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New Mexico Primary Election

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 · 11 days away

U.S. House, U.S. Senate, Governor, statewide offices

What’s being decided

A primary election determines which candidates advance to the November general election. Voters in each party select their nominee, and the winners face each other in the fall.

New Mexico holds an closed primaryonly voters registered with a party may vote in that party's primary.

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Candidates

U.S. Senate

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Martin Heinrich

Democratic · Incumbent since 2013

Martin Heinrich has represented New Mexico in the U.S. Senate since 2013. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House. An engineer by training and an avid outdoorsman, he sits on the Senate Intelligence and Energy and Natural Resources committees and has made clean energy and public lands conservation central to his agenda.

Voter information

Registration deadline

October 6, 2026 (28 days before the November 3 general)

Same-day registration available

You can register and vote on Election Day at your polling place.