In 2024, only 17% of registered voters in New Mexico cast their ballots in the state’s primary elections. More than 300,000 registered New Mexican voters—roughly a quarter of the state’s registered voting population—are currently blocked outright from participating in primaries.
Live New Mexico winner calls. Nov 6 • 1:54 AM ET AP calls New Mexico House District 2 for Gabriel Vasquez. Nov 6 • 12:05 AM ET AP calls New Mexico House District 3 for Teresa Leger Fernandez.
There’s a chance for me to help protect my girls from legislators and from laws that want to control their bodies.”
Two of New Mexico’s most prominent election deniers used Monday – the fourth anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection – to urge incoming Donald Trump to keep his promise to pardon many charged and convicted in the riot,
The Republican Party of New Mexico is starting the new year with an ambitious goal: register 25,000 new voters in 2025. "Throughout all of 2024, the Republican Party of New Mexico outpaced the state Democratic Party in new voter registrations," the party wrote in a fundraising pitch. "With your support, we can pick up the pace even more this year!"
Lawmakers say concerns about Trump could spur more support for measure giving residents the right to a clean environment.
In 1912, New Mexico joined the United States as the 47th state. In 1914, the day after the Ford Motor Co. announced the "$5 Day," more than 10,000 men jockeyed for places as each sought to become one of the army of 22,000 workers who would benefit under the $10,000,000 profit-sharing plan.