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Races › New Mexico › 2nd District
Includes Las Cruces, Carlsbad, Truth or Consequences, Alamogordo, Belen, Deming and other towns
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · general election
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New Mexico, statewide9 filed with the FEC$6.6M raised by the field
Ben Ray Luján · Larry Marker
and 1 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Won the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 458,756 votes (63.3%)
Ben Ray Luján holds this Senate seat; the current term began January 2021.
in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Lost the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 266,434 votes (36.7%) · 2 of 2
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
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No published priorities
Held by Ben Ray Luján D (won the general election) and Martin Heinrich D (not running in the 2026 cycle)
Every public poll of the New Mexico Senate race this cycle, as published. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
Election November 3, 2026 · 4 polls of this matchup
Ben Ray Luján leads Larry Marker by 17 points · average gap, 4 latest nonpartisan polls
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
Ben Luján won. The race has been called, but the count we have stopped at 88.59% reporting, so the polls are not measured against the margin.
| Poll | Ben Luján | Larry Marker |
|---|
2nd Congressional District5 filed with the FEC$8.3M raised by the field
Gabe Vasquez · Greg Cunningham
and 7 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Won the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 123,734 votes (58.8%)
Gabe Vasquez holds this House seat; the current term began January 2025.
and 6 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Lost the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 86,863 votes (41.3%) · 2 of 2
No published priorities
FEC filings through Apr 15, 2026
No published priorities
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No published priorities
Held by Gabe Vasquez D (won the general election)
Every public poll of the NM-02 House race this cycle, as published. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
Election November 3, 2026 · 2 polls of this matchup
Each dot is a poll. A line is drawn from the third nonpartisan poll; there are 2 so far. How polls are read
Gabe Vasquez won. The race has been called, but the count we have stopped at 88.39% reporting, so the polls are not measured against the margin.
| Poll | Gabe Vasquez | Greg Cunningham | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result, 88.39% reporting | 58.8% | 41.3% | — |
November 3, 2026 · Result
Filing with the FEC is a disclosure, not a place on the ballot. Money raised is not a forecast.
November nominees first, then by money raised. Bars are in party color; raised includes loans from the candidate, and spent can exceed raised when a campaign spends money left from earlier cycles.
Senate: bars drawn to $6.5M, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
House: bars drawn to $5.5M, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
No published priorities
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No published priorities
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No published priorities
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FEC filings through Dec 31, 2025
| Lead |
|---|
| Result, 88.59% reporting | 63.3% | 36.7% | — |
|---|
November 3, 2026 · Result
Primary June 2, 2026 · 1 poll
Ben Luján won by 58.7 points. No poll naming both Ben Luján and Matt Dodson ended in the 21 days before the vote.
| Poll | Ben Luján | Matt Dodson | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 79.3% | 20.7% | Ben Luján +58.7 |
June 2, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting)
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026
$264.8K from outside groups for or against these candidates, through Oct 19, 2026.
Independent expenditures, with 24- and 48-hour notices filed since each group’s last regular report.
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Lost the Republican primary
Jun 2, 2026 · 4,909 votes (15.5%) · 2 of 2
SurveyUSA
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026 · 1 poll paid for by a party or campaign is left out
$14.5M from outside groups for or against these candidates, through Nov 20, 2026.
Independent expenditures, with 24- and 48-hour notices filed since each group’s last regular report.