2020 New Mexico elections

2020 United States presidential election in New Mexico^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Biden	501,614	54.29	6.03
	Republican	Donald Trump (incumbent)	401,894	43.50	3.46
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen	12,585	1.36	7.98
	Green	Howie Hawkins	4,426	0.48	0.76
	Constitution	Sheila Tittle	1,806	0.20	0.05
	Socialism and Liberation	Gloria La Riva	1,640	0.18	0.03
Majority			99,720	10.79	2.58
Total votes			923,965	100.00

2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján	474,483	51.73	3.83
	Republican	Mark Ronchetti	418,483	45.62	1.18
	Libertarian	Bob Walsh	24,271	2.65
Total votes			917,237	100.00
	Democratic hold

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
New Mexico 1	Deb Haaland	Democratic	2018	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Deb Haaland (Democratic) 58.19% Michelle Garcia Holmes (Republican) 41.81%
New Mexico 2	Xochitl Torres Small	Democratic	2018	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain.	Y Yvette Herrell (Republican) 53.70% Xochitl Torres Small (Democratic) 46.25%
New Mexico 3	Ben Ray Luján	Democratic	2008	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.	Y Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democratic) 58.68% Alexis Johnson (Republican) 41.32%

All of the seats of the New Mexico Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2020. Democrats held control of both chambers, maintaining a government trifecta.

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2020 New Mexico Supreme Court Position 1 election

Nominee Shannon Bacon Ned Fuller Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 495,759 394,595 Percentage 55.7% 44.3%

County results Bacon:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Fuller:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Supreme Court Justice before election Shannon Bacon Democratic Elected Supreme Court Justice Shannon Bacon Democratic

Incumbent justice Shannon Bacon ran for a term ending in 2026 after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 25, 2019. She was challenged by Republican candidate Ned Fuller, the deputy district attorney of the Eleventh Judicial District.^[7]

2020 New Mexico Supreme Court election (Position 1)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shannon Bacon (incumbent)	495,759	55.68%
	Republican	Ned Fuller	394,595	44.32%
Total votes			890,354	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020 New Mexico Supreme Court Position 2 election

Nominee David Thomson Kerry Morris Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 480,507 406,791 Percentage 54.15% 45.85%

County results Thomson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Morris:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Supreme Court Justice before election David Thomson Democratic Elected Supreme Court Justice David Thomson Democratic

Incumbent justice David Thomson ran for a term ending in 2026 after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 25, 2019. He was challenged by Republican candidate Kerry Morris, a former prosecutor in the Bernalillo County District Attorney office.^[9]

2020 New Mexico Supreme Court election (Position 2)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David K. Thomson (incumbent)	480,507	54.15%
	Republican	Kerry Morris	406,791	45.85%
Total votes			887,298	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Judge Zachary Ives ran for a full 8-year term after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 31, 2019.

2020 New Mexico Court of Appeals election (Position 1)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zachary Ives (incumbent)	464,043	52.50%
	Republican	Barbara Johnson	419,927	47.50%
Total votes			883,970	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Judge Shammara Henderson ran for a term ending in 2024 after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on February 14, 2020.

2020 New Mexico Court of Appeals election (Position 2)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shammara Henderson (incumbent)	450,566	50.97%
	Republican	Gertrude Lee	370,778	41.95%
	Libertarian	Stephen Curtis	62,547	7.08%
Total votes			883,891	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Judge Jane Yohalem ran for a term ending in 2022 after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on June 20, 2020.

2020 New Mexico Court of Appeals election (Position 3)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Yohalem (incumbent)	456,645	51.84%
	Republican	Thomas Montoya	424,153	48.15%
Total votes			880,798	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Judge Jacqueline Medina was up for retention for a full 8-year term.

2020 New Mexico Court of Appeals, Judge Jaqueline Medina (D) Retention election^[8]

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	540,619	73.07
No	199,217	26.93
Total votes	739,836	100.00