2020 New Mexico Senate election

Not to be confused with 2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico.

The 2020 New Mexico Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Mexico voters elected state senators in all 42 of the state senate's districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the New Mexico Senate.

2020 New Mexico Senate election

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All 42 seats in the New Mexico Senate 22 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mary Kay Papen (Lost re-nomination) Stuart Ingle Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 38th - Las Cruces 27th - Portales Seats before 26 16 Seats won 27 15 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 444,518 404,488 Percentage 51.6% 47.0%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold Vote share:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      Unopposed      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      Unopposed
President pro tempore before election Mary Kay Papen Democratic Elected President pro tempore Mimi Stewart Democratic

A primary election on June 2, 2020 determined which candidates will appear on the November 3 general election ballot.

Summary of results

District^[1]	Incumbent	Party		Elected senator	Party
1	William Sharer		Rep	William Sharer^[a]		Rep
2	Steven Neville		Rep	Steven Neville^[a]		Rep
3	Shannon Pinto		Dem	Shannon Pinto		Dem
4	George Muñoz		Dem	George Muñoz		Dem
5	Richard Martinez		Dem	Leo Jaramillo		Dem
6	Roberto Gonzales		Dem	Roberto Gonzales^[a]		Dem
7	Pat Woods		Rep	Pat Woods^[a]		Rep
8	Pete Campos		Dem	Pete Campos		Dem
9	John Sapien		Dem	Brenda McKenna		Dem
10	Candace Gould		Rep	Katy Duhigg		Dem
11	Linda Lopez		Dem	Linda Lopez		Dem
12	Jerry Ortiz y Pino		Dem	Jerry Ortiz y Pino		Dem
13	Bill O'Neill		Dem	Bill O'Neill		Dem
14	Michael Padilla		Dem	Michael Padilla		Dem
15	Daniel Ivey-Soto		Dem	Daniel Ivey-Soto		Dem
16	Antoinette Sedillo Lopez		Dem	Antoinette Sedillo Lopez		Dem
17	Mimi Stewart		Dem	Mimi Stewart		Dem
18	Bill Tallman		Dem	Bill Tallman		Dem
19	James White		Rep	Gregg Schmedes		Rep
20	William Payne		Rep	Martin Hickey		Dem
21	Mark Moores		Rep	Mark Moores		Rep
22	Benny Shendo		Dem	Benny Shendo		Dem
23	Sander Rue		Rep	Harold Pope Jr.		Dem
24	Nancy Rodriguez		Dem	Nancy Rodriguez		Dem
25	Peter Wirth		Dem	Peter Wirth		Dem
26	Jacob Candelaria		Dem	Jacob Candelaria		Dem
27	Stuart Ingle		Rep	Stuart Ingle^[a]		Rep
28	Gabriel Ramos		Dem	Siah Correa Hemphill		Dem
29	Gregory A. Baca		Rep	Gregory A. Baca		Rep
30	Clemente Sanchez		Dem	Joshua A. Sanchez		Rep
31	Joe Cervantes		Dem	Joe Cervantes		Dem
32	Cliff Pirtle		Rep	Cliff Pirtle^[a]		Rep
33	William Burt		Rep	William Burt		Rep
34	Ron Griggs		Rep	Ron Griggs		Rep
35	John Arthur Smith		Dem	Crystal Diamond		Rep
36	Jeff Steinborn		Dem	Jeff Steinborn		Dem
37	William Soules		Dem	William Soules		Dem
38	Mary Kay Papen		Dem	Carrie Hamblen		Dem
39	Liz Stefanics		Dem	Liz Stefanics		Dem
40	Craig Brandt		Rep	Craig Brandt^[a]		Rep
41	Gregg Fulfer		Rep	David Gallegos^[a]		Rep
42	Gay Kernan		Rep	Gay Kernan^[a]		Rep

1. Unopposed in the November general election.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 28, 0.6%
2. District 30, 2.2% gain
3. District 29, 2.2%
4. District 23, 4.2% gain
5. District 10, 4.8% gain
6. District 21, 7.6%
7. District 9, 7.8%
8. District 20, 7.8% gain

Retiring incumbents

Two incumbent senators (one Republican and one Democrat) chose to not seek reelection.

1. John Sapien (D), District 9^[2]
2. William Payne (R), District 20^[3]

Defeated incumbents

In primary

Seven incumbent senators (five Democrats and two Republicans) sought reelection but were defeated in the June 2 primary. The Democrats defeated in the primary were part of a conservative faction that were targeted by progressive groups for voting with Republicans to defeat certain bills including legalizing marijuana or to pass bills limiting abortion rights.^[4] Two of the challengers who unseated the incumbents went on to lose the general election: Pamela Cordova in the 30th and Neomi Martinez-Parra in the 35th.

1. Richard Martinez (D), District 5
2. James White (R), District 19
3. Gabriel Ramos (D), District 28
4. Clemente Sanchez (D), District 30
5. John Arthur Smith (D), District 35
6. Mary Kay Papen (D), District 38
7. Gregg Fulfer (R), District 41

In general election

Two incumbent senators, both Republicans, won their respective primaries but were defeated in the November 3 general election by their Democratic opponent.

1. Candace Gould (R), District 10
2. Sander Rue (R), District 23

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[5]	Safe D	October 21, 2020

Detailed results

Source for primary election results:^[6] Source for general election results:^[7]

District 1

Incumbent Republican William Sharer has represented the 1st district since 2001.

New Mexico Senate 1st District general election, 2020^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Sharer (incumbent)	14,506	100%
Total votes			14,506	100%
	Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent Republican Steven Neville has represented the 2nd district since 2005.

New Mexico Senate 2nd District general election, 2020^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Neville (incumbent)	16,631	100%
Total votes			16,631	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Shannon Pinto has represented the 3rd district since her appoiontment on July 25, 2019 after the death of Democrat John Pinto (her grandfather).^[10] She was elected to a full term.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 3rd District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shannon Pinto (incumbent)	3,902	80.3%
	Democratic	Shawn Nelson	959	19.7%
Total votes			4,861	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 3rd District general election, 2020^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shannon Pinto (incumbent)	11,932	67.4%
	Republican	Arthur Allison	5,767	32.6%
Total votes			17,699	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat George Muñoz has represented the 4th district since 2009.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 4th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Muñoz (incumbent)	3,274	58.3%
	Democratic	Noreen Kelly	2,344	41.7%
Total votes			5,618	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 4th District general election, 2020^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Muñoz (incumbent)	11,931	67.8%
	Republican	Angela Olive	5,660	32.2%
Total votes			17,591	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Richard Martinez has represented the th district since 2001. Martinez lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Leo Jaramillo, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 5th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo Jaramillo	6,153	60.6%
	Democratic	Richard Martinez (incumbent)	3,996	39.4%
Total votes			10,149	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 5th District general election, 2020^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leo Jaramillo	15,649	68.5%
	Republican	Diamantina Storment	6,132	26.8%
	Libertarian	Lee Weinland	1,075	4.7%
Total votes			22,856	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Roberto Gonzales has represented the 6th district since his appointment to the seat on December 20, 2019 after the death of Democrat Carlos Cisneros.^[14]

New Mexico Senate 6th District general election, 2020^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberto Gonzales (incumbent)	19,328	100%
Total votes			19,328	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Pat Woods has represented the 7th district since 2012.

New Mexico Senate 7th District general election, 2020^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Woods (incumbent)	14,240	100%
Total votes			14,240	100%
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Democrat Pete Campos has represented the 8th district since 1991.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 8th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Campos (incumbent)	7,164	69.8%
	Democratic	Connie Jimenez Trujillo	3,098	30.2%
Total votes			10,262	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 8th District general election, 2020^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Campos (incumbent)	13,438	64.9%
	Republican	Melissa Fryzel	7,264	35.1%
Total votes			20,702	100%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat John Sapien has represented the 9th district since 2009. Sapien retired and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Brenda McKenna.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 9th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brenda McKenna	4,177	49.9%
	Democratic	Ben Rodefer	2,151	25.7%
	Democratic	Kevin David Lucero	2,049	24.5%
Total votes			8,377	100%

