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Posted on 02/11/2026 2:07:26 PM PST by CedarDave
Rulings could mean easier paths to reelection for some New Mexico incumbents.
SANTA FE — If he rebuffs a primary challenge, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján is set to avoid a Republican opponent in his bid for a second term, after a potential GOP opponent was disqualified Tuesday for failing to meet ballot requirements.
The disqualification of Republican candidate Christopher Vanden Heuvel of Rio Rancho means that for the first time in modern state history the state's general election ballot for a U.S. Senate race will have only one major party candidate.
In all, [Democrat] Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver ruled four candidates did not turn in enough qualified voter signatures to appear on the June primary election ballot.
In addition to Vanden Heuvel, other disqualified candidates include Republican Carlton Pennington of Moriarty in the 1st Congressional District race and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Belinda Robertson of Las Cruces.
In addition, U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., will avoid a primary election challenge from fellow Democrat Thomas Wakely of Columbus after Wakely was disqualified from the ballot. Vasquez would face the winner of a GOP primary contest between Gregory Cunningham and Jose Orozco, both of Albuquerque, in the November general election.
All statewide offices in New Mexico are up for election this year, along with the state's three U.S. House seats. Democrats have swept all statewide races in recent years, as the last Republican to win a statewide contest was former state Supreme Court Justice Judith Nakamura in 2016.
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New Metsico has gone full retard. A regular third world cuckoo’s nest. All Dumb Bunny members of the PR Bugs Bunny’s fan club.
Gee what are the odds on these people all failing to follow instructions?
Similar to what they do in Europe these days. If the Powers That Be are afraid that the wrong person or party might win, they just disqualify them. That way the election results are always “proper”.
THIS is what democracy looks like.
This stinks to high heaven. Only a fool would take this at face value.
Does anyone have more information on this?
Failing to turn in enough valid signatures does happen from time to time, either because the candidate is an idiot who is cavalier about the rules or because he trusted a vendor who turned out to be a bad apple.
But all four Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate race being disqualified is very strange. Is there a complete meltdown in the state GOP? Do these people really not have any idea what they are doing?
LOL! Bingo!
“did not turn in enough qualified voter signatures”
Simple: MAGA thinks politics is a spectator sport. They cheer and boo but participate? not many. not enough.
If the Democrats had let RFK primary do you think they’d have PDJT now? Democrats are idiots let them continue digging.
” Christopher Vanden Heuvel of Rio Rancho “
Why do I recognize that name ...?
Katrina vanden Heuvel is the part-owner and publisher for “The Nation” magazine. Don’t know if Chris is related to Katrina.
From Democrat ballot stuffing, to destruction of paperwork filed properly. How far are we from losing our Republic?
Hopefully the candidates kept copies of everything and can sue in court. Unless they are determined not to have ‘standing’, that is. After all, it is another up-and-coming commie paradise in New Mexico.
“From Democrat ballot stuffing, to destruction of paperwork filed properly. How far are we from losing our Republic?”
About two years, 9 months, two weeks if the progs are not brought back to reality, rules and ruf-tuf “love.”
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Good questions, but my question at the moment is why these four candidates were disqualified. Did they submit the necessary numbers of names on petitions? Did democrats play dirty games to knock out valid signatures? Did they miss deadlines? Did they have enough names but not enough in needed distribution patterns (e.g. per county)?
Four disqualifications in one race seems really odd, especially to challenge a democrat incumbent who did not seem particularly endangered.
Were the four Republicans who were disqualified competent candidates with some experience, or were they newbies who didn’t know what they were doing? In the latter case, the implication would be a serious failure in the state GOP and the NRSC, which should be birddogging candidate recruitment.
That happened few years in Michigan.
The Reps trusted some crooked vendor who collected invalid signatures.
In all, [Democrat] Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver ruled four candidates did not turn in enough qualified voter signatures to appear on the June primary election ballot.
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