2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico

2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico

2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico

Election in New Mexico

See also: 2020 United States Senate elections
Not to be confused with 2020 New Mexico State Senate election.

The 2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Mexico, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

On March 25, 2019, incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Udall announced that he would retire.[1][2][3] Udall was the only Democratic senator who did not run for reelection in 2020. Democratic U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján defeated Mark Ronchetti by a 6.1% margin. Luján underperformed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 4.6%, who won the concurrent presidential election in the state against President Donald Trump by 10.8%. Ben Ray Luján was the first Hispanic to have won a Senate seat in New Mexico since Joseph Montoya in 1970.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Ben Ray Luján
Federal officials
State and local politicians
Labor unions
Organizations

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...

Results

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Mark Ronchetti, former KRQE chief meteorologist[46]

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Rick Montoya, businessman[49][50]
  • Mick Rich, businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2018[51][52]
  • Louie Sanchez, indoor shooting range owner [53][52]

Declined

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...

Results

Results by county:
  Ronchetti
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Martinez
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
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Other candidates

Bob Walsh, the Libertarian nominee

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • Bob Walsh, nuclear safety scientist[59]

Declined

Results

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General election

Debate

More information Host, Date & time ...

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...

Endorsements

Ben Ray Luján (D)
U.S. presidents
Federal officials
State and local politicians
Labor unions
Organizations
Mark Ronchetti (R)
Federal officials
Individuals
Publications

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
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Hypothetical polling
Ben Ray Luján vs. Gavin Clarkson
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
More information By county, County ...

See also

Notes

Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by Luján's campaign.
  2. Poll sponsored by Ronchetti's campaign
Voter samples
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Standard VI response
  3. If only Luján and Ronchetti were candidates

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