Leighton Cornish
Leighton Cornish (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Mexico State Senate to represent District 24. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Cornish completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Leighton Cornish was born in Medford, Oregon. He served in the United States Army from 1995 to 2017. Cornish received an undergraduate degree from Franklin University in 2009.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Mexico State Senate District 24
Incumbent Nancy Rodriguez defeated Leighton Cornish and Scott Milenski in the general election for New Mexico State Senate District 24 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nancy Rodriguez (D) | 80.0 | 18,930 |
 | Leighton Cornish (R)  | 16.8 | 3,977 | |
| Scott Milenski (L) | 3.2 | 765 | ||
| Total votes: 23,672 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico State Senate District 24
Incumbent Nancy Rodriguez advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico State Senate District 24 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Rodriguez | 100.0 | 9,592 |
| Total votes: 9,592 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 24
Leighton Cornish advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 24 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Leighton Cornish | 100.0 | 1,151 |
| Total votes: 1,151 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for New Mexico State Senate District 24
Scott Milenski advanced from the Libertarian primary for New Mexico State Senate District 24 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Scott Milenski | 100.0 | 31 | |
| Total votes: 31 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Leighton Cornish completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cornish's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- New Mexico remains at the bottom of our states in areas such as: education, places people want to life
- I am not a career politician and am doing this for New Mexico.
- I have served our country for 22 years and would like to keep serving in a more local setting.
2nd Amendment
Job Creation
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 6, 2020
