United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)

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U.S. Senate, New Mexico
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Candidates seeking pre-primary designation February 6, 2024; All other candidates March 12, 2024
Primary: June 4, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent: Martin Heinrich (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in New Mexico
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Likely Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 4, 2024, in New Mexico to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Incumbent Martin Heinrich advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico.

Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority. Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
Candidates seeking pre-primary designation February 6, 2024; All other candidates March 12, 2024	June 4, 2024	November 5, 2024

Heading into the election, the incumbent was Martin Heinrich (Democrat), who was first elected in 2012.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Mexico utilizes a semi-closed primary process; participation in each party's primary is limited to registered party members and unaffiliated voters.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on New Mexico's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

• United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
• United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Incumbent Martin Heinrich advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martin Heinrich	100.0	122,961

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joshua Kenderdine (D)

Candidate profiles

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Martin Heinrich

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

U.S. Senate, New Mexico (Assumed office: 2013)

U.S. House, New Mexico's 1st Congressional District (2009-2013)

Albuquerque City Council (2004-2008)

Biography:  Heinrich received a B.A. from the University of Missouri and pursued graduate coursework at the University of New Mexico. Before entering politics, Heinrich worked as a mechanical engineer at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.

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Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

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Heinrich emphasized his experience with and commitment to clean energy. He said by “harnessing our state’s abundant natural resources and embracing clean energy technologies, we can create jobs, drive innovation, and combat climate change.”

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Heinrich stated that “protecting the reproductive rights and freedoms of all New Mexicans” was one of his top priorities. He said that he was committed to “ensuring that everyone has access to the full spectrum of reproductive health care, including the right to access an abortion.”

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The cost of living was another priority in Heinrich’s campaign. He said he was “committed to easing the financial strain on New Mexican families and ensuring fairness in the marketplace.”

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Show sources

Sources: Martin Heinrich 2024 campaign website, "Issues," accessed September 13, 2024; Martin Heinrich 2024 campaign website, "About Martin," accessed September 13, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate New Mexico in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New Mexico

Election information in New Mexico: June 4, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: June 4, 2024
• By mail: Received by May 7, 2024
• Online: May 7, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: May 21, 2024
• By mail: Received by May 21, 2024
• Online: May 21, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: June 4, 2024
• By mail: Received by June 4, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

May 7, 2024 to June 1, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (MST)

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Martin Heinrich	Democratic Party	$13,194,915	$13,530,338	$319,551	As of December 31, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in New Mexico in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Mexico, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Democratic	2,505	2% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary	N/A	N/A	Candidates seeking pre-primary designation 2/6/2024 All other candidates 3/12/2024	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Libertarian	294	2% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary	N/A	N/A	Candidates seeking pre-primary designation 2/6/2024 All other candidates 3/12/2024	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Republican	2,351	2% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary	N/A	N/A	Candidates seeking pre-primary designation 2/6/2024 All other candidates 3/12/2024	Source
New Mexico	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	14,147	2% of all votes cast for governor in the last election	N/A	N/A	6/27/2024	Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
• Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
• State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

• Presidential elections
• Statewide elections
• State partisanship
• Demographics

See also: Presidential voting trends in New Mexico and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for New Mexico, 2024
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
New Mexico's 1st	Melanie Ann Stansbury	Democratic	D+5
New Mexico's 2nd	Gabriel Vasquez	Democratic	D+1
New Mexico's 3rd	Teresa Leger Fernandez	Democratic	D+4

2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, New Mexico
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
New Mexico's 1st	55.9%	41.5%
New Mexico's 2nd	51.9%	46.1%
New Mexico's 3rd	54.4%	43.6%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 69.6% of New Mexicans lived in one of the state's 14 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 26.% lived in one of 16 Solid Republican counties. Overall, New Mexico was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in New Mexico following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

New Mexico county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	14	69.6%
Solid Republican	16	26.0%
Trending Republican	3	4.4%
Total voted Democratic	14	69.6%
Total voted Republican	19	30.4%

Historical voting trends

New Mexico presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 16 Democratic wins
• 12 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	N/A	N/A	N/A	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	D	D	D

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from New Mexico

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in New Mexico.

U.S. Senate election results in New Mexico
Race	Winner	Runner up
2020	51.7%	45.6%
2018	54.1%	30.5%
2014	55.6%	44.4%
2012	51.0%	45.3%
2008	61.3%	38.7%
Average	54.7	40.9

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of New Mexico

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in New Mexico.

Gubernatorial election results in New Mexico
Race	Winner	Runner up
2022	52.0%	45.6%
2018	57.2%	42.8%
2014	52.4%	47.4%
2010	53.3%	46.6%
2006	68.8%	31.2%
Average	57.4	41.4

See also: Party control of New Mexico state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New Mexico's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New Mexico
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	3	5
Republican	0	0	0
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	3	5

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in New Mexico's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in New Mexico, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Michelle Lujan Grisham
Lieutenant Governor	Howie Morales
Secretary of State	Maggie Toulouse Oliver
Attorney General	Raul Torrez

State legislature

New Mexico State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	27
	Republican Party	15
	Independent	0
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		42

New Mexico House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	45
	Republican Party	25
	Independent	0
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		70

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

New Mexico Party Control: 1992-2024
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

The table below details demographic data in New Mexico and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for New Mexico
	New Mexico	United States
Population	2,117,522	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	121,312	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	59.2%	65.9%
Black/African American	2.1%	12.5%
Asian	1.6%	5.8%
Native American	9.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Other (single race)	11.1%	6%
Multiple	16.5%	8.8%
Hispanic/Latino	49.8%	18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate	87.1%	89.1%
College graduation rate	29.1%	34.3%
Income
Median household income	$58,722	$75,149
Persons below poverty level	13.7%	8.8%
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 2017-2022).
**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

• United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)
• United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2024
• United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2024
• United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2024
• United States Senate elections, 2024
• U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2024

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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)

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