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New Mexico Public Education Commission
Election details
Filing deadline: March 10, 2020
Primary: June 2, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Ricardo Caballero (D) (District 1) Karyl Armbruster (D) (District 4) Sonia Raftery (D) (District 8) Trish Ruiz (D) (District 9) Tim Crone (D) (District 10)
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New Mexico held an election forfive of 10 seats on the public education commission onNovember 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for June 2, 2020. The filing deadline was March 10, 2020.

Melissa Armijo won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 1.

Rebekka Burt won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 4.

Michael Taylor won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 8.

K.T. Manis won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also:Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of thecoronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

New Mexico modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee ballot applications were sent to all registered voters in the general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak,click here.

Candidates and election results

District 1

General election candidates

• Melissa Armijo  (Democratic Party) ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

• Ricardo Caballero (Incumbent)
• Melissa Armijo ✔

 Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

District 4

General election candidates

• Rebekka Burt  (Democratic Party) ✔
• Laura Burrows  (Libertarian Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Rebekka Burt ✔

 Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

Minor Party primary candidates

Libertarian Party

• Laura Burrows ✔

District 8

General election candidates

• Michael Taylor  (Republican Party) ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

 Republican primary candidates

• Michael Taylor ✔

District 9

General election candidates

• Trish Ruiz  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
• K.T. Manis  (Republican Party) ✔ 
• Krik Myers  (Libertarian Party)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Trish Ruiz (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Arleen Beverley
• K.T. Manis ✔ 

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Minor Party primary candidates

Libertarian Party

• Krik Myers ✔

District 10

General election candidates

• Steven Carrillo  (Democratic Party) ✔ 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Steven Carrillo (Write-in) ✔ 
• William Luther Humbert (Write-in)
• Leanne Christine Salazar Montoya (Write-in) 

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 Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

Past elections

2018

See also:New Mexico Public Education Commission election, 2018

District 2

General election

General election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 2

IncumbentDavid Robbins won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Robbins (R)	100.0	59,412

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,412 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 2

IncumbentDavid Robbins advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Robbins	100.0	8,306

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 8,306
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District 3

General election

General election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 3

Glenna Voigt won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Glenna Voigt (D)	100.0	54,682

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,682 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 3

Glenna Voigt advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 3 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Glenna Voigt	100.0	18,442

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 18,442
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District 5

General election

General election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 5

Georgina Davis won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Georgina Davis (D)	100.0	34,263

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,263 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 5

Georgina Davis advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 5 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Georgina Davis	100.0	9,866

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 9,866
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District 6

General election

General election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 6

Michael Chavez won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Michael Chavez (R)	100.0	44,692

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 6

Michael Chavez advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 6 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Michael Chavez	100.0	7,897

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 7,897
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District 7

General election

General election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 7

IncumbentPatricia Gipson won election in the general election for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patricia Gipson (D)	100.0	43,238

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 7

IncumbentPatricia Gipson advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico Public Education Commission District 7 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patricia Gipson	100.0	9,718

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2016 See also:New Mexico Public Education Commission election, 2016 The general election for Public Education Commission was held on November 8, 2016. Districts 1, 4, 8, 9, and 10 were up for election. District 1 Ricardo Caballero ran unopposed in the New Mexico public education commission, District 1 election. New Mexico Public Education Commission District 1, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Ricardo Caballero (unopposed) 100.00% 41,939 Total Votes 41,939 Source:New Mexico Secretary of State District 4 IncumbentKaryl Armbruster ran unopposed in the New Mexico public education commission, District 4 election. New Mexico Public Education Commission District 4, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Karyl ArmbrusterIncumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 66,951 Total Votes 66,951 Source:New Mexico Secretary of State District 8 Write-in candidateDenise M. Dawson failed to earn enough votes in the primary to advance to the general election on November 8, 2016. No other candidates filed to run for the position.GovernorSusana Martinez (R) appointedDanielle Johnston to fill the vacant seat. District 9 Trish Ruiz ran unopposed in the New Mexico public education commission, District 9 election. New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Trish Ruiz (unopposed) 100.00% 34,693 Total Votes 34,693 Source:New Mexico Secretary of State District 10 Tim Crone defeatedAnthony Justin Trujillo in the New Mexico public education commission, District 10 election. New Mexico Public Education Commission District 10, 2016 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Write-in Tim Crone 92.47% 86      Write-in Anthony Justin Trujillo 7.53% 7 Total Votes 93 Source:New Mexico Secretary of State 2014 See also:New Mexico down ballot state executive elections, 2014 Seven seats were up for election on November 4, 2014, with all candidates winning election without opposition. Seats in Districts 1 through 7 were on the ballot in 2014.[1] 2012 See also:New Mexico down ballot state executive elections, 2012 All five candidates - including the incumbents from Districts 8,9 and 10 - who ran for the commission were unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012, although a write-in challenger for the open District 3 Commissioner seat did emerge, winning about 2 percent of the vote againstCarmie Lynn Toulouse (D).[2] New Mexico Public Education Commission District 3 General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Carmie Lynn Toulouse 97.6% 60,322      Democratic Vanessa Leigh Gutierrez (Write-in) 2.4% 1,469 Total Votes 61,791 Election results viaNew Mexico Secretary of State New Mexico Public Education Commission District 5 General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic James F. Conyers 100% 42,305 Total Votes 42,305 Election results viaNew Mexico Secretary of State New Mexico Public Education Commission District 8 General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Vince N. BergmanIncumbent 100% 48,844 Total Votes 48,844 Election results viaNew Mexico Secretary of State New Mexico Public Education Commission District 9 General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Carolyn Kennedy ShearmanIncumbent 100% 35,889 Total Votes 35,889 Election results viaNew Mexico Secretary of State New Mexico Public Education Commission District 10 General Election, 2012 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Democratic Jeff CarrIncumbent 100% 66,144 Total Votes 66,144 Election results viaNew Mexico Secretary of State

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