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 9th District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Clark	2,833	55.1%
	Republican	Bridget Condon	1,646	32.0%
	Republican	Tania Dennis	659	12.8%
Total votes			5,138	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 9th District general election, 2020^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brenda McKenna	16,090	53.9%
	Republican	John Clark	13,743	46.1%
Total votes			29,833	100%
	Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Republican Candace Gould has represented the 10th district since 2017. Gould lost re-election to Democrat Katy Duhigg.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 10th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katy Duhigg	4,064	67.3%
	Democratic	Alan Hill	1,974	32.7%
Total votes			6,038	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 10th District general election, 2020^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katy Duhigg	13,417	52.4%
	Republican	Candace Gould (incumbent)	12,176	47.6%
Total votes			25,593	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Linda Lopez has represented the 11th district since 1997.

New Mexico Senate 11th District general election, 2020^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Lopez (incumbent)	9,162	69.4%
	Republican	Marylinda Price	4,041	30.6%
Total votes			13,203	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Jerry Ortiz y Pino has represented the 12th district since 2005.

New Mexico Senate 12th District general election, 2020^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Ortiz y Pino (incumbent)	13,910	77.4%
	Republican	Lisa Meyer-Hagen	4,063	22.6%
Total votes			17,973	100%
	Democratic hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Bill O'Neill has represented the 13th district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 13th District general election, 2020^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill O'Neill (incumbent)	15,504	62.6%
	Republican	Michaela Chavez	8,436	34.1%
	Libertarian	Frederick Snoy II	824	3.3%
Total votes			24,764	100%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Michael Padilla has represented the 14th district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 14th District general election, 2020^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Padilla (incumbent)	10,083	65.8%
	Republican	Mary Kay Ingham	5,250	34.2%
Total votes			15,333	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Daniel Ivey-Soto has represented the 15th district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 15th District general election, 2020^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Ivey-Soto (incumbent)	13,744	60.0%
	Republican	Sandra Rausch	9,167	40.0%
Total votes			22,911	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat and former congressional candidate Antoinette Sedillo Lopez has represented the 16th district since her appointment on January 14, 2019 after Democrat Cisco McSorley was named head of the Probation and Parole Division of the New Mexico Corrections Department.^[25]

New Mexico Senate 16th District general election, 2020^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (incumbent)	18,303	78.1%
	Republican	Chelsea Flanders	5,147	21.9%
Total votes			23,450	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Mimi Stewart has represented the 17th district since 2015.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 17th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mimi Stewart (incumbent)	2,247	67.5%
	Democratic	Shannon Robinson	1,083	32.5%
Total votes			3,330	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 17th District general election, 2020^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mimi Stewart (incumbent)	8,686	65.7%
	Republican	Rodney Deskin	4,531	34.3%
Total votes			13,217	100%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Bill Tallman has represented the 18th district since 2017.

New Mexico Senate 18th District general election, 2020^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Tallman (incumbent)	14,598	55.0%
	Republican	Ryan Alexandra Chavez	11,955	45.0%
	Libertarian	Michael Cordova	0	0.0
Total votes			26,553	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican James White has represented the 19th district since 2016. White lost re-nomination to fellow Republican Gregg Schmedes, who went on to win the general election.

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 19th District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Schmedes	3,733	54.3%
	Republican	James White (incumbent)	3,148	45.7%
Total votes			6,881	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 19th District general election, 2020^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Schmedes	15,536	53.8%
	Democratic	Claudia Risner	12,108	41.9%
	Libertarian	John McDivitt	1,243	4.3%
Total votes			28,887	100%
	Republican hold

District 20

Incumbent Republican William Payne has represented the 20th district since 1997. Payne retired and Democrat Martin Hickey won the open seat.

