NM's 2018 PRIMARY

PRIMARY ELECTION SUMMARY 2018

By Jocelyn Wu and Charlotte Pickett

Last day for Early Voting is TOMORROW

- Find locations here

Voting Day is Tuesday, June 5

- Find out if you’re registered, under which party, and in which district here

BASICS

NM 2018 primary election:

- Includes important seats for U.S. Senate, U.S. House Representative, and State Governor among other state legislator positions

- We are going to provide a summary of U.S. Senator, U.S. House Representative, and State Governor positions.

- We are district I 

Feeling overwhelmed? Our election has been under national watch in part because of outgoing current Governor Susana Martinez and the opportunity for a potential Democratic shift with this election, and the tightly packed race for the Democratic ballot for US. House of Representatives District I (our district). Our goal for this piece is to make you feel less overwhelmed, and have some idea of what is going on in this Primary so that you can vote today, tomorrow, or June 5

What is a Primary Election?

A preliminary election where the candidates who will get to be on the ballot for each major party will be chosen.

Since a few of the major positions are unopposed in their respective party, we’ve just listed those for the sake of efficiency and relevance and will provide more details about their positions as we near close to the General Election in November. We’ll start by position in descending order:

U.S. Senator (2)

Current: Tom Udall (D) and Martin Heinrich (D)

Senator Terms are 6 years.

Tom Udall’s term extends until 2021, but Heinrich’s seat is up for re-election.

Democratic Primary Ballot:

Current Senator Martin Heinrich, unopposed

Republican Primary Ballot:

Mick Rich, also unopposed

U.S. House of Representatives (3)

Current: Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), Ben Ray Lujan (D), Steve Pearce (R)

House of Representative terms are 2 years.

All 3 seats are up for re-election.

The current Representative from our district (1), Michelle Lujan Grisham, and current Rep from district 3, Steve Pearce, are not running for re-election in order to run for Governor.

Democratic Primary Ballot (6)*

Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez

Deb Haaland

Damian Lara

Damon Martinez

Pat Davis

Paul Moya

Republican Primary Ballot:

Janice Arnold Jones, unopposed

Libertarian Primary Ballot

Lloyd Princeton, unopposed

GOVERNOR (1)

Current: Susana Martinez (R)

Governors can serve 8 consecutive years (in 2, 4 year terms.)

They may run again after waiting another term.

Democratic Candidates for Governor (3)*

Michelle Lujan Grisham

Jeff Apodaca

Joseph Cervantes

Republican Primary Ballot:

Steve Pearce, unopposed

*We've created a list of details about Democratic Candidates for US Representatives and Governor, because Libertarian and Republican Parties are running un-opposed. They will be discussed closer to November for General Election.

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