New Mexico Democrats are not moving to the center. They are doubling down on the far left.
That was the unmistakable takeaway from Tuesday’s primary election results, and even the left-leaning outlet New Mexico In Depth is now acknowledging it.
In a post-primary analysis titled “Democrats are in a progressive mood,” New Mexico In Depth wrote that the political mood in a state where Democrats control every statewide office and hold commanding majorities in the Legislature “did not shift toward the center” on primary night. The outlet pointed to both the governor’s race and legislative primaries as proof that Democrat voters are embracing the progressive wing of the party.
At the top of the ticket, former Biden Interior Secretary Deb Haaland crushed Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman in the Democrat gubernatorial primary by a margin that surprised political observers. Veteran New Mexico pollster Brian Sanderoff noted during the Albuquerque Journal’s election night webcast that Haaland was even winning in traditionally more conservative Democrat areas.
“…even in Chaves County and Curry County, places where the Democrats are even conservative, Deb Haaland is ahead. She’s ahead in Roswell and she’s ahead in San Juan County,” Sanderoff said, according to New Mexico In Depth. “…how is it that Sam Bregman is even losing the most conservative counties in the state?”
Sanderoff said Haaland’s victory was not shocking, but the scale of it was.
The result confirms what conservatives have warned for years: the Democrat Party of New Mexico is no longer being driven by moderates or “commonsense” Democrats. It is increasingly dominated by the activist left.
New Mexico In Depth noted that more than 217,000 voters participated in the Democrat gubernatorial primary — nearly twice the roughly 120,000 who voted in the Republican gubernatorial primary. The outlet also reported that, as of 5 p.m. Election Day, almost 25,000 independent voters had participated in the Democrat primary.
For Republicans, that turnout gap is a warning sign heading into November. For conservatives, it is also a reminder that New Mexico’s growing far-left political machine is organized, motivated, and still largely unchecked in Santa Fe.
The legislative results were just as revealing.
New Mexico In Depth wrote that progressives “batted away well-funded centrist challengers,” won open seats, and in one high-profile case ousted a more moderate Democrat incumbent: Rep. Marian Matthews of Albuquerque.
Matthews lost her House District 27 Democrat primary to Abby Foster, a progressive challenger backed by the left. New Mexico In Depth described the race as the exception to the night’s general rule that incumbents are difficult to defeat, noting that progressives had targeted Matthews for the second election cycle in a row.
That result matters because Matthews was one of the few Democrats who occasionally presented herself as a “big tent” voice inside the party. Her defeat sends a clear message: even Democrats who merely appear too moderate are now vulnerable to the activist wing.
Other results reinforced the same trend.
In House District 69, progressive incumbent Michelle Abeyta defeated former Rep. Harry Garcia 68% to 32%, ending Garcia’s attempt to reclaim the seat after losing to Abeyta in 2024. In House District 70, progressive incumbent Anita Gonzales defeated former Rep. Ambrose Castellano 62% to 38%. Castellano had also been viewed as one of the more practical Democrats during his time in the Legislature.
In House District 41, Yolanda Jaramillo defeated Debbie Rodella 55% to 45% in another open-seat race. Rodella had previously served in the House from 1993 to 2018 before being ousted by progressive Rep. Susan Herrera. Jaramillo’s win kept that northern New Mexico seat in the hands of the newer progressive wing.
New Mexico In Depth also noted that progressive Democrats now control both chambers of the Legislature and that this control has been built over the past decade through primary races.
That is the real story for conservatives heading into November.
This election is not just about Haaland versus Republican nominee Gregg Hull. It is about whether New Mexico continues down a path of one-party progressive control — higher spending, anti-energy policies, weak-on-crime legislation, attacks on gun rights, abortion extremism, and more government control — or whether voters finally demand balance.
Hull won the Republican gubernatorial primary with 47% in a three-way race, a result New Mexico In Depth described as strong and one that suggested he likely would have won handily in a two-person contest.
But Republicans now face a difficult environment. Democrats are energized, progressives are ascendant, and the so-called moderate wing of the Democrat Party is losing ground.
For conservatives, the lesson is simple: New Mexico Democrats are not moderating. They are moving further left — and even their own media allies are admitting it.
Haaland will lose the minute she opens her mouth to drbay Hull.
We’d like to think so, but the Emerge Marxist part of the democrats is in control. And we know that Maggie Too loose Oliver will use the machines to their advantage.
Haaland will lose as soon as she begins to debate Hull.
