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.

From the election until Deb Haaland's resignation to become Secretary of the Interior, New Mexico had a house delegation composed entirely of women of color, the second US state (after Hawaii) to do so. New Mexico is also the first state to have a majority of its house representatives be Native Americans.

Overview

Results of the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico by district:

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 was Democrat Deb Haaland, who was elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Deb Haaland, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Michelle Garcia Holmes, retired police detective and nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico in 2018

Eliminated in primary

• Brett Kokinadis, founder of New Mexico Democrats for Democracy
• Jared Vanderdussen, attorney

Results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 2

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Xochitl Torres Small, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Yvette Herrell, former state representative and nominee for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district in 2018

Eliminated in primary

• Claire Chase, oil company executive
• Chris Mathys, businessman, candidate for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission in 2018, and former Fresno city councilman

Declined

• Leland Gould, lobbyist
• Monty Newman, businessman, former chair of the New Mexico Republican Party, former mayor of Hobbs, and candidate for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district in 2018
• Steve Pearce, chair of the New Mexico Republican Party, former U.S. representative, and nominee for Governor of New Mexico in 2018

Polling

Results

General election

Debates

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

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, and announced on April 1, 2019 that he would seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2020. Luján won the primary, and ultimately the general election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Teresa Leger Fernandez, attorney and daughter of former state senator Ray Leger

Eliminated in primary

• John Blair, former New Mexico Deputy Secretary of State and former political aide to U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich
• Laura Montoya, Sandoval County treasurer
• Valerie Plame, former CIA operations officer
• Joseph L. Sanchez, state representative
• Marco Serna, Santa Fe County District Attorney
• Kyle Tisdel, environmental attorney

Withdrawn

• Robert Apodaca, businessman and former United States Department of Agriculture regional official
• Mark McDonald, chair of the Colfax County Democratic Party (endorsed Serna)

Declined

• Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico
• Brian Egolf, speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives
• Valerie Espinoza, New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner for the 3rd district and former Santa Fe County clerk
• Paula Garcia, executive director of the New Mexico Acequia Association
• Stephanie Garcia Richard, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
• Ben Ray Luján, incumbent U.S. representative (running for U.S. Senate)
• Joseph Maestas, mayor of Española and former Santa Fe city councilman
• Andrea Romero, state representative
• John Sapien, state senator
• Victor Snover, mayor of Aztec
• Carl Trujillo, former state representative
• Linda Trujillo, state representative
• JoAnne Vigil Coppler, Santa Fe city councilwoman
• Renee Villarreal, Santa Fe city councilwoman
• Alan Webber, mayor of Santa Fe
• Peter Wirth, majority leader of the New Mexico Senate

Endorsements

Polling

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.

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alexis Johnson, environmental engineer and rancher

Eliminated in primary

• Karen Bedonie, member of the Navajo Nation and small business owner
• Harry Montoya, former Santa Fe County commissioner

Disqualified

• Audra Lee Brown, businesswoman
• Anastacia Golden Morper, real estate agent

Withdrawn

• Brett Kokinadis, founder of New Mexico Democrats for Democracy

Declined

• Jefferson Byrd, New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner for the 2nd district and nominee for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in 2014
• Gregg Hull, mayor of Rio Rancho
• Patrick H. Lyons, former New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner for the 2nd district, former New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands, and former state senator
• Thomas Mullins, businessman and nominee for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in 2010

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Michael Lucero, rancher and nominee for New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands in 2018

Green primary

Candidates

Declined

• Carol Miller, activist and nominee for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in 1997, 1998, and 2008

General election

Debate

Predictions

Polling

Results

See also

• 2020 New Mexico elections

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "New Mexico", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "New Mexico: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of New Mexico". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• New Mexico at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites for 1st district candidates

• Michelle Garcia Holmes (R) for Congress Archived May 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• Deb Haaland (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates

• Yvette Herrell (R) for Congress
• Xochitl Torres Small (D) for Congress Archived July 2, 2018, at the Wayback Machine

Official campaign websites for 3rd district candidates

• Alexis Johnson (R) for Congress
• Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) for Congress
• Michael Lucero (L) for Congress Archived September 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine