peter Mantos [sworn 6/2022]
Raja Sambandam, chief information officer (6/2022); acting I.T. Sec'y in 2022
former I.T. Secretary Vincent Martinez [sworn 1/2019]
Department of Public Education aka 'P.E.D.'
Public Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus [apptd/confirmed 1/2022]
former Superintendent of Los Alamos Public Schools; served as Deputy Secretary of Education under Gov. Bill Richardson
Daniel Manzano, P.E.D. Chief of Staff [hired 1/2019]
Kara Bobroff, P.E.D. Deputy Secretary [hired 1/2019]
Tim Hand, P.E.D. Deputy Secretary [hired 1/2019]
Pedro Noguera, P.E.D. Special Advisor [hired 1/2019]
Katarina Sandoval, P.E.D. Deputy Secretary [hired 1/2019]
Gwen Perea Warniment, P.E.D. Deputy Secretary [hired 1/2019]
former P.E.D. Secretary Karen Trujillo, longtime educator from Las Cruces [sworn 1/2019, left 12/2021]
New Mexico Department of Public Safety
Jason R. Bowie [sworn 2/2022] - ex-Deputy Chief of Rio Rancho Police Department
Deputy D.P.S. Secretary Benjamin A. Baker (2/2022)
former D.P.S. Secretary Mark Shea [1/2019-9/2020]
New Mexico State Police [est. 1933]
Acting N.M.S.P. Chief Robert Thornton III
N.M.S.P. Deputy Chief Jose Aragon
N.M.S.P. Deputy Chief Carolyn Huynh
N.M.S.P. Deputy Chief Robert Thornton III
former State Police Chief Pete Kassetas [hired 1992; promoted 2013; retired 12/2018]
New Mexico Department of Taxation & Revenue
Stephanie Schardin Clarke [sworn 1/2019] - formerly Santa Fe County finance director
NMTRD Motor Vehicle Division
New Mexico Department of Tourism: Jen Schroer [sworn 1/2019]
New Mexico Department of Transportation: Mike Sandoval [sworn 1/2019]
Department of Veterans Services: BGen. (ret.) Judy Griego [sworn 1/2019]
New Mexico Vietnam Veterans Memorial [est. 1971] State Park near Angel Fire, NM
Department of Workforce Solutions: former State Rep. Bill McCamley [sworn 1/2019]
Office of African-American Affairs: Wm. Scott Carreathers [sworn 1/2019]
Office of Natural Resources
New Mexico Office of The State Engineer [est. 1907]
State Personnel Office: Pam Coleman [sworn 1/2019]
Superintendent of Regulation & Licensing: Marguerite Salazar, from Colorado
Commission of Public Records (NMCPR)
New Mexico State Lottery [launched April 1996]
N.M.C.A.C. - New Mexico Computing Applications Center [est. 2007]
{ last update this section 11/2023 }
former Justice Richard C. Bosson [2003-2015]
State of New Mexico Judicial Branch
State of New Mexico Court of Appeals
New Mexico State Land Office [est. 1910]
State Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard [NM HD43 2013-2018; Dem] won the Democratic primary for Land Commissioner in June 2018
Democrat Garrett VeneKlasen placed second for NM State Land Commissioner in the June 2018 primary
State Sen. George Muñoz [Dem SD4] ran for NM State Land Commissioner in 2018, placed third in the primary election.
Republican Party candidate Patrick Lyons and Libertarian Party candidate Michael Lucero are running unopposed in the 2018 primary.
former Commissioner Ray Powell [2011-2014]
District 5 {southwestern New Mexico, includes Belén, TorC, Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Deming}
Merrie Lee Soules, 2014 Democratic candidate for P.R.C. District 5
State of New Mexico Legislature
New Mexico Legislature website
New Mexico House of Representatives Leaders
New Mexico Senate Leaders
this section was cut to the New Mexico Legislature Links Page in Summer 2022.
