2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the three U.S. Representatives from the state of New Mexico, one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

November 3, 2020

All 3 New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 3 0
Seats won 2 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 495,781 407,786
Percentage 54.86% 45.12%
Swing 3.39% 6.92%

Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican gain

As a result of Herrell and Fernandez's wins, the election resulted in all three members of New Mexico's house delegation being women of color, the second US state (after Hawaii) to do so.[1] New Mexico is also remarkable for being the first state to have a majority of its house representatives be Native Americans.[lower-alpha 1]

District 1

The 1st district is centered around Albuquerque, taking in most of Bernalillo County, Torrance County, and parts of Sandoval County, Santa Fe County and Valencia County. The incumbent is Democrat Deb Haaland, who was elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2018.[3]

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deb Haaland (incumbent) 83,032 100.0
Total votes 83,032 100.0
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Brett Kokinadis, founder of New Mexico Democrats for Democracy[7]
  • Jared Vanderdussen, attorney[8]

Results

Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michelle Garcia Holmes 23,783 48.1
Republican Jared Vanderdussen 19,847 40.2
Republican Brett Kokinadis 5,798 11.7
Total votes 49,428 100.0

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[9] Safe D July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[10] Safe D June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe D July 2, 2020
Politico[12] Safe D April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[13] Safe D June 3, 2020
RCP[14] Safe D June 9, 2020
Niskanen[15] Safe D June 7, 2020

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Deb
Haaland (D)
Michelle Garcia
Holmes (R)
Undecided
Research & Polling Inc. October 23–29, 2020 430 (LV) ±  4.7% 58% 37% 6%
Research & Polling Inc. August 26 – September 2, 2020 404 (LV) ±  4.9% 58% 31% 11%

Results

New Mexico's 1st congressional district, 2020[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deb Haaland (incumbent) 186,953 58.2
Republican Michelle Garcia Holmes 134,337 41.8
Total votes 321,290 100.0
Democratic hold

District 2

2020 New Mexico's 2nd congressional district election

November 3, 2020

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district
 
Candidate Yvette Herrell Xochitl Torres Small
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 142,283 122,546
Percentage 53.7% 46.3%

U.S. Representative before election

Xochitl Torres Small
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Yvette Herrell
Republican

The 2nd district covers southern New Mexico, including Las Cruces, Roswell, and the southern part of Albuquerque. The incumbent was Democrat Xochitl Torres Small, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.9% of the vote in 2018.[3]

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Xochitl Torres Small (incumbent) 48,095 100.0
Total votes 48,095 100.0
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Claire
Chase
Gavin
Clarkson
Yvette
Herrell
Chris
Mathys
Undecided
The Tarrance Group (R)[upper-alpha 1] December 2–3, 2019 450 (LV) ± 4.7% 13% 43% 12%
The Strategy Group Company (R)[upper-alpha 1] January 23–27, 2019 537 (LV) 4% 7% 50% 2% 37%

Results

Republican primary results [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Yvette Herrell 26,968 44.7
Republican Claire Chase 19,017 31.5
Republican Chris Mathys 14,378 23.8
Total votes 60,363 100.0

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[9] Tossup July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[10] Tossup October 16, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Lean D November 2, 2020
Politico[12] Tossup April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[13] Tossup June 3, 2020
RCP[14] Tossup June 9, 2020
Niskanen[15] Lean D June 7, 2020

Endorsements

Xochitl Torres Small (D)
Federal officials
Newspapers
Organizations
Yvette Herrell (R)
Executive Officials
Federal officials
Organizations
Individuals
Claire Chase (R)
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Xochitl
Torres Small (D)
Yvette
Herrell (R)
Undecided
Research & Polling Inc. October 23–29, 2020 403 (LV) ±  4.9% 46% 48% 5%
Strategies 360 (D)[upper-alpha 2] October 16–20, 2020 406 (LV) ±  4.9% 47% 46%
The Tarrance Group (R)[upper-alpha 3] September 26–29, 2020 400 (LV) ±  4.9% 47% 48% 5%
Research & Polling Inc. August 26 – September 2, 2020 418 (LV) ±  4.8% 47% 45% 9%
The Tarrance Group (R)[upper-alpha 3] July 7–9, 2020 400 (LV) ±  4.9% 46% 46% 8%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[upper-alpha 4] December 18–19, 2019 400 (LV) ±  4.9% 46% 48%
The Strategy Group Company (R)[upper-alpha 1] January 23–27, 2019 1,070 (LV) 38% 51% 11%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Generic
Democrat
Generic
Republican
Strategies 360/Xochitl Torres Small[upper-alpha 2] October 16–20, 2020 406 (LV) ±  4.9% 45% 50%
The Tarrance Group (R)[upper-alpha 3] September 26–29, 2020 400 (LV) ±  4.9% 45% 49%

