This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New Mexico was March 12, 2024.
Seven candidates are running for New Mexico’s three U.S. House districts, including three Democrats and four Republicans. That’s 2.3 candidates per district, less than in the previous three election cycles. There were 2.67 candidates per district in 2022, 6.3 candidates per district in 2020, and five in 2018.
Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: