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Sandoval County, New Mexico

2026 election results. Deb Haaland (D) got 52% of the vote for governor in Sandoval County. The margin is 2.8 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Sandoval County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 19 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Sandoval County

U.S. Senate

Ben Ray Lujan
59.7%38,766
Larry Marker
40.3%26,187
100% counted

Statewide: Ben Ray Lujan wins. Called.

Governor

Deb Haaland
51.6%33,521
Greggory Hull
48.4%31,503
100% counted

Statewide: Deb Haaland wins. Called.

U.S. House: New Mexico 1st District

Melanie Stansbury
57.7%33,235
Ndidiamaka Okpareke
42.3%24,351
100% counted

Only part of Sandoval County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Melanie Stansbury wins. Called.

U.S. House: New Mexico 3rd District

Teresa Fernandez
71.8%4,982
Martin Zamora
28.2%1,961
100% counted

Only part of Sandoval County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Teresa Fernandez wins. Called.

The leader in Sandoval County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 6, 12:14 PM.

19 local contests in Sandoval County

County offices, local measures and judges on Sandoval County's ballots, from New Mexico's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Public Education Commissioner DISTRICT 5

CandidateVotesShare
Sharon E Clahchischilliage R421100.0%

Sharon E Clahchischilliage is unopposed. The contest crosses into 5 other counties; across all of them: Sharon E Clahchischilliage 39,716 (100.0%).

County Commissioner by Commissioner District - Sandoval DISTRICT 1

CandidateVotesShare
Paul J Madrid D9,47362.8%
Rebecca Lynn Skartwed R5,61437.2%

Paul J Madrid ahead in Sandoval County.

County Commissioner by Commissioner District - Sandoval DISTRICT 3

CandidateVotesShare
Frank James Smith Jr D8,10451.3%
Edwin Paul Linson R7,68848.7%

Frank James Smith Jr ahead in Sandoval County.

County Sheriff - Sandoval

CandidateVotesShare
John Paul Trujillo D34,51553.9%
Victor J Rodriguez R29,46246.1%

John Paul Trujillo ahead in Sandoval County.

County Assessor - Sandoval

CandidateVotesShare
Gerred Prairie D34,36854.0%
Lawrence D Griego R29,22146.0%

Gerred Prairie ahead in Sandoval County.

Local measures

COUNTY BUREAU OF ELECTIONS SECURE STORAGE FACILITY BONDS: Shall Sandoval County be authorized to issue up to $22,000,000 of general obligation bonds for the purpose of designing, constructing, equipping, and furnishing a County Bureau of Elections secure storage facility for voting machines, polling facility and offices, said bonds to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes, and to be issued and sold at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of County Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law? - Sandoval

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes34,35359.3%
No23,57240.7%

Yes ahead with 59.3% in Sandoval County.

FIRE DEPARTMENT BONDS: Shall Sandoval County be authorized to issue up to $9,000,000 of general obligation bonds for the purpose of planning, designing, engineering, constructing, acquiring and building a County Fire Department training facility and other fire department stations, said bonds to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes, and to be issued and sold at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of County Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law? - Sandoval

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes46,86079.6%
No12,03920.4%

Yes ahead with 79.6% in Sandoval County.

LIBRARY BONDS : Shall Sandoval County, New Mexico, be authorized to issue its general obligation bonds, in one series or more, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $3,400,000 for the purpose of planning, designing, upgrading, constructing, remodeling, furnishing, equipping, repairing and otherwise improving library facilities within Sandoval County, New Mexico, and purchasing books and other library resources for libraries within Sandoval County, New Mexico, said bonds to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes, and to be issued and sold at such time or times and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of County Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law? - Sandoval

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes40,96568.8%
No18,61231.2%

Yes ahead with 68.8% in Sandoval County.

