Recall campaigns in New Mexico

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This page lists all of the recall elections in New Mexico covered by Ballotpedia. If you are aware of a recall that should be included, please email us.

By year

By status

2025

• Alex Naranjo recall, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (2023-2025)

2024

• Alex Naranjo recall, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (2023-2025)

2023

• Alex Naranjo recall, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (2023-2025)

2022

• Frank Cordova and Ralph Sepulveda recall, Cobre Consolidated Schools, New Mexico (2022)

2021

• Couy Griffin recall, Otero County, New Mexico (2021)
• Las Cruces Public Schools recall, New Mexico (2019-2021)

2020

• Bryan Smith and Steven Otero recall, Los Lunas Public Schools, New Mexico (2020)
• Las Cruces Public Schools recall, New Mexico (2019-2021)

2019

• Las Cruces Public Schools recall, New Mexico (2019-2021)
• Alamo Navajo School Board recall, New Mexico (2019)

2018

• David Izraelevitz recall, Los Alamos County Council, New Mexico (2018)
• Barbara Perea-Casey recall, Las Vegas City Council, New Mexico (2018)

2017

• Barbara Perea-Casey recall, Las Vegas City Council, New Mexico (2018)
• Analee Maestas recall, Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico (2017)
• Malin Parker recall, Roosevelt County, New Mexico (2017)
• Chad Perkins and Sharon Harris recall, Magdalena Municipal Schools, New Mexico (2017)
• Mayor and city council recall, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2017)

2016

• Tonita Gurule-Giron recall, Las Vegas, New Mexico (2016)
• Silver Consolidated Schools recall, New Mexico (2016)

2015

• David Gutierrez recall, Dona Ana County, New Mexico (2015)
• Peggy Muller-Aragon recall, Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico (2015)

2014

• Las Cruces City Council recall, New Mexico (2014)
• Lester Begay recall, Navajo Nation, New Mexico (2014)
• Robert Sandoval recall, Clovis City, New Mexico (2014)
• Manny Ortiz recall, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2014)
• Randy Crowder recall, Clovis, New Mexico (2014)
• Dora Salinas-McTigue and Jimmy Sandoval, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2014)

2013

• Sheila Castellini and Michael Anne Holland recall, Raton Public Schools, New Mexico (2013)
• Alfonso E. Ortiz, Jr. recall, Las Vegas, New Mexico (2013)

2012

• Raton City Council recall, New Mexico (2012)
• Josh Rardin recall, Alamogordo, New Mexico (2012)
• Richard Berry recall, Albuquerque, New Mexico (2012)

2011

• Mary Andersen recall, Valencia County, New Mexico (2011)

2010

• Jesse James Johnson, Chuck Henry and Joe Apache recall, Raton, New Mexico (2010)

2009

• Arsenio Cordova recall, Taos, New Mexico (2009)                                                                                                             

   

Approved

• Alamo Navajo School Board recall, New Mexico (2019)
• Lester Begay recall, Navajo Nation, New Mexico (2014)
• Dora Salinas-McTigue and Jimmy Sandoval, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2014)
• Sheila Castellini and Michael Anne Holland recall, Raton Public Schools, New Mexico (2013)
• Jesse James Johnson, Chuck Henry and Joe Apache recall, Raton, New Mexico (2010)

Defeated

• Mayor and city council recall, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2017)
• Dora Salinas-McTigue and Jimmy Sandoval, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2014)

Multiple outcomes

• Las Cruces Public Schools recall, New Mexico (2019-2021)
• Mayor and city council recall, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2017)
• Silver Consolidated Schools recall, New Mexico (2016)
• Dora Salinas-McTigue and Jimmy Sandoval, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2014)
• Sheila Castellini and Michael Anne Holland recall, Raton Public Schools, New Mexico (2013)

Judicial

• Mary Andersen recall, Valencia County, New Mexico (2011)

Resigned

• Frank Cordova and Ralph Sepulveda recall, Cobre Consolidated Schools, New Mexico (2022)
• Las Cruces Public Schools recall, New Mexico (2019-2021)
• Analee Maestas recall, Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico (2017)
• Silver Consolidated Schools recall, New Mexico (2016)
• Sheila Castellini and Michael Anne Holland recall, Raton Public Schools, New Mexico (2013)
• Raton City Council recall, New Mexico (2012)

Did not go to a vote

• Alex Naranjo recall, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (2023-2025)
• Couy Griffin recall, Otero County, New Mexico (2021)
• Bryan Smith and Steven Otero recall, Los Lunas Public Schools, New Mexico (2020)
• Las Cruces Public Schools recall, New Mexico (2019-2021)
• David Izraelevitz recall, Los Alamos County Council, New Mexico (2018)
• Barbara Perea-Casey recall, Las Vegas City Council, New Mexico (2018)
• Malin Parker recall, Roosevelt County, New Mexico (2017)
• Chad Perkins and Sharon Harris recall, Magdalena Municipal Schools, New Mexico (2017)
• Mayor and city council recall, Tucumcari, New Mexico (2017)
• Tonita Gurule-Giron recall, Las Vegas, New Mexico (2016)
• Silver Consolidated Schools recall, New Mexico (2016)
• David Gutierrez recall, Dona Ana County, New Mexico (2015)
• Peggy Muller-Aragon recall, Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico (2015)
• Las Cruces City Council recall, New Mexico (2014)
• Robert Sandoval recall, Clovis City, New Mexico (2014)
• Manny Ortiz recall, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2014)
• Randy Crowder recall, Clovis, New Mexico (2014)
• Alfonso E. Ortiz, Jr. recall, Las Vegas, New Mexico (2013)
• Raton City Council recall, New Mexico (2012)
• Josh Rardin recall, Alamogordo, New Mexico (2012)
• Richard Berry recall, Albuquerque, New Mexico (2012)
• Arsenio Cordova recall, Taos, New Mexico (2009)

See also

• Recall overview
• Political recall efforts
• Laws governing recall in New Mexico
• New Mexico elections, 2025

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