2026 results · New Mexico · New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
Juan De Jesus Sanchez IIi, the Democrat, leads in the race for New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
Kamala Harris carried New Mexico by 6.0 points in 2024; this year's count is a 15.4-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan De Jesus Sanchez IIiDemocrat | 433,889 | 60.7% | |
| Michael Jack PerryRepublican | 281,007 | 39.3% |
Every one of the 33 counties marks its count finished, but our estimate still expects about 7,100 more votes. Perry trails by 152,882 and would need more votes than are left.
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About 99% of the expected vote counted714,896 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 1:14 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:10 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI
The map
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Who wins
99+ in 100Juan De Jesus Sanchez IIi’s chance of winning
The count should finish around D+21.4, most likely between D+21.3 and D+21.5.
About 99% of the vote we expect is counted, and 33 of 33 counties finished.
The estimate uses only the official count by county. The vote still to come in each place is expected to lean the way that place has voted so far, with room for late ballots to lean differently. Where nothing is counted yet, our pre-election estimate for that place stands in, adjusted for how far the counted places ran from it. This is not a call.
What moved most
Scroll through New Mexico, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 33 counties compared moved 15.4 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 77% as many votes as in 2024, from 85% in Mora County to 63% in Lea County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.22).
Luna County moved most: R+18.9 for president in 2024, D+7.9 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Bernalillo County added 17,304 net votes for Sanchez against the 2024 margin, 18% of the statewide change
Across the 33 counties compared, the margin moved by 97,471 votes toward Sanchez: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Bernalillo County+17,304 Sanchez
- Doña Ana County+11,858 Sanchez
- San Juan County+9,002 Sanchez
- Lea County+7,609 Sanchez
- Valencia County+6,363 Sanchez
- Eddy County+6,355 Sanchez
- Chaves County+5,075 Sanchez
- Sandoval County+4,809 Sanchez
3 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Sanchez this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Valencia CountyR+16.4D+3.5
- Luna CountyR+18.9D+7.9
- Socorro CountyR+3.7D+17.4
What the places that moved have in common
Each of New Mexico’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
New Mexico’s ballot
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StatewideDemocrats won 5 of New Mexico's 7 statewide races and lead 2 more.
U.S. HouseBefore the election D 3–0, now D 3–0
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.