Doña Ana County Clerk Amanda López Askin will seek the open New Mexico Secretary of State seat in 2026. López Askin launched her campaign on April 16, 2025 as she looks to replace Maggie Toulouse Oliver,

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Monday to let voters with no party affiliation cast a ballot in primary elections without changing their nonpartisan status.

Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull is entering the 2026 New Mexico Governor's race. He becomes the first Republican to declare his candidacy. In a news release obtained by KOAT, representatives for Hull said under his leadership,

The other major impact of this executive order won't have an effect in New Mexico, because in New Mexico, ballots must be returned by 7 o'clock on election day," KOAT political expert Brian Sanderoff said.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill Monday to let voters with no party affiliation cast a ballot in primary elections without changing their nonpartisan status SANTA FE ...

New Mexico Opens Major-Party Primary Elections to Growing Ranks of Unaffiliated Voters SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The growing ranks of New Mexico voters with no party affiliation will be allowed to ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — The growing ranks of New Mexico voters with no party affiliation will be allowed to vote in primary elections without changing their nonpartisan status, under a bill signed into ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The growing ranks of New Mexico voters with no party affiliation will be allowed to vote in primary elections without changing their nonpartisan status, under a bill signed into law Monday by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.