United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2026 (June 2 Republican primary)
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| Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: February 3, 2026 |
| Primary: June 2, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd New Mexico elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
A Republican Party primary takes place on June 2, 2026, in New Mexico to determine which Republican candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Heading into the election, the incumbent is Ben Ray Luján (Democrat), who was first elected in 2020.
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.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Thirty-three of the 100 U.S. Senate seats are up for election, and another two seats are up for special election. Democrats hold 13 of the seats up for election, and Republicans hold 22. As of January 2026, nine members of the U.S. Senate announced they are not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. Senate elections taking place this year, click here.
This page focuses on New Mexico's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2026
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico
Larry E. Marker is running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 2, 2026.
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| Larry E. Marker (Write-in) | ||
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in New Mexico
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Larry E. Marker | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," . 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." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in New Mexico in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Mexico, click here.
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| New Mexico | U.S. Senate | Democratic | 2% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary | N/A | 2/3/2026: Candidates seeking pre-primary designation; 3/10/2026: Candidates not seeking pre-primary designation | Source |
| New Mexico | U.S. Senate | Libertarian | 2% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary | N/A | 2/3/2026: Candidates seeking pre-primary designation; 3/10/2026: Candidates not seeking pre-primary designation | Source |
| New Mexico | U.S. Senate | Republican | 2% of votes cast for all of the party's gubernatorial candidates in the last primary | N/A | 2/3/2026: Candidates seeking pre-primary designation; 3/10/2026: Candidates not seeking pre-primary designation | Source |
| New Mexico | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 2% of all votes cast for governor in the last election | N/A | 6/25/2026 | Source |
See also
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2026
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate elections, 2026
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2026
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