United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024

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← 2020
U.S. Senate, New Mexico
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Candidates seeking pre-primary designation February 6, 2024; All other candidates March 12, 2024
Primary: June 4, 2024 General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in New Mexico
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
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Voters in New Mexico will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary is June 4, 2024. The filing deadline for candidates seeking pre-primary designation is February 6, 2024. All other candidates must file by March 12, 2024.

The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Martin Heinrich (D), who first took office in 2013.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)
• United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
  

General election

The primary will occur on June 4, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Cameron Chick and Jerry Rose are running in the general election for U.S. Senate New Mexico on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Cameron Chick (Independent)
		Jerry Rose (Independent)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Incumbent Martin Heinrich and Joshua Kenderdine are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate
		Martin Heinrich
		Joshua Kenderdine

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Benjamin Luna and Reece Wright-McDonald are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate
		Benjamin Luna
		Reece Wright-McDonald

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Voting information

See also: Voting in New Mexico

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey and share what motivates them on political and personal levels. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

No candidate in this race has completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia is seeking 100 percent participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots.

You can ask candidates in this race to fill out the survey by clicking their names below:

• Cameron Chick
• Jerry Rose

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Martin Heinrich	Democratic Party	$6,132,249	$3,570,413	$3,216,810	As of September 30, 2023
Joshua Kenderdine	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Benjamin Luna	Republican Party	$3,050	$782	$2,268	As of September 30, 2023
Reece Wright-McDonald	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Cameron Chick	Independent	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jerry Rose	Independent	$3,267	$2,541	$758	As of June 30, 2021
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in New Mexico, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	January 2, 2024	December 19, 2023	December 12, 2023	December 5, 2023
The Cook Political Report	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in New Mexico in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Mexico, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Democratic	3,518-7,036	2%-4% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary	N/A	N/A	TBD	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Libertarian	230-460	2%-4% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary	N/A	N/A	TBD	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Republican	1,503-3,006	2%-4% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary	N/A	N/A	TBD	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	20,894	3% of all votes cast for governor in the last election	N/A	N/A	TBD	Source

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2014.

2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Ben Ray Luján defeated Mark Ronchetti and Bob Walsh in the general election for U.S. Senate New Mexico on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Ray Luján (D)	51.7	474,483
		Mark Ronchetti (R)	45.6	418,483
		Bob Walsh (L)	2.6	24,271

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 917,237
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Ben Ray Luján advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Ray Luján	100.0	225,082

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 225,082
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)
• Giovanni Haqani (D)
• Andrew Perkins (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Mark Ronchetti defeated Elisa Martinez and Gavin Clarkson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Ronchetti	56.5	89,216
		Elisa Martinez	26.1	41,240
		Gavin Clarkson	17.4	27,471

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 157,927
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mick Rich (R)
• Rick Montoya (R)
• Louie Sanchez (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Bob Walsh advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Walsh	100.0	1,454

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,454
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2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Incumbent Martin Heinrich defeated Mick Rich and Gary Johnson in the general election for U.S. Senate New Mexico on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martin Heinrich (D)	54.1	376,998
		Mick Rich (R)	30.5	212,813
		Gary Johnson (L)	15.4	107,201

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 697,012 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aubrey Dunn (L)

2014

On November 4, 2014, incumbent Tom Udall (D) won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Allen Weh (R) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, New Mexico General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tom Udall Incumbent	55.6%	286,409
	Republican	Allen Weh	44.4%	229,097
Total Votes				515,506
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State

Political context

This section will be updated with information about the political landscape in New Mexico.

See also

New Mexico	2024 primaries	2024 U.S. Congress elections
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Footnotes

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New Mexico's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Martin Heinrich (D)

Ben Luján (D)

Representatives

District 1

Melanie Ann Stansbury (D)

District 2

Gabriel Vasquez (D)

District 3

Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)

Democratic Party (5)