2021 New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election

New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election

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New Mexico's 1st congressional district
 
Nominee Melanie Stansbury Mark Moores
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 79,838 47,111
Percentage 60.4% 35.6%

Stansbury:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Moores:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:       No votes:      

U.S. Representative before election

Deb Haaland
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Melanie Stansbury
Democratic

A special election was held on June 1, 2021, to fill the vacancy in New Mexico's 1st congressional district created by Representative Deb Haaland's resignation from the United States House of Representatives to become the Secretary of the Interior in Joe Biden's administration.

State Representatives Patricia Roybal Caballero, Georgene Louis and Melanie Stansbury and state Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez sought the Democratic nomination. State Senator Mark Moores, radio host Eddy Aragon and activist Elisa Martinez sought the Republican nomination.

The Democratic Party nominated Stansbury; the Republican Party nominated Moores; the Libertarian Party selected Chris Manning; former Commissioner of Public Lands Aubrey Dunn Jr. ran as an independent. Stansbury won the election with over 60% percent of the vote.[1]

  1. ^ Gowins, Max (June 1, 2021). "Election Results: New Mexico 1st Congressional District Special Election". Decision Desk HQ. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.

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