New Mexico voters will choose their next governor among many other federal, state, and local races on November 3, 2026. Source New Mexico will be talking to voters at the polls today and reporting on unofficial results once the polls close at 7 p.m. If you still need to vote, be sure to peruse our Voter Guide as you head to the polls.
In Las Cruces, Leah Romero reports almost 50 people were standing in line to vote at the Doña Ana County government center. Matthew Thomas, left, was one of them. He said no particular race or issue brought him to the polls on Tuesday, but he did vote Democrat straight down the ballot. “The past few years of every time I opened my phone it’s just, from the top down from our government, it’s just pedophilia, and racism and fascism and it’s a lot of doom scrolling everywhere you go,” he said. “So I thought I needed to do something to combat that.”
In Albuquerque at Eldorado High School, Zane James cast his ballot Tuesday morning and said he turned out to oppose the national Republican Party’s stances on LGBTQ issues, in particular, and believes former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is the right choice for governor to champion those rights. “My experience with America right now is messy,” he said. “I’m hoping we can get some checks and balances.”
In Santa Fe at the county fairgrounds, Susie Sonflieth with the nonpartisan group Common Cause, said that she last poll watched in the 2012 presidential election and that concerns regarding possible election interference by the Trump administration brought her out again. “We just want people to know they’re welcome to come in and vote.”
As of 8 a.m., the Secretary of State’s Office reports 473,730 registered voters have cast ballots, just under 39% of the state’s approximate 1.4 million voters. As Source NM reported on Monday, Democrats outpaced Republicans during early voting and exceeded their turnout during the 2022 midterms. As of 8 a.m., in the first of several voter turnout reports from the state, Democratic voters constituted just over 51% of all votes cast so far, followed by Republicans at 31.1% and unaffiliated or Decline to State voters at 16.6%. Polls remain open until 7 p.m.
