New Mexico Primary Election
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 · Election has passed
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 primary — only voters registered with a party may vote in that party's primary.
Candidates
U.S. Senate
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.
Governor
Democratic
Deb Haaland served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 2021 to 2025, becoming the first Native American to serve in a presidential cabinet. A member of the Pueblo of Laguna, she represented New Mexico's 1st Congressional District from 2019 to 2021. She is running for Governor of New Mexico as Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is term-limited, leading the Democratic primary. She would be New Mexico's first Native American governor.
Republican
Gregg Hull served as Mayor of Rio Rancho, New Mexico — the state's second-largest city — from 2012 to 2022. He is the leading Republican candidate for governor in 2026 as Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is term-limited. A businessman and community leader from Sandoval County, he built a reputation as a pragmatic administrator in Rio Rancho and is positioning himself as a results-focused alternative to what he describes as the Democratic establishment's management of New Mexico.
Voter information
Registration deadline
October 6, 2026 (28 days before the November 3 general)
You can register and vote on Election Day at your polling place.
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State