Eliseo Luna

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Eliseo Luna

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Miami, 1996

Law

Western Michigan University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2008

Contact

Campaign website

Eliseo Luna (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District. Luna lost as a write-in in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Luna completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Eliseo Luna earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in 1996 and a J.D. from Western Michigan University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2008.

Elections

2022

See also: New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 2

Gabriel Vasquez defeated incumbent Yvette Herrell and Eliseo Luna in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gabriel Vasquez (D)	50.3	96,986
		Yvette Herrell (R)	49.6	95,636
		Eliseo Luna (D) (Write-in)	0.0	51

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 192,673
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2

Gabriel Vasquez defeated Darshan Patel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gabriel Vasquez	76.1	24,010
		Darshan Patel	23.9	7,534

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,544
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2

Incumbent Yvette Herrell advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 2 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yvette Herrell	100.0	28,623

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jerald Steve McFall (R)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Eliseo Luna completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Luna's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a previous staffer and case worker for the previous democratic U.S. Representative during 2019 and 2020. I'm an attorney for federal law only in social security, immigration, and taxation. No state license. I'm U.S. Marine veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Please see my website for more information.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Codify choice and privacy.
• Codify and reinforce the 4th amendment.
• Streamline immigration and taxation processes while shoring up social security.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Choice, 4th amendment, and immigration.

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Campaign website

Luna's campaign website stated the following:

“	Platform Pro-choice. Pro-voting rights. Pro-second amendment. Pro-global leadership by the U.S. Pro-energy independence. Pro-military enhancement. Pro-economic growth. Pro-reinforcement of schools. Goals Shore up social security. Speed up immigration processing. Balance the budget. Stream line the taxation process. Fight corruption. Codify choice and the 4th amendment. Fortify schools to include family mental health services. "Join me to make a more perfect union." ...Eli Luna, J.D.	”
—Luna's campaign website (2022)

See also

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Candidate

U.S. House New Mexico District 2

Website

Footnotes

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New Mexico's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Martin Heinrich (D)

Ben Luján (D)

Representatives

District 1

Melanie Ann Stansbury (D)

District 2

Gabriel Vasquez (D)

District 3

Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)

Democratic Party (5)