Results

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district, 2020[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Yvette Herrell 142,283 53.7
Democratic Xochitl Torres Small (incumbent) 122,546 46.3
Independent Steve Jones (write-in) 117 0.0
Total votes 269,946 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

The 3rd district encompasses all of northern New Mexico, including the city of Santa Fe, and includes most of the Navajo Nation and Puebloans within New Mexico. The incumbent was Democrat Ben Ray Luján, who was re-elected with 63.4% of the vote in 2018,[3] and announced on April 1, 2019 that he would seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2020.[42] Luján won the primary, and ultimately the general election.

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Valerie Plame
Organizations
Marco Serna
Statewide and local politicians

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Teresa
Fernandez
Valerie
Plame
Joseph
Sanchez
Marco
Serna
Other Undecided
Clarity Campaign Labs[upper-alpha 5] May 20–21, 2020 661 (LV) ± 3.76% 33% 24% 7% 9% 9%[lower-alpha 3]
Anzalone Liszt Grove Research[lower-alpha 4] February 11–16, 2020 500 (LV) 11% 21% 7%

Pre-primary convention results

Candidates for the Democratic nomination needed to either receive the votes of 20% of the delegates at the pre-primary convention on March 7, or collect and submit signatures to the secretary of state to have made it to the June 2 primary.[74]

Candidate Delegates
Vote %
John Blair 19 4.5%
Teresa Leger Fernandez 178 41.9%
Laura Montoya 87 20.5%
Valerie Plame 22 5.2%
Joseph Sanchez 52 12.2%
Marco Serna 57 13.4%
Kyle Tisdel 10 2.4%
Total 425 100.0%

Results

Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Teresa Leger Fernandez 44,480 42.8
Democratic Valerie Plame 25,775 24.8
Democratic Joseph L. Sanchez 12,292 11.8
Democratic Marco Serna 8,292 8.0
Democratic Laura M. Montoya 6,380 6.1
Democratic John Blair 4,533 4.4
Democratic Kyle Tisdel 2,176 2.1
Total votes 103,928 100.0
Nominee
  • Alexis Johnson, environmental engineer and rancher[75]
Eliminated in primary
Disqualified
  • Audra Lee Brown, businesswoman[49]
  • Anastacia Golden Morper, real estate agent[78][79]
Withdrawn
  • Brett Kokinadis, founder of New Mexico Democrats for Democracy[7]
Declined

Results

Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alexis Johnson 16,512 36.7
Republican Harry Montoya 15,919 35.4
Republican Karen Bedonie 12,477 27.8
Republican Angela Gale Morales (Write-in) 30 0.1
Total votes 44,938 100.0
Nominee
Declined

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[9] Safe D July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[10] Safe D June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe D July 2, 2020
Politico[12] Safe D April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[13] Safe D June 3, 2020
RCP[14] Safe D June 9, 2020
Niskanen[15] Safe D June 7, 2020

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Teresa Leger
Fernandez (D)
Alexis
Johnson (R)
Undecided
Research & Polling Inc. October 23–29, 2020 347 (LV) ±  5.3% 58% 35% 6%
Research & Polling Inc. August 26 – September 2, 2020 301 (LV) ±  5.6% 50% 35% 15%

Results

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 2020[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Teresa Leger Fernandez 186,282 58.7
Republican Alexis Johnson 131,166 41.3
Total votes 317,448 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. Two of the three representatives elected from New Mexico are of Native American ancestry, Yvette Herrell is Cherokee, and Deb Haaland is a member of the Laguna Pueblo.[2]
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. John Blair 4%, Laura Montoya 3%, Kyle Tiesel 2%
  4. Poll was sponsored by Plame's campaign
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by the Yvette Herrell campaign
  2. Poll sponsored by Small's campaign
  3. Poll sponsored by the NRCC.
  4. Poll sponsored by the Congressional Leadership Fund, which supports Republican candidates for Congress.
  5. This poll's sponsor had endorsed Teresa Legar Fernandez prior to the sampling period

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