New Mexico Political Personalities
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New Mexico MainStreet [est. 1985]
New Mexico Road Conditions or dial 1-800-432-4269 (or 511)
New Mexico State Veterans' Home [est. 1980s], 992 So. Broadway Street in Truth or Consequences, NM
trustee Maggie Hart Stebbins [apptd 1/2020; Dem] - formerly BernCo Commissioner, 2010-2019
Mike Hamman [apptd. 1/2022]
is also secretary of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
former State Engineer John D'Antonio, Jr. [2003-2011 & sworn 1/2019-resigned 12/2021]
independent agency State Records Center & Archives (SRCA)
Office of the New Mexico State Historian
Supreme Court of New Mexico [est. 1841]
official website •
Wikipedia
Chief Justice Michael E. Vigil [Dem; sworn 1/2019, prom Chief Justice 7/2020]
Justice C. Shannon Bacon [Dem; apptd. 1/2019]
Justice David K. Thomson [Dem; apptd. 1/2019]
Justice Julie J. Vargas [Dem; apptd. 1/2021]
Justice Briana Zamora [Dem; apptd. 8/2021]
former Justice Gary L. Clingman [GOP apptd 4/2018, lost re-election 11/2018]
former Justice Charles W. Daniels [2007-2018] served twice as Chief Justice
former Justice Petra Jimenez Maes [1998-2018]
former Chief Justice Judith K. Nakamura [apptd. 12/2015, re-elected 11/2016, Chief Justice 2017-2020, retired 12/2020]
former Justice Barbara J. Vigil [Dem; elected 11/2012, retired 6/2021], apptd C.Y.F.D. Secretary [unaninous confirmation 1/2022]
New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission [est. 1997]
Judge Jennifer L. Attrep
Judge Gerald E. Baca [apptd 2/2021]
Judge Kristina Bogardus [elected 11/2018]
Judge Megan P. Duffy [elected 11/2018]
Chief Judge J. Miles Hanisee [Dem apptd 2011, re-elected 2014, retained 2018]
Judge Shammara H. Henderson [apptd 2020]
Judge Zachary A. Ives [apptd 2019]
Judge Jacqueline R. Medina [elected 11/2018]
Judge Katherine A. Wray [apptd 2021] + bumperNMcourtofappealsKWray2022.jpg
Seat #3: Judge Jane B. Yohalem [appt + elected 2020]
former Judge M. Monica Zamora [since 2012; retired 1/2020]
Judge Victor S. Lopez - publicly-financed 2012 candidate for New Mexico Court of Appeals {website closed}
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Aubrey Dunn, State Commissioner of Public Lands [2015-2018] is running for U.S. Senate in 2018
official webpage
campaign website •
entry at Wikipedia
campaign website
• GVK produced several wonderful campaign ads, but the YouTube account was closed in June 2018
campaign website
official webpage •
campaign website
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
District 1 {eastside Albuquerque area}
District 1 Commissioner Cynthia B. Hall [ran in 2012, elected 2016, sworn 1/2017]
District 2 {eastern New Mexico, includes Las Vegas, Roswell, Carlsbad}
District 2 Commissioner Patrick H. Lyons
District 3 {central northern New Mexico, includes Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Taos}
District 3 Commissioner Valerie Espinoza [since 1/2013]
District 4 {northwestern New Mexico, includes Gallup & Farmington}
District 4 Commissioner Lynda Lovejoy [since 1/2015]
District 5 Commissioner Sandy Jones [Dem 2007-2010, again 1/2015] is based in Williamsburg, NM - up for re-election in 2018
official website
Stephen Fischmann, former NM State Senator [Dem D37, 2009-2013] is challenger for P.R.C. District 5 in 2018
campaign website
The New Mexico House of Representatives is divided into 70 seats;
the 1/2022 count is 45 Democrats for 64% versus 25 Republicans at 36%.
The New Mexico Senate is divided into 42 seats; Democrats hold a 26-16 advantage in the Senate (1/2022) at 62%.
NM Senate at Wikipedia •
NM House at Wikipedia
NM Speaker Brian Egolf, since 1/2017 [Dem; District 47 since 2009]
Majority Leader Javier Martínez, since 8/2021 [Dem; District 11 since 2015]
NM Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart, since 1/2021 [Dem; District 17 since 2015]
NM Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth, since 1/2017 [Dem; District 25 since 2009]
Richard J. Berry, former Mayor of Albuquerque, NM [2009-2017]
post-Mayor official website not found (2018) • entry at Wikipedia
blogger John Block from southern New Mexico
Block attended the U.S. Capitol Riot, but records show that he has not been arrested; social media posts from Block’s Facebook page place him outside the Capitol building
on the day in question; he previously told The Santa Fe New Mexican that he stood outside the building near a platform built for the Biden inauguration.
website The Piñon Post [est. 3/2020] - 'conservative news for an informed New Mexico'
David and Erin Clements
Clements and his wife Erin push claims of election fraud in New Mexico and around the country; neither has any formal training or background in election systems; they spent months crisscrossing the back roads in a battered Buick, trying to convince local leaders not to certify election results; by March, untrained volunteers organized as the New Mexico Audit Force (loosely organized on the messaging platform Telegram) were going door-to-door in Otero County, New Mexico asking citizens about how they voted in 2020. Otero County - which borders Texas and has about 67,000 residents - also agreed this year to pay nearly $50,000 to EchoMail (founded by V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai), one of the subcontractors involved in Arizona’s partisan ballot review, to review its 2020 election results; the matter came under investigation by the U.S. House Oversight Committee in March 2022.
Diane Denish • entry at Wikipedia
former Lt. Gov. [Dem; 2003-2010]: ran for NM Governor in 2010 but lost to Susana Martinez; the campaign website is given up;
Denish now works on education issues at Strategies 360
former Santa Fe Mayor Javier M. Gonzales, 2014-2018 [1966-2022] - died of cancer at age 55
Couy Griffin of New Mexico
former Otero County Commissioner [sworn 1/2019, debarred 9/2022]
leader of Cowboys For Trump {aka Cowboys For Fascism}
entry at Wikipedia
