Louie Sanchez (Albuquerque City Council, New Mexico)

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Louie Sanchez

Nonpartisan

Albuquerque City Council District 1

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

3

Successor

Stephanie Telles

Predecessor

Lan Sena

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Last elected

November 2, 2021

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Louie Sanchez is a member of the Albuquerque City Council in New Mexico, representing District 1. He assumed office on January 1, 2022. His current term ends on December 31, 2025.

Sanchez ran for election for Mayor of Albuquerque in New Mexico. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: Mayoral election in Albuquerque, New Mexico (2025)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Mayor of Albuquerque

Incumbent Tim Keller defeated Darren White in the general runoff election for Mayor of Albuquerque on December 9, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Keller (Nonpartisan)	58.4	48,567
		Darren White (Nonpartisan)	41.6	34,541

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 83,108
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General election

General election for Mayor of Albuquerque

The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Albuquerque on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Keller (Nonpartisan)	36.6	39,458
✔		Darren White (Nonpartisan)	31.3	33,682
		Alexander Uballez (Nonpartisan)	18.2	19,648
		Louie Sanchez (Nonpartisan)	6.6	7,154
		Mayling Armijo (Nonpartisan)	5.6	5,977
		Eddie Varela (Nonpartisan)	1.6	1,758

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 107,677
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Patrick Sais (Nonpartisan)
• Alpana Adair (Nonpartisan)
• Brian Fejer (Nonpartisan)
• Daniel Chavez (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)
• Adeo Herrick (Nonpartisan)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Sanchez in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in Albuquerque, New Mexico (2021)

General election

General election for Albuquerque City Council District 1

Louie Sanchez defeated incumbent Lan Sena in the general election for Albuquerque City Council District 1 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Louie Sanchez (Nonpartisan)	55.1	6,436
	Submit photo	Lan Sena (Nonpartisan)	44.9	5,236

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,672
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2020

See also: United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2020

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Ben Ray Luján defeated Mark Ronchetti and Bob Walsh in the general election for U.S. Senate New Mexico on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Ray Luján (D)	51.7	474,483
		Mark Ronchetti (R)	45.6	418,483
		Bob Walsh (L)	2.6	24,271

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 917,237
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Ben Ray Luján advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ben Ray Luján	100.0	225,082

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 225,082
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)
• Giovanni Haqani (D)
• Andrew Perkins (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Mark Ronchetti defeated Elisa Martinez and Gavin Clarkson in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Ronchetti	56.5	89,216
		Elisa Martinez	26.1	41,240
		Gavin Clarkson	17.4	27,471

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 157,927
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mick Rich (R)
• Rick Montoya (R)
• Louie Sanchez (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico

Bob Walsh advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate New Mexico on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Walsh	100.0	1,454

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,454
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Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Louie Sanchez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Louie Sanchez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Louie Sanchez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Lan Sena	Albuquerque City Council, District 1 2022–Present	Succeeded by NA