2024 New Mexico House of Representatives Primary Results
All 70 seats of the state's lower legislative chamber are up this year.
The Democratic and Republican primaries occurred today in New Mexico to select candidates for the November general election. That included the races for all 70 seats in the State House of Representatives for regular two-year terms.
The New Mexico House of Representatives currently features 45 Democrats and 25 Republicans. 61 incumbents ran for re-nomination today - with open seat contests in Districts 3, 4, 18, 30, 31, 54, 57, 58, and 62. It only takes a plurality of the vote for a candidate to receive their party’s nomination.
For District 1:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Rodney Montoya won the Republican primary with 65.5% against Keith Mitchell Neil with 34.5%. 2,797 votes counted.
For District 2:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent P. Mark Duncan won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 3:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
William Hall II won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 4:
Joseph Franklin Hernandez won the Democratic primary with 50.8% against Christina Aspaas with 33.1% and Cheryl George with 16.1%. 1,082 votes counted.
Lincoln Mark won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 5:
Incumbent Doreen Wanda Johnson won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 6:
Incumbent Eliseo Lee Alcon won the Democratic primary with 46.0% against Priscilla Benally with 33.4% and Daniel Torrez with 20.7%. 2,287 votes counted.
Paul Spencer won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 7:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Tanya Mirabal Moya won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 8:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Brian Baca won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 9:
Incumbent Patricia Lundstrom won the Democratic primary with 61.9% against Christopher Brian Hudson with 29.4% and Arval Todd McCabe with 8.7%. 2,308 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 10:
Incumbent G. Andres Romero won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 11:
Incumbent Javier Martínez won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Bart Kinney III won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 12:
Incumbent Art De La Cruz won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 13:
Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero won the Democratic primary with 57.8% against Teresa Garcia with 42.2%. 888 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 14:
Incumbent Miguel Garcia won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Konnie Legried won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 15:
Incumbent Dayan Mercedes Hochman-Vigil won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 16:
Incumbent Yanira Gurrola Valenzuela won the Democratic primary with 63.9% agains Marsella Duarte with 36.1%. 2,563 votes counted.
Leland Benwood Bohannon won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 17:
Incumbent Cynthia Borrego won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Joshua Taylor Neal won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 18:
Marianna Anaya won the Democratic primary with 49.0% against Anjali Taneja with 41.1%, Gloria Sue Doherty with 7.4%, and Juan Larrañaga with 2.4%. 4,606 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 19:
Incumbent Janelle Anyanonu won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Leanna Derrick won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 20:
Incumbent Meredith Dixon won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Tracy Major won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 21:
Incumbent Debra Marie Sarinana won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 22:
Fred Ponzlov won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Stefani Lord won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 23:
Frank James Smith Jr. won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Alan Martinez won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 24:
Incumbent Elizabeth Thomson won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Ann Edenfield won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 25:
Incumbent Cristina Parajón won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Denis Litvinenko won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 26:
Incumbent Eleanor Chavez won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Patrick Sais won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 27:
Incumbent Marian Matthews won the Democratic primary with 55.8% against Greg Seeley with 44.2%. 2,584 votes counted.
Gregory Gallegos won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 28:
Incumbent Pamelya Herndon won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Marcie May won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 29:
Incumbent Joy Garratt won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Gregory Cunningham won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 30:
Elizabeth Diane Torres-Velasquez won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Jared Secret won the Republican primary with 54.3% against Victoria Doré with 45.7%. 1,353 votes counted.
For District 31:
Vicky Estrada-Bustillo won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Nicole Chavez won the Republican primary with 57.4% against Sarahjane Allen with 29.8% and Patrick Huested with 12.8%. 2,700 votes counted.
For District 32:
Linda Alvarez won the Democratic primary with 56.9% against Andrew Simon Hernandez III with 43.1%. 1,287 votes counted.
Incumbent Jenifer Jones won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 33:
Incumbent Micaela Lara Cadena won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 34:
Incumbent Raymundo Lara won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Larry Sedillo won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 35:
Incumbent Angelica Rubio won the Democratic primary with 61.3% against Gabriel Duran Jr. with 38.7%. 1,782 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 36:
Incumbent Nathan Small won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Kimberly Skaggs won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 37:
Incumbent Joanne Ferrary won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 38:
Incumbent Tara Jaramillo won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Rebecca Dow won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 39:
Gabrielle Begay won the Democratic primary with 79.3% against Gilbert Diaz Guadiana with 20.7%. 2,980 votes counted.
Incumbent Luis Terrazas won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 40:
Incumbent Joseph Sanchez won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Diego Miguel Olivas won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 41:
Incumbent Susan Herrera won the Democratic primary with 63.5% against Margaret Cecilia Campos with 36.5%. 3,767 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 42:
Incumbent Kristina Ortez won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 43:
Incumbent Christine Chandler won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 44:
Incumbent Kathleen Cates won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Ali Ennenga won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 45:
Incumbent Linda Michelle Serrato won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 46:
Incumbent Andrea Romero won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 47:
Incumbent Reena Szczepanski won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 48:
Incumbent Tara Lujan won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 49:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Gail Armstrong won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 50:
Incumbent Matthew McQueen won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Kenneth Donald Brennan won the Republican primary with 59.8% against Wendy Ann Lossing with 40.2%. 1,651 votes counted.
For District 51:
Ashlie Myers won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent John Block won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 52:
Incumbent Doreen Yvonne Gallegos won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 53:
Jon Hill won the Democratic primary with 58.3% against incumbent Willie Madrid with 41.7%. 1,090 votes counted.
Elizabeth Lee Winterrowd won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 54:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Jonathan Allen Henry won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 55:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Cathrynn Brown won the Republican primary with 71.7% against John Jack Volpato Jr. with 28.3%. 2,989 votes counted.
For District 56:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Harlan Vincent won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 57:
Michelle Eleanor Sandoval won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Catherine Jeanette Cullen won the Republican primary with 37.4% against John Richard Dantonio Jr. with 33.2% and Corrine Rios with 29.5%. 1,405 votes counted.
For District 58:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Angelita Mejia won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 59:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Jared Hembree won the Republican primary with 74.8% against Tracy De La Rosa with 25.2%. 3,334 votes counted.
For District 60:
Luke Nicholas Jungmann won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Joshua Hernandez won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 61:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Randall Pettigrew won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 62:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Elaine Sena Cortez won the Republican primary with 40.4% against Debra Hicks with 38.6% and D’Nae Robinett Mills with 21.0%. 2,802 votes counted.
For District 63:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Martin Zamora won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 64:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Andrea Reeb won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 65:
Incumbent Derrick Lente won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 66:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Jimmy Mason won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 67:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Jackey Chatfield won the Republican primary unopposed.
For District 68:
Incumbent Charlotte Little won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Nathan Brooks won the Republican primary with 58.6% against Virginia Gonzales with 41.4%. 1,221 votes counted.
For District 69:
Michelle Abeyta won the Democratic primary with 56.7% against incumbent Harry Garcia with 35.0% and Stanley Michael with 8.3%. 2,363 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For District 70:
Anita Amalia Gonzales won the Democratic primary with 55.2% against incumbent Ambrose Castellano with 44.8%. 4,399 votes counted.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
The general election for all 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives will occur on Tuesday, November 5.