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 20th District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Morton	3,072	55.9%
	Republican	Karin Foster	2,426	44.1%
Total votes			5,498	100%

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 20th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Hickey	2,249	32.2%
	Democratic	Rebecca Stair	2,102	30.1%
	Democratic	Idalia Lechuga-Tena	1,532	21.9%
	Democratic	Nancy Savage	1,099	15.7%
Total votes			6,982	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 20th District general election, 2020^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Hickey	14,931	53.9%
	Republican	John Morton	12,752	46.1%
Total votes			27,683	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 21

Incumbent Republican Mark Moores has represented the 21st district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 21st District general election, 2020^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Moores (incumbent)	15,425	53.3%
	Democratic	Athena Ann Christodoulou	13,509	46.7%
Total votes			28,934	100%
	Republican hold

District 22

Incumbent Democrat Benny Shendo has represented the 22nd district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 22nd District general election, 2020^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Benny Shendo (incumbent)	13,201	66.4%
	Republican	Susan Aguayo	6,666	33.6%
Total votes			19,867	100%
	Democratic hold

District 23

Incumbent Republican Sander Rue has represented the 23rd district since 2009. Rue lost re-election to Democrat Harold Pope Jr.

New Mexico Senate 23rd District general election, 2020^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold Pope Jr.	15,345	52.1%
	Republican	Sander Rue (incumbent)	14,130	47.9%
Total votes			29,475	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 24

Incumbent Democrat Nancy Rodriguez has represented the 24th district since 1996.

New Mexico Senate 24th District general election, 2020^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Rodriguez (incumbent)	18,927	80.0%
	Republican	Leighton Cornish	3,977	16.8%
	Libertarian	Scott Milenski	765	3.2%
Total votes			23,669	100%
	Democratic hold

District 25

Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Peter Wirth has represented the 25th district since 2009.

New Mexico Senate 25th District general election, 2020^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Wirth (incumbent)	30,305	82.4%
	Republican	Ricardo Vargas	6,477	17.6%
Total votes			36,782	100%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Incumbent Democrat Jacob Candelaria has represented the 26th district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 26th District general election, 2020^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jacob Candelaria (incumbent)	12,191	65.8%
	Republican	Manuel Lardizabal	6,344	34.2%
Total votes			18,535	100%
	Democratic hold

District 27

Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Stuart Ingle has represented the 27th district since 1985.

New Mexico Senate 27th District general election, 2020^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stuart Ingle (incumbent)	13,834	100%
Total votes			13,834	100%
	Republican hold

District 28

Incumbent Democrat Gabriel Ramos has represented the 28th district since his appointment on January 15, 2019 after Democrat Howie Morales resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico. Ramos lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Siah Correa Hemphill, who wnet on to win the general election.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 28th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Siah Correa Hemphill	4,809	61.8%
	Democratic	Gabriel Ramos (incumbent)	2,970	38.2%
Total votes			7,779	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 28th District general election, 2020^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Siah Correa Hemphill	11,599	50.8%
	Republican	James Williams	11,213	49.2%
Total votes			22,812	100%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Incumbent Republican Gregory Baca has represented the 29th district since 2017.

New Mexico Senate 29th District general election, 2020^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory Baca (incumbent)	9,598	51.1%
	Democratic	Paul Baca	9,193	48.9%
Total votes			18,791	100%
	Republican hold

District 30

Incumbent Democrat Clemente Sanchez has represented the 30th district since 2013. Sanchez lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Pamela Cordova. Cordova lost the general election to Republican Joshua Sanchez.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 30th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pamela Cordova	3,438	61.3%
	Democratic	Clemente Sanchez (incumbent)	2,173	38.7%
Total votes			5,611	100%

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 30th District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua Sanchez	2,400	64.8%
	Republican	Kelly Zunie	1,306	35.2%
Total votes			3,706	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 30th District general election, 2020^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua Sanchez	10,055	51.1%
	Democratic	Pamela Cordova	9,610	48.9%
Total votes			19,665	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

Incumbent Democrat Joe Cervantes has represented the 31st district since 2012.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 31st District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Cervantes (incumbent)	1,372	55.5%
	Democratic	Melissa Ontiveros	705	28.5%
	Democratic	Arturo Terrazas	394	15.9%
Total votes			2,471	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 31st District general election, 2020^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Cervantes (incumbent)	9,907	66.0%
	Republican	John Roberts	5,108	34.0%
Total votes			15,015	100%
	Democratic hold

District 32

Incumbent Republican Cliff Pirtle has represented the 32nd district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 32nd District general election, 2020^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cliff Pirtle (incumbent)	9,503	100%
Total votes			9,503	100%
	Republican hold

District 33

Incumbent Republican William Burt has represented the 33rd district and its predecessors since 2011.

