City elections in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2024)
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| 2024 Santa Fe elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 12, 2024 & June 27, 2024 |
| Primary election: June 4, 2024 General election: November 5, 2024 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: District attorney |
| Total seats up: 1 |
| Election type: Partisan |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2024 |
The city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, held general elections for district attorney on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for June 4, 2024. The filing deadline for the primary was March 12, 2024, and the filing deadline for the general election was June 27, 2024.
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Candidates and results
General election
General election for New Mexico 1st Judicial District Attorney
Incumbent Mary Carmack-Altwies won election in the general election for New Mexico 1st Judicial District Attorney on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Carmack-Altwies (D) | 100.0 | 78,739 |
| Total votes: 78,739 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico 1st Judicial District Attorney
Incumbent Mary Carmack-Altwies defeated Marco Serna in the Democratic primary for New Mexico 1st Judicial District Attorney on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Carmack-Altwies | 62.0 | 16,807 |
 | Marco Serna | 38.0 | 10,310 | |
| Total votes: 27,117 | |||
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: New Mexico elections, 2024
June 4, 2024
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024
- New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
- New Mexico State Senate elections, 2024
- New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024
November 5, 2024
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024
- New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
- New Mexico State Senate elections, 2024
- New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024
- New Mexico Supreme Court elections, 2024
- New Mexico intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
- New Mexico Bond Question 1, Senior Citizens Facilities Bond Issue (2024)
- New Mexico Bond Question 2, Public Libraries Bond Issue (2024)
- New Mexico Bond Question 3, Public Education Bond Issue (2024)
- New Mexico Bond Question 4, Public Safety Radio Communications Systems Bond Issue (2024)
- New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 1, Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment (2024)
- New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 2, Increase Veteran Property Tax Exemption Amendment (2024)
- New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 3, Judicial Nominating Commission Amendment (2024)
- New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 4, County Officer Salaries Amendment (2024)
- Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Bond Question 1, Roads Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Bond Question 2, Water and Wastewater Projects Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Bond Question 3, Trails and Parks Bond Measure (November 2024)
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, City Roads Bond Measure (November 2024)
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About the city
- See also: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is a city in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. As of 2020, its population was 87,505.
City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Santa Fe utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief administrative officer called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[1][2]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Santa Fe, New Mexico | ||
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| Santa Fe | New Mexico | |
| Population | 87,505 | 2,117,522 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 52 | 121,312 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 82.2% | 70% |
| Black/African American | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Asian | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| Native American | 1.6% | 9.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 8.8% |
| Multiple | 7.3% | 8.1% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 54.7% | 49.2% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 89.9% | 86.5% |
| College graduation rate | 42% | 28.1% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $57,274 | $51,243 |
| Persons below poverty level | 14.3% | 18.6% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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