2014 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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2014 United States Senate election in New Mexico
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  2008 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2020  
  Tom Udall official Senate portrait.jpg Allen-Weh-Military-Uniform-Medals-2.jpg
Nominee Tom Udall Allen Weh
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote286,409229,097
Percentage55.56%44.44%

2014 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg
2014 New mexico senate election by congressional district.svg
Udall:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Weh:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Tom Udall
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Tom Udall
Democratic

The 2014 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Udall won reelection to a second term. This is the last time that a non-Hispanic won the Class 2 Senate seat in New Mexico.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Udall (incumbent) 113,502 100.00%
Total votes113,502 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Allen Weh

Results

Results by county:
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Weh
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Clements
50-60%
60-70% 2014 New Mexico U.S. Senate Republican primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county:
  Weh
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Clements
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [12] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Allen Weh 41,566 63.0%
Republican David Clements 24,41337.0%
Total votes65,979 100.0%

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [13] Solid DNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [14] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [15] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [16] Likely DNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Tom
Udall (D)
Allen
Weh (R)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [17] March 20–23, 2014674± 3.8%53%33%14%
Rasmussen [18] July 21–22, 2014860± 4%54%33%3%10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [19] July 5–24, 2014930± 3.6%51%44%2%4%
Research & Polling Inc. [20] August 12–14, 2014606± 4%53%35%11%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [21] August 18 – September 2, 20141,096± 4%54%36%2%8%
Research & Polling Inc. [22] September 9–11, 2014603± 4%51%38%11%
Rasmussen Reports [23] September 22–23, 2014830± 4%52%39%9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [24] September 20 – October 1, 20141,093± 4%53%35%2%10%
Gravis Marketing [25] September 27 – October 1, 2014727± 4%53%36%11%
Vox Populi Polling [26] October 20–22, 2014614± 3.95%51%45%6%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [24] October 16–23, 2014962± 6%52%36%1%11%
Research & Polling Inc. [27] October 21–23, 2014614± 4%50%43%8%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Tom
Udall (D)
David
Clements (R)
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling [17] March 20–23, 2014674± 3.8%55%33%12%

Results

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2014 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Tom Udall (incumbent) 286,409 55.56% −5.77%
Republican Allen Weh 229,09744.44%+5.77%
Total votes515,506 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Udall won 2 of 3 congressional districts. [29]

DistrictUdallWehRepresentative
1st 56.69%43.31% Michelle Lujan Grisham
2nd 46.98%53.02% Steve Pearce
3rd 61.31%38.69% Ben Ray Luján

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