Haaland is dumber than a box of rocks, and that is insulting the rocks by using them in comparison to haaland. The only things dumber than her are the demoNAZI clowns and jockers voters that will take NM to a newer and greater basement level of poverty and stupidity than the state is already at. Truth, in NM has always been stranger and dumber than fiction, and it just keeps getting worse,,,unbelieavable. Best at being worst, and worst at being best, what a “STATE”,,,
I agree with you and those who will vote for her are believing the lies of Satan and their eyes a blinded to the truth. I can bet you that she will avoid debating because she cannot think on her own. If you saw her during various committee meetings when she was in DC you would understand and realize just how she does not know what she is doing, always refers to her staff…. Praying for Gods mercy.
Yes but she will not debate Hull . She like all the Democrates are told not to open your mouth and you will win every time.
The Democrats have destroyed N.M. . We are at the bottom of the list in Education, and on top of the list in crime . Our so called leaders put criminals back on the streets They have made us a sanctuary State, protecting criminals .
We have to vote the Democrats out .
That’s what happens when people from Washington, Oregon, and California move to NM. They run from what they created and replicate that creation here.
you have to give the democrats credit on two fronts – 1. they are rabid for their candidates and would walk over broken glass to elect people that will ruin the state and their prosperity and lives. 2. they put their money where their mouth is and have no problem donating to clueless crazy people running for office every time. its almost like a giant mental institution that wants more patients and will do anything to lure people in. NM went over the cliff and its not coming back. From Land of Enchantment to Land of Delusion and Despair in about 20 years time. in the 1980s we all thought NM was going to be something moving forward. it never happened.
The Dems are going to protect Halland by not letting her debate or have rallies where she has to answer questions. Wait for it.
Haaland will be too busy answering softball questions on the talk show circuit to debate Hull. She will become the media darling nation wide. She won’t have to play “Biden in the basement” as the MSM will protect her. Get ready NM as this won’t even be close.
I showed friends on a recent trip to germany the pinonpost in a conversation about populism, the adf and the american right dominated by Trump. They thought I was showing them “The Onion”. Well done as it proved my point nicely.
What was your point to your friends in Germany?
The DNC owns elections in NM and all the political power. Until you understand that there will be no freedom in NM.
The biggest lie that the demonrats are the purveyors of is that they’re for the working ,middle class, or even nowadays…..the class that usually catapults them to power, those that relying on entitlements. Wake up they only for themselves and the political power that their beholding to! That’s why they can run a dumb box of rocks as HAALAND. Lord save New Mexico
New Mexicans PLEASE PAY ATTENTION and quit pushing the same button and expecting different results! Also – just because voting like grampa did because it’s “tradition” , or because the candidate has a Hispanic surname, or the unions recommend a candidate, DOESN’T do New Mexico any favors! Deb Halfwit already proved herself with the Indians she was supposed to represent.
I wonder who will be the Stalin or Hitler when the democrats take control of America. Probably Obama for he is the only one I see as a strong enough leader.
It’s not the candidates it’s the voters, both parties are responsible for the outcome..Demonizing Deb will not change the democrats agenda…they want socialism, wokisms, communism to rule…in our State and in our Nation.
Bass,Tlaib, Newsom, Waltz, Harris…..The Democratic Party has lowered their standards in supporting Platner’s campaign in Maine..this guy has a resume that make Hugh Hefner look like a saint… they are selling their souls to the devil just to have a seat in the Senate.
I don’t know what it’s going to take to shake the voters that common sense does work, it’s working for a non-politician who’s never held office but looks promising for mayor in LA…Spencer Pratt..and Steve Hilton governor.I’m praying for their success..
Well here we go. New Mexico is going the way 0f NYC. We may have to get ourselves into a position of severe buyers remorse. One major question: what is Santa Fe going to do when they runout of other people’s money??? You folks know outside of the Permian Basin our industrial base is Zip ,Nada Nonexistent.
Until SE NM secedes, they will never run out of other people’s money. They basically have a trust fund. Only thing NM can hope for is that that secession to TX works or in their idiocy they continue to close down their funding sources.
If you live in a State that gives free day care, free health care, free college why would anyone vote for anyone else. The problem isn’t the Democrat Party its the Republican Party not looking for their next candidate. The Republican Party of New Mexico needs a leader who can lead and get good candidates that New Mexico can get behind, just like we did with Susanna Martinez. They did the right thing by backing her up moving her forward and winning in counties that vote democrat. Where is our Republican leadership. I don’t blame Duke Rodriguez for bring up the lawsuit against the Republican Party of New Mexico. Follow the rules that have been approved to run the party efficiently and not behind closed doors. It doesn’t look good and the Republican Party becomes a joke to the Democrats. The Republican Party of New Mexico needs a leader who will help lead New Mexico in voting Red.
