2026 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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Party Democratic

IncumbentU.S. senator Ben Ray Luján Democratic

The2026 United States Senate election in New Mexico will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of theUnited States Senate to represent the state ofNew Mexico, concurrently withother elections to the U.S. Senate,elections to theUnited States House of Representatives and other state and local elections.Primary elections will be held on June 2, 2026. IncumbentDemocratic SenatorBen Ray Luján is seeking election to a second full term.^[1] Luján was elected to his first full term with 51.73% of the vote in2020 to succeed retiring Democratic SenatorTom Udall.^[2]

New Mexico is considered to be a moderatelyblue state at the federal and state levels.Kamala Harris won the state by 6 percentage points in the2024 presidential election, while the last time a statewide race was won by a Republican was in 2016, whenJudith Nakamura won re-election to the state'sSupreme Court. The most recent election for this seat, held in2020, saw DemocratBen Ray Luján win his first term in the Senate by six points over Republican Mark Ronchetti.^[3]

Democrats currently control all statewide executive offices, the entire congressional delegation, and majorities in both state legislative chambers.^[4] New Mexico has not voted for the Republican presidential nominee since2004.^[5]

• Matt Dodson,USAF veteran^[6]
• Ben Ray Luján, incumbent U.S. senator (2021–present)^[7]

Christopher Heuvel, the only Republican who filed, was disqualified from the race for failing to meet the requirements to make the ballot.^[15] The Republican Party still has a chance to field a candidate, with prospective candidates having until March 17 to collect signatures to seek the nomination as awrite-in.^[16][17] If no Republican meets the signature requirement, no Republican will appear on the general election ballot for this race, the first time this has occurred in the state's modern history.^[18]

• Christopher Heuvel^[19]

• Nella Domenici, former CFO ofBridgewater Associates, daughter of former U.S. SenatorPete Domenici, and nominee for U.S. Senate in2024^[20]

• Toby Smith(Jewish/Christian National Party)^[21]

Official campaign websites

• Matt Dodson (D) for Senate
• Ben Ray Luján (D) for Senate

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