2025 Santa Fe mayoral election

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2025 Santa Fe mayoral election
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CandidateMichael GarciaOscar Salazar RodriguezRonald Trujillo
First round8,838
35.97%		5,536
22.53%		3,426
13.94%
Final round13,400
62.77%		7,947
37.23%		Eliminated
 
CandidateJustin GreeneJoAnne Vigil CopplerTarin Nix
First round2,452
9.98%		1,921
7.82%		1,558
6.34%
Final roundEliminatedEliminatedEliminated
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

Declined

Endorsements

JoAnne Vigil Coppler (D)

Statewide officials

Results

2025 Santa Fe mayoral election [14]
CandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
Michael Garcia8,83835.978,85236.068,99936.839,45138.9310,12442.7911,36749.4213,40062.77
Oscar Salazar Rodriguez5,53622.535,55322.625,63323.056,10925.166,34926.847,21031.357,94737.23
Ronald Trujillo3,42613.943,43513.993,53314.463,63714.984,05917.164,42319.23Eliminated
Justin Greene2,4529.982,47110.072,54610.422,80911.573,12613.21Eliminated
JoAnne Vigil Coppler1,9217.821,9367.892,0608.432,2719.35Eliminated
Tarin Nix1,5586.341,5796.431,6636.81Eliminated
Letitia Montoya7132.907232.95Eliminated
Jeanne O'Dean1260.51Eliminated
Total24,570100.0%24,549100.0%24,434100.0%24,277100.0%23,658100.0%23,000100.0%21,347100.0%
Non-transferable ballots 1601812964531,0721,7303,383

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. ↑ Julig, Carina (January 2, 2025). "Councilor, Webber critic Michael Garcia announces mayoral bid". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Julig, Carina (January 2, 2025). "Councilor, Webber critic Michael Garcia announces mayoral bid". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Q&A: Santa Fe mayoral candidates on Midtown redevelopment". Santa Fe New Mexican – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "'Around the Roundhouse': Jeanne O'Dean makes pitch for 'disruptive innovation' in race for Santa Fe mayor". Santa Fe New Mexican .
  10. ↑ Julig, Carina (July 23, 2025). "Pothole Guy Hopes He's Mayoral Timber, by Milan Simonich". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Former City Councilor Trujillo announces mayoral bid". Yahoo News. January 19, 2025. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  12. ↑ Charnot, Mo (February 26, 2025). "Mayor-Go-Round". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  13. ↑ Chacón, Daniel (October 17, 2025). "Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham endorses JoAnne Vigil Coppler for mayor of Santa Fe". Santa Fe New Mexican.
  14. ↑ "RCV Short Report, General Election Santa Fe November 04, 2025 MAYOR SANTA FE CITY" (PDF). New Mexico Secretary of State.
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