MILL LEVY QUESTION: For the purpose of providing continued operating revenues for medical services including trauma care and behavioral health services including substance abuse treatment, shall Sandoval County, New Mexico continue to impose a mill levy of one and ninety hundredths (1.90) mills each year for eight (8) years on each dollar of net taxable value of property in Sandoval County, to pay to Sandoval Regional Medical Center, a campus of UNM Hospital, in accordance with a health care facilities contract with Sandoval County? - Sandoval

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes43,40872.9%
No16,17227.1%

Yes ahead with 72.9% in Sandoval County.

Judges

Magistrate Judge - Sandoval DIVISION 1

CandidateVotesShare
Ann Marie Maxwell-Chavez D41,317100.0%

Ann Marie Maxwell-Chavez is unopposed.

Magistrate Judge - Sandoval DIVISION 2

CandidateVotesShare
F Kenneth Eichwald D41,293100.0%

F Kenneth Eichwald is unopposed.

Magistrate Judge - Sandoval DIVISION 3

CandidateVotesShare
Delilah M Montano-Baca D40,743100.0%

Delilah M Montano-Baca is unopposed.

Probate Judge - Sandoval

CandidateVotesShare
Donna Iven Tillman D33,41753.3%
Rebecca A Torres R29,33546.7%

Donna Iven Tillman ahead in Sandoval County.

JUDICIAL RETENTION: Shall DAVID K THOMSON be retained as Justice of the Supreme Court?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes35,74466.0%
No18,40134.0%

Yes ahead with 66.0% in Sandoval County. The contest crosses into 32 other counties; across all of them: Yes 400,874 (68.6%), No 183,099 (31.4%).

JUDICIAL RETENTION: Shall SHANNON BACON be retained as Justice of the Supreme Court?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes35,37465.6%
No18,53834.4%

Yes ahead with 65.6% in Sandoval County. The contest crosses into 32 other counties; across all of them: Yes 397,732 (68.4%), No 183,418 (31.6%).

JUDICIAL RETENTION: Shall J MILES HANISEE be retained as Judge of the Court of Appeals?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes34,86365.4%
No18,41434.6%

Yes ahead with 65.4% in Sandoval County. The contest crosses into 32 other counties; across all of them: Yes 385,336 (67.4%), No 186,502 (32.6%).

JUDICIAL RETENTION: Shall JAMES LAWRENCE SANCHEZ be retained as District Court Judge Division 1? THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT : DIVISION 01

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes35,51166.8%
No17,61433.2%

Yes ahead with 66.8% in Sandoval County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 54,798 (67.2%), No 26,704 (32.8%).

JUDICIAL RETENTION: Shall AMANDA CONNIE SANCHEZ VILLALOBOS be retained as District Court Judge, Division 4? THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT : DIVISION 04

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes35,27266.2%
No18,01033.8%

Yes ahead with 66.2% in Sandoval County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 54,068 (66.3%), No 27,423 (33.7%).

JUDICIAL RETENTION: Shall CHRISTOPHER GEORGE PEREZ be retained as District Court Judge, Division 7? THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT : DIVISION 07

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes35,55467.0%
No17,53333.0%

Yes ahead with 67.0% in Sandoval County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Yes 54,002 (66.7%), No 26,903 (33.3%).

New Mexico's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 11:27 AM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NM SenateD +19.4D +5.9D +13.5
NM GovernorD +3.1D +5.9R +2.8
NM-01 part of the countyD +15.4D +2.7D +12.7
NM-03 part of the countyD +43.5D +32.5D +11.0

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Sandoval County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris51.7%Donald Trump46.0%D +5.879,659
2020Joe Biden53.0%Donald Trump44.6%D +8.476,572
2016Hillary Clinton44.9%Donald Trump42.0%D +2.961,690
2012Barack Obama50.4%Mitt Romney45.1%D +5.354,079
2008Barack Obama55.7%John McCain43.0%D +12.858,630
2004John Kerry48.1%George W. Bush50.8%R +2.744,541
2000Al Gore46.9%George W. Bush48.6%R +1.731,755

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +7.4.

Other counties in New Mexico

New Mexico results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until New Mexico certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. New Mexico's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.