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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the100 largest cities in America by population and thelargest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in allstate capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

• Thecounty governments covered by Ballotpedia in New Mexico
• Alist andmap of counties in New Mexico
• An overview oflocal elections in New Mexico
• An overview of theinitiative process in New Mexico

Counties

County government

Click the link below for information about the county government in Ballotpedia'scoverage scope:

• Government of Bernalillo County

Full list of counties

According to a 2022 study from theU.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 33 counties, 105 cities, towns, and villages, and 769 special districts.^[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

Map of counties

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia'scounty coverage scope:

Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state;click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2026

See also:United States municipal elections, 2026 andSchool board elections, 2026

• Bernalillo County, New Mexico - Assessor, sheriff, county commission, metropolitan court judges, and probate court judge
• All local elections by county

2025

See also:United States municipal elections, 2025 andSchool board elections, 2025

• Albuquerque, New Mexico -Mayor and city council
• Santa Fe, New Mexico -Mayor and city council
• Bernalillo County, New Mexico - Soil and water conservation district, community college, flood control authority, and public improvement district boards
• All local elections by county
• New Mexico school board elections

2024

See also:United States municipal elections, 2024 andSchool board elections, 2024

• Santa Fe, New Mexico - District attorney
• Bernalillo County, New Mexico - Clerk, treasurer, county commissioners, district attorney, and metropolitan court judge
• All other local elections by county

2023

See also:United States municipal elections, 2023 andSchool board elections, 2023

• Albuquerque, New Mexico - City council
• Santa Fe, New Mexico - City council
• Bernalillo County, New Mexico - Flood control board, community college board, conservation district board, and public improvement district boards
• New Mexico school board elections

2022

See also:United States municipal elections, 2022 andSchool board elections, 2022

• Bernalillo County, New Mexico - Assessor, sheriff, county commissioners, county court judges, and probate court judges

2021

See also:United States municipal elections, 2021 andSchool board elections, 2021

• Albuquerque, New Mexico -Mayor and city council
• Santa Fe, New Mexico -Mayor and city council
• Bernalillo County, New Mexico - Flood control authority board, community college board, conservation district board, and public improvement district boards
• New Mexico school board elections

2020

See also:United States municipal elections, 2020 andSchool board elections, 2020

• Bernalillo County, New Mexico - County commissioners, county clerk, treasurer, district attorney, 2nd Judicial Court judgeships, and metropolitan court judgeships

Initiative process availability

See also:Laws governing local ballot measures in New Mexico

The availability of initiative varies depending upon the home rule status and form of government of a city, town, or village. Charter cities, towns, and villages have an initiative process for charter amendments granted by state statute, but individual charters may contain additional requirements. Charters may adopt initiative for ordinances. General law commission-manager cities, towns, and villages have a mandated initiative process provided by state statutes. General law mayor-council cities, towns, and villages do not have broad initiative authority to propose ordinances. However, for limited matters a petition process is granted by state statutes.^[2][3]

See also

New Mexico	Municipal government	Other local coverage
New Mexico New Mexico elections, 2026 Public policy in New Mexico Endorsers in New Mexico	Top counties 100 largest cities Current mayors Current council officials	2026 municipal elections School board elections, 2026 Local ballot measure elections in 2026 2026 local judicial elections

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• New Mexico municipal code library
• New Mexico state government website

Footnotes

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