New Mexico election recap, 2012

November 15, 2012

New Mexico: Thirty-nine candidates ran in New Mexico's partisan general election last week. There were two races for the Supreme Court this year: Firstly, Justice Richard Bosson was successfully retained to his position with 75% of the vote. Secondly, Paul J. Kennedy and Barbara J. Vigil battled for a vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Patricio Serna, with Vigil taking 54% of the vote, defeating incumbent Justice Kennedy.

In the Court of Appeals, incumbent J. Miles Hanisee was ousted by District Judge M. Monica Zamora who won 55%, becoming the court's newest judge. Judges Michael Vigil and Roderick Kennedy, who both ran for retention, were retained.

For the states trial courts we saw: Two unopposed candidates elected, seven incumbents re-elected, five incumbents ousted, and 7 new judges elected.

For more information on this year's judicial elections in New Mexico, see: New Mexico judicial elections, 2012.