Besides why hasn’t anyone ask for the voter rolls. I can’t believe the counties actually voted for Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Deb Haaland the numbers don’t add up! Too many New Mexican’s can’t be that naive.
Just a thought New Mexico has a law that forbid the Federal government or anyone that request the information that is unredacted meaning the law states your Date of Birth, Social Security Number, Drivers Licensee number is redacted because of privacy. The federal government knows that information already nothing is private. The law needs to be changed (if possible). Anyone willing to bring that up and change the law? (NMSA) 1978 Section 1-5-19 Voter Registration Records, Public Records: Confidential Information. Just thought.
Why don’t you do that? You seem to have all the answers and since the D’s control every chamber of representation in NM, i’ll wait to see how that goes for you. But no, people like you like to point out the “errors” of current leadership, but wont be caught dead knocking on a door to get out the vote. Until that happens, every Republican unites to get the working class affected by these issues united, NM is lost. And no, it’s NOT the Republican party’s responsibility to get collaboration, it’s the conservative people of NM getting off their high horse and doing what’s best for the majority rather than suing each other in an effort to raise their political clout.
democracy is when 51% get everything and 49% get nothing or very little…mob rule…and the left has always been the mob…our Founders knew this and created a Constitutional Republic. All “democrat” pols are just talking heads for the mob, chosen to fit the feelings of the minions ,and nothing else.
IN JULY I WILL BE LOOKING TO MOVE TO TEXAS NM HAS BECOME A SHIT HOLE
best wishes on your move James, we all deserve better than this.
Haaland is a AZ born progressive and not even liked by her own tribe at the Laguna Pueblo. Listening to her attempt to make a coherent point when she was in congress was embarrassing as she was clueless. She was the first ever Native American Secretary of Interior and sounded almost as bad as Kamala Harris. Perhaps she was a DEI hire by Biden. LOL. She did little that was positive for our energy policy on both the federal level and for our state. Except for “green energy” and she supports the Green New Deal as parrot by her sister idiot, AOC.
NM ranks second in the US with our proven reserves. If NM were a country, it is said we would be the 14 largest in the world. New Mexico is one of two states with major undiscovered oil and gas reserves that the U.S. Geological Survey believes exists on public lands. So we need someone to lead us that understands our energy importance.
No doubt she made many special interest friends in Congress who support her as governor as she is worth easily 5 million since she left Congress. She has plenty of money to theoretically beat Hull.
Hull will have the backing of the former Republicans candidates as well as the rest, of the NM Republican Congress, as candidates usually do. He sounded informed and well spoken at our town meeting and did not avoid questions.
Bregman made it publicly clear that he will absolutely NOT back Haaland.
Sam knows she will be bad for NM. Especially policies and new laws that effect energy/oil, ranchers and small businesses like us. Not to mention her oppressive policies on gun control.
No one is going to bother voting republican because the party sucks. So the rabid people will go and vote for their poisonous candidates in the democrat party. The hispanics here are so stupid and corrupt.
Any republican vote is a vote against a democrat. Don’t give up just because the state GOP sucks. They don’t count. It’s up to us conservative voters to continue to vote republican. Let’s get er done.
NM has been last in ev thing, so will likely be last in awakening as in the Great Awakening.
Have you heard of the Black Eye Club? Anons posted about this in 2019. John Kerry has a photo showing he is a member. Lotsa DC folks have been photographed with that Eye.
In 1996, a couple books I read mentioned clones and doubles. Trump uses term Central Casting a lot.
The Black Eye Club relates to a word from WWII, Vril, and means the Soul is not there but something else is. There are many ways to be not “all there”.
You can vote yourself into communism. You have to fight your way out of it.
H-O- L- L- A N- D, you dummy!
Deb, didn’t they teach you how to correctly spell your last name?
The democrats own NM, RPNM is a bunch of folks that cant find leadership that moves the message effectively and the Democrat party is the perceived hero of the indigenous people and the people of perversity and they have 100% control of voting.
Dave I hope you’re involved in your County Party, if not get involved, fill that leadership role.👍🇺🇸
The Democrat Party in San Juan County is not conservative by any stretch of the imagination. They proudly host Indivisible Protest groups and every 80/20 Social issue under the “rainbow “.