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New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 2

School elections held with partisan elections. 2026 results by county, from New Mexico's official results file: Yes 64.8%, No 35.2% statewide.

Statewide

On the ballot: Proposing to amend Article 7, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to remove the requirement that school elections be separate from partisan elections.

A yes vote
If the amendment is approved, school districts would have the opportunity to add bond and mill levy questions to ballots in a partisan election such as the regular general election.
Yes 64.8% No 35.2%

426,862 yes and 231,687 no.

The Secretary of State's voter guide, page 13 · The Secretary of State's text of the statewide questions · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

33 counties: Yes has the most votes in 33. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Bernalillo County65.7%34.3%223,953
Catron County59.3%40.7%1,769
Chaves County58.3%41.7%14,400
Cibola County65.3%34.7%6,522
Colfax County62.1%37.9%4,439
Curry County60.5%39.5%9,703
De Baca County56.8%43.2%657
Doña Ana County65.0%35.0%62,585
Eddy County59.7%40.3%14,813
Grant County65.8%34.2%10,625
Guadalupe County63.6%36.4%1,305
Harding County61.7%38.3%332
Hidalgo County63.4%36.6%1,245
Lea County58.8%41.2%12,197
Lincoln County60.9%39.1%6,955
Los Alamos County65.1%34.9%9,258
Luna County64.1%35.9%5,376
McKinley County65.1%34.9%18,221
Mora County59.4%40.6%1,654
Otero County59.5%40.5%15,982
Quay County59.1%40.9%2,561
Rio Arriba County67.2%32.8%11,191
Roosevelt County59.5%40.5%4,426
San Juan County58.9%41.1%32,896
San Miguel County65.1%34.9%8,185
Sandoval County64.5%35.5%60,230
Santa Fe County72.0%28.0%64,688
Sierra County62.4%37.6%4,361
Socorro County62.8%37.2%5,201
Taos County72.7%27.3%12,230
Torrance County59.5%40.5%5,050
Union County62.6%37.4%1,167
Valencia County61.6%38.4%24,372

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

New Mexico's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 11:27 AM. Unofficial until certified. New Mexico's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.