New Mexico elections, 2012

Contents
1 2012 Elections
2 Eligibility to Vote
2.1 Primary election
2.2 General election
3 Voting absentee
3.1 Eligibility
3.2 Deadlines
3.3 Military and overseas voting
4 Voting early
5 See also
6 References

The state of New Mexico held elections in 2012. Below are the dates of note:

• Signature filing deadline: March 20, 2012
• Primary date: June 5, 2012
• General election date: November 6, 2012

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U.S. Senate (1 seat)		Preview Article
U.S. House (3 seats)
State Executives (2 seats)		Preview Article
State Senate (42 seats)		Preview Article
State House (70 seats)
Ballot measures (8 measure)		Preview Article

2012 Elections

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For election results in the 50 states, see our November 6, 2012 election results page

Elections by type

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate elections in New Mexico, 2012

U.S. Senate, New Mexico General Election, 2012

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Martin Heinrich	51%	395,717
	Republican	Heather Wilson	45.3%	351,260
	Independent American	Jon Ross Barrie	3.6%	28,199
Total Votes	775,176
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

U.S. House

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2012

New Mexico received an additional seat from redistricting.

Members of the U.S. House from New Mexico -- Partisan Breakdown
Party	As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	2	2
	Republican Party	1	1
Total	3	3

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Michelle Lujan Grisham Janice Arnold-Jones	Martin Heinrich	Michelle Lujan Grisham	No
2nd	Evelyn Madrid Erhard Steve Pearce	Steve Pearce	Steve Pearce	No
3rd	Ben Ray Lujan Jeff Byrd	Ben Ray Lujan	Ben Ray Lujan	No

State executives

See also: New Mexico state executive official elections, 2012

There were two state executive positions up for election.

• New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (2 seats)

New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 1 General Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Karen Montoya	55%	94,526
	Republican	Christopher Ocksrider	45%	77,256
Total Votes	171,782
Election results via New Mexico Secretary of State

New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 3 General Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Valerie Espinoza	100%	127,569
Total Votes	127,569
Election results via New Mexico Secretary of State

State Senate

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2012

Heading into the election, Democrats maintained partisan control in the state senate.

New Mexico State Senate
Party	As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	28	25
	Republican Party	14	17
Total	42	42

State House

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2012

Heading into the election, Democrats maintained partisan control in the state house.

New Mexico House of Representatives
Party	As of November 5, 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	36	38
	Republican Party	33	32
	Independent	1	0
Total	70	70

Ballot measures

See also: New Mexico 2012 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 1	Judiciary	Adds two members to the Judicial Standards Commission.
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 2	State executive officials	Raise the qualifications required to be public regulation commissioner.
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 3	Admin. of gov't.	Remove the chartering of corporations from the PRC to the secretary of state.
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 4	Admin. of gov't.	Would remove insurance division from PRC.
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 5	Admin. of gov't.	Would make the office separate from the state government.
BI	Bond Question A	Bond issues	Bonds to make capital expenditures for certain senior citizen facility improvement.
BI	Bond Question B	Bond issues	Bonds to make capital expenditures for public library resource acquisitions.
BI	Bond Question C	Bond issues	Bonds to make capital expenditures for certain higher education improvements.

Eligibility to Vote

Primary election

See also: Voting in the 2012 primary elections

New Mexico was one of 21 states to use a strictly closed primary system. Voters were required to register to vote in the primary by May 8, 2012, which was 28 days before the primary took place.^[1] (Information about registering to vote (dead link))

General election

See also: Voting in the 2012 general elections

The deadline to register to vote was 28 days prior to the election day, which in 2012 was October 9.^[2]

Note: Some states had a voter registration deadline 30 days prior to the election, but because this could have fallen on a weekend and Columbus Day was on Monday, October 8th, some extended the deadline to October 9, 2012.

• Voter ID info
• Residency requirements: Resident^[3]
• Same-day registration: None

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee Voting

All voters are eligible to vote absentee in New Mexico. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.^[4]

The county clerk must receive the absentee ballot application no later than 5 p.m. on Friday before the election. Completed ballots must be returned to the county clerk or voter's precinct before 7 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted.^[4]

Voting early

See also: Early voting

New Mexico is one of 33 states (plus the District of Columbia) that permits some form of early voting. Early voting begins on the third Saturday (17 days) before the election and ends on the Saturday (three days) prior to Election Day.^[5]

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