2023 in New Mexico

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Last updated May 05, 2025

The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in New Mexico .

Incumbents

State government

Governor: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)

Events

January 16 –Solomon Peña, a former Republican candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives, is arrested by SWAT officers for his role in the shootings of at least four New Mexico Democratic politicians' houses.^[1]
May 15 – 2023 Farmington, New Mexico shooting: Three civilians are killed and two police officers are injured in a mass shooting in Farmington. The shooter is killed by police.^[2]
June 29 – Virgin Galactic successfully launches Galactic 01, its first private spaceflight, from Spaceport America.^[3]
September 7 – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signs an emergency order banning firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County for 30 days. A judge blocks the order six days later, citing the Second Amendment.^[4]
October 7 – Research into the White Sands fossil footprints reveals that human settlement in North America may have originated earlier than previously assumed.^[5]

References

↑ "Ex-GOP candidate arrested in shootings at lawmakers' homes". AP News. January 17, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
↑ Simonson, Steve Almasy,Amy (May 15, 2023). "Gunman who killed 3 people and injured 6 in Farmington, New Mexico, was 18 years old and used three firearms, police say". CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "Virgin Galactic takes its first paying customers to space". South China Morning Post. June 30, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
↑ Deliso, Meredith (September 13, 2023). "Judge temporarily blocks New Mexico governor's order suspending right to carry firearms in public". ABC News . Retrieved May 4, 2025.
↑ "Fossil footprints in New Mexico suggest humans have been here longer than we thought". NPR . October 7, 2024.

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[1] "Ex-GOP candidate arrested in shootings at lawmakers' homes". AP News. January 17, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

[2] Simonson, Steve Almasy,Amy (May 15, 2023). "Gunman who killed 3 people and injured 6 in Farmington, New Mexico, was 18 years old and used three firearms, police say". CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] "Virgin Galactic takes its first paying customers to space". South China Morning Post. June 30, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2024.

[4] Deliso, Meredith (September 13, 2023). "Judge temporarily blocks New Mexico governor's order suspending right to carry firearms in public". ABC News . Retrieved May 4, 2025.

[5] "Fossil footprints in New Mexico suggest humans have been here longer than we thought". NPR . October 7, 2024.

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2023 in New Mexico

Contents

Incumbents

State government

Events

See also

References