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 33rd District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Burt (incumbent)	3,877	56.0%
	Republican	Christopher Hensley	3,045	44.0%
Total votes			6,922	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate New Mexico Senate 33rd District general election, 2020^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Burt (incumbent)	14,697	69.0%
	Democratic	Denise Lang-Browne	6,601	31.0%
Total votes			21,298	100%
	Republican hold

District 34

Incumbent Republican Ron Griggs has represented the 34th district since 2012.

New Mexico Senate 34th District general election, 2020^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Griggs (incumbent)	12,351	70.0%
	Democratic	Darren Murray Kugler	5,286	30.0%
Total votes			17,637	100%
	Republican hold

District 35

Incumbent Democrat John Arthur Smith has represented the 35th district since 1989. Smith lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Neomi Martinez-Parra. Martinez-Parra lost the general election to Republican Crystal Diamond.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 35th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neomi Martinez-Parra	2,795	54.9%
	Democratic	John Arthur Smith (incumbent)	2,295	45.1%
Total votes			5,090	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 35th District general election, 2020^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Crystal Diamond	11,255	58.1%
	Democratic	Neomi Martinez-Parra	8,131	41.9%
Total votes			19,386	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 36

Incumbent Democrat Jeff Steinborn has represented the 36th district since 2017.

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 36th District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly Skaggs	1,587	61.8%
	Republican	Roger Baker II	979	38.2%
Total votes			2,566	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 36th District general election, 2020^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Steinborn (incumbent)	11,263	56.3%
	Republican	Kimberly Skaggs	8,755	43.7%
Total votes			20,018	100%
	Democratic hold

District 37

Incumbent Democrat William Soules has represented the 37th district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 37th District general election, 2020^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Soules (incumbent)	14,713	56.8%
	Republican	David Gallus	11,195	43.2%
Total votes			25,908	100%
	Democratic hold

District 38

Incumbent Democrat Mary Kay Papen has represented the 38th district since 2001. Papen lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Carrie Hamblen, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic primary

New Mexico Senate 38th District Democratic primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carrie Hamblen	1,743	49.1%
	Democratic	Mary Kay Papen (incumbent)	1,541	43.4%
	Democratic	Tracy Perry	265	7.5%
Total votes			3,549	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 38th District general election, 2020^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carrie Hamblen	9,640	62.5%
	Republican	Charles Wendler	5,788	37.5%
Total votes			15,428	100%
	Democratic hold

District 39

Incumbent Democrat Liz Stefanics has represented the 39th district since 2017.

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 39th District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Tiano	2,122	51.2%
	Republican	Susan Vescovo	2,021	48.8%
Total votes			4,143	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 39th District general election, 2020^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Stefanics (incumbent)	12,283	55.5%
	Republican	Joseph Tiano	9,831	44.5%
Total votes			22,114	100%
	Democratic hold

District 40

Incumbent Republican Craig Brandt has represented the 40th district since 2013.

New Mexico Senate 40th District general election, 2020^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Brandt (incumbent)	20,204	100%
Total votes			20,204	100%
	Republican hold

District 41

Incumbent Republican Gregg Fulfer has represented the 41st district since his appointment on December 26, 2018. Fulfer lost re-nomination to fellow Republican David Gallegos, who went on to win the general election.

Republican primary

New Mexico Senate 41st District Republican primary election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Gallegos	1,911	53.3%
	Republican	Gregg Fulfer (incumbent)	1,678	46.7%
Total votes			3,589	100%

General election

New Mexico Senate 41st District general election, 2020^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Gallegos	11,333	100%
Total votes			11,333	100%
	Republican hold

District 42

Incumbent Republican Gay Kernan has represented the th district since 2002.

New Mexico Senate 42nd District general election, 2020^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gay Kernan (incumbent)	17,848	100%
Total votes			17,848	100%
	Republican hold

See also

• 2020 New Mexico elections
• 2020 United States elections
• 2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico
• 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico
• 2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election

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External links

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "New Mexico", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "New Mexico: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of New Mexico". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• New Mexico at Ballotpedia