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Elections in New Mexico |
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The 2026 United States Senate election in New Mexico will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of New Mexico, concurrently with other elections to the U.S. Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Ben Ray Luján is seeking election to a second full term. [1] Luján was elected to his first full term with 51.73% of the vote in 2020 to succeed retiring Democratic Senator Tom Udall. [2]
New Mexico is considered to be a moderately blue state at the federal and state levels. Kamala Harris won the state by 6 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election, while the last time a statewide race was won by a Republican was in 2016, when Republican Judith Nakamura defeated Democratic candidate Michael Vigil. The most recent election for this seat, held in 2020, saw Democrat Ben Ray Luján win his first term in the Senate by six points over Republican Mark Ronchetti. [3]
Democrats currently control all statewide offices, both U.S. Senate seats, all three seats in the U.S. House delegation and the New Mexico House of Representatives and New Mexico Senate. [4]
Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
Ben Ray Luján (D) | $4,770,455 | $2,169,143 | $2,680,636 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [6] |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Inside Elections [8] | Safe D | August 12, 2025 |
The Cook Political Report [9] | Solid D | August 18, 2025 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] | Safe D | August 12, 2025 |
Race To The WH [11] | Likely D | September 4, 2025 |
...Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) are sending strong signals they plan to run for reelection.
Ben Ray Luján, Democrat, wins the U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico.