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Candy Spence Ezzell

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Candy Spence Ezzell
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New Mexico State Senate District 32
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
New Mexico House of Representatives District 58
Successor: Angelita Mejia

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Religion
Christian: Episcopalian
Profession
Rancher
Contact

Candy Spence Ezzell (Republican Party) is a member of the New Mexico State Senate, representing District 32. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Ezzell (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Mexico State Senate to represent District 32. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Spence Ezzell's professional experience includes being the owner and operator of 2 C Slash Ranch.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Ezzell was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Ezzell was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Ezzell was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Mexico committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture & Water Resources
Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Spence Ezzell served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Ezzell served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ezzell served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ezzell served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Mexico State Senate District 32

Candy Spence Ezzell won election in the general election for New Mexico State Senate District 32 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell (R)
 
100.0
 
12,484

Total votes: 12,484
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 32

Candy Spence Ezzell defeated Chad A. Hamill in the Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 32 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell
 
57.9
 
1,931
Chad A. Hamill
 
42.1
 
1,404

Total votes: 3,335
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell (R)
 
100.0
 
4,100

Total votes: 4,100
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell
 
100.0
 
1,194

Total votes: 1,194
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2020

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell (R)
 
100.0
 
5,304

Total votes: 5,304
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell
 
100.0
 
1,622

Total votes: 1,622
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2018

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell (R)
 
100.0
 
3,857

Total votes: 3,857
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58

Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candy Spence Ezzell
Candy Spence Ezzell
 
100.0
 
1,008

Total votes: 1,008
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2016

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the New Mexico House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016.

Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell ran unopposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 general election.[1][2]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 58, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Candy Spence Ezzell Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 5,001
Total Votes 5,001
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State


Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell ran unopposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 58 Republican primary.[3]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 58, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Candy Spence Ezzell Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the New Mexico House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 4, 2014. Incumbent Candy Spence Ezzell was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[4][5]

2012

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2012

Ezzell ran for re-election in 2012. She ran unopposed in the June 5, 2012, Republican primary. She defeated Democrat Pablo J. Martinez in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

New Mexico House of Representatives, District 58, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCandy Spence Ezzell Incumbent 62% 3,888
     Democratic Pablo J. Martinez 38% 2,383
Total Votes 6,271

2010

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2010

Ezzell won re-election to District 58 in 2010. She had no primary opposition and defeated Michael Trujillo (D) in the general election which took place on November 2, 2010.[8]

New Mexico House of Representatives General Election, District 58 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Candy Spence Ezzell (R) 3,036 64.90%
Michael Trujillo (D) 1,641 35.10%

2008

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Ezzell was re-elected to District 58 in the New Mexico House of Representatives, defeating George Peterson (D).[9]

New Mexico House of Representatives, District 58 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Candy Spence Ezzell (R) 4,208
George Peterson (D) 2,621

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candy Spence Ezzell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candy Spence Ezzell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Candy Spence Ezzell campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Mexico State Senate District 32Won general$230,614 $220,730
2022New Mexico House of Representatives District 58Won general$49,011 $37,472
2020New Mexico House of Representatives District 58Won general$23,231 N/A**
2018New Mexico House of Representatives District 58Won general$15,571 N/A**
2016New Mexico House of Representatives, District 58Won $26,780 N/A**
2014New Mexico State House, District 58Won $19,851 N/A**
2012New Mexico State House, District 58Won $45,645 N/A**
2010New Mexico State House, District 58Won $67,429 N/A**
2008New Mexico State House, District 58Won $49,145 N/A**
2006New Mexico State House, District 58Won $47,195 N/A**
2004New Mexico State House, District 58Won $60,389 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

Personal

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Spence Ezzell and her husband, Calder, have two children.

See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Cliff R. Pirtle (R)
New Mexico State Senate District 32
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
New Mexico House of Representatives District 58
2005-2024
Succeeded by
Angelita Mejia (R)


Leadership
Speaker of the House:Javier Martínez
Majority Leader:Reena Szczepanski
Minority Leader:Gail Armstrong
Representatives
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Bill Hall (R)
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G. Romero (D)
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Democratic Party (44)
Republican Party (26)



Current members of the New Mexico State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Peter Wirth
Minority Leader:William Sharer
Senators
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Pat Woods (R)
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Jay Block (R)
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Democratic Party (26)
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