2025 Santa Fe mayoral election

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2025 Santa Fe mayoral election
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Mayor before election

Alan Webber

Elected mayor

Michael Garcia

The 2025 Santa Fe mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. [1] Incumbent mayor Alan Webber did not run for re-election. Santa Fe has used instant runoff ranked-choice voting in its mayoral elections since 2018. [2] [3] Michael J. Garcia won with 13,400 votes (62.77%) after seven rounds of runoffs, having received 8,838 (35.97%) in the first round. [4] He is expected to take office January 1, 2026.

Contents

Candidates

Declared

Eight candidates competed: [5]

Declined

Endorsements

JoAnne Vigil Coppler (D)

State officials

General Election

Results

Only the first round is shown below as Garcia had already won by a plurality at that point. However, the succeeding rounds demonstrated that a majority of voters listed Garcia on their ballot, albeit for some of the ballots not ranked first.

2025 Santa Fe mayoral election [17]
CandidateVotes%
Justin Greene2,45210.0%
Michael Garcia8,83136.0%
Letitia Montoya7112.9%
Oscar Salazar Rodriguez5,53622.6%
JoAnne Vigil Coppler1,9187.8%
Ronald Trujillo3,41813.9%
Tarin Nix1,5576.3%
Jeanne O'Dean1250.5%
Total votes24,548 100.00

References

  1. ↑ "Regular Local Election 2025". santafecountynm.gov. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ "RCV in Santa Fe History, 2008-2025" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Mayoral election in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2025)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "RCV Short Report General Election Santa Fe November 04, 2025 MAYOR SANTA FE CITY" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Santa Fe Voter Guide". Santa Fe Reporter .
  6. ↑ Julig, Carina (January 2, 2025). "Councilor, Webber critic Michael Garcia announces mayoral bid". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  7. ↑ Simonich, Milan (July 27, 2025). "Mayoral candidate hopes to codify equity". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  8. ↑ Julig, Carina (June 25, 2025). "County Commissioner Greene announces bid for Santa Fe mayor; third candidate joins District 1 council race". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  9. ↑ Mexican, The New (June 26, 2025). "'Around the Roundhouse': Santa Fe mayoral candidate Justin Greene shares his vision for the city and touts his experience". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  10. ↑ Julig, Carina (January 2, 2025). "Councilor, Webber critic Michael Garcia announces mayoral bid". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Q&A: Santa Fe mayoral candidates on Midtown redevelopment". Santa Fe New Mexican – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "'Around the Roundhouse': Jeanne O'Dean makes pitch for 'disruptive innovation' in race for Santa Fe mayor". Santa Fe New Mexican .
  13. ↑ Julig, Carina (July 23, 2025). "Pothole Guy Hopes He's Mayoral Timber, by Milan Simonich". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Former City Councilor Trujillo announces mayoral bid". Yahoo News. January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  15. ↑ Charnot, Mo (February 26, 2025). "Mayor-Go-Round". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  16. ↑ Chacón, Daniel (October 17, 2025). "Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham endorses JoAnne Vigil Coppler for mayor of Santa Fe". Santa Fe New Mexican.
  17. ↑ "Mayoral election in Albuquerque, New Mexico (2025)". Ballotpedia.
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