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EDPAC 2026 General Election Recommendations

NEA-NM EdPAC recommended candidates for the 2026 General Election.

State Elections

Governor Deb Haaland
Lieutenant Governor Stephanie Garcia Richard
Secretary of State Amanda Lopez Askin
Commissioner of Public Lands      Juan De Jesus Sanches III
Attorney General  Raúl Torrez
State Auditor Joseph M. Maestas

New Mexico House of Representatives

Dist.  
County 
Candidate
 
Dist. 
County 
Candidate
5 McKinley D. Wonda Johnson   33 Doña Ana  Micaela Lara Cadena
6 Cibola  Martha Garcia    34 Doña Ana  Raymundo Lara 
8 Valencia  Brian Baca    35 Doña Ana  Angelica Rubio 
9 McKinley  Patricia Lundstrom    36 Doña Ana  Nathan P. Small 
10 Bernalillo  G. Andrés Romero    37 Doña Ana  Lori Martinez 
11 Bernalillo  Javier Martínez    41 Rio Arriba Yolanda 'Pancha' Jaramillo     
13 Bernalillo  Patricia Roybal Caballero    42 Taos  Kristina Ortez 
14 Bernalillo  Miguel Garcia    43  Santa Fe  Christine Chandler 
15 Bernalillo  Dayan Hochman-Vigil    44  Sandoval  Kathleen Cates 
16      Bernalillo  Yanira Gurrola    45  Santa Fe  Linda Serrato 
17 Bernalillo  Cynthia Borrego    46  Santa Fe  Andrea Romero 
18 Bernalillo  Marianna Anaya    47      Santa Fe  Reena Szczepanski 
19 Bernalillo  Janelle Anyanonu    48 Santa Fe  Tara L. Lujan 
20 Bernalillo  Meredith Dixon    52 Doña Ana  Doreen Y. Gallegos 
21 Bernalillo  Debra M. Sariñana    53 Doña Ana  Sarah Silva 
24 Bernalillo  Elizabeth Thomson    53 Doña Ana  Sarah Silva 
25 Bernalillo  Cristina Parajón    65 San Juan  Derrick J. Lente 
26 Bernalillo  Eleanor Chavez    68 Bernalillo  Charlotte Little 
28       Bernalillo  Pamelya Herndon    69 McKinley  Michelle Paulene Abeyta    
29 Bernalillo  Joy Garratt    70 San Miguel  Anita Gonzales 
30 Bernalillo  E. Diane Torres-Velásquez         

 

General Election Guideline

https://www.nmvote.gov/

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