Government
Governor: Bill Richardson (D) elected 2002, re-elected 2006.
State Legislature: New Mexico Legislature   House: 70 seats  Senate: 42 seats
Local: Cities and Counties   NACO Counties
Native American: NM Indian Nations
U.S. House: 2R, 1D - 1. H.Wilson (R) | 2. S.Pearce (R) | 3. T.Udall (D)
U.S. Senate: Pete Domenici (R) not seeking re-election in 2008; Jeff Bingaman (D) re-elected in 2006. 

2008 update

U.S. Senate:  Rep. Tom Udall (D) garnered 61.33% of the vote to defeat Rep. Steve Pearce (R). U.S. House:  All three U.S. House seats were open.  In the 1st CD (Albuquerque), former Albuquerque Councilman Martin Heinrich (D) defeated Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White (R) by 166,271 votes (55.65%) to 132,485 (44.35%).  In the 2nd CD (southern half of the state), former Lea County Commissioner Harry Teague (D) defeated Ed Tinsley (R) by 129,572 votes (55.96%) to 101,980 (44.04%).  In the 3rd CD (northern half of the state), Public Regulation Commissioner Ben Ray Luján (D) defeated Dan East (R) and Carol Miller (I) by 161,292 votes (56.74%) to 86,618 (30.47%) and 36,348 (12.79%).  Democrats thus won all four federal races and gained complete control of the congressional delegation in the 111th Congress. Post-Election: President-Elect Obama announced Gov. Bill Richardson as his choice for Secretary of Commerce on Dec. 3, 2008; Richardson withdrew from consideration on Jan. 4, 2009.     > Democrats pick up U.S. Senate seat and two U.S. House seats.  MORE

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Clinton  |  Obama
former:
Gov. Bill Richardson (D) was a 2008 presidential candidate but ended his campaign before the caucuses. >
Edwards - endorsed by former New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid.

Official Results

Barack Obama	71,396	48.00%
John Edwards	2,157	1.45%
Chris Dodd	81	0.05%
Dennis Kucinich	574	0.39%
Bill Richardson	1,305	0.88%
Joe Biden	122	0.08%
+Hillary Clinton	73,105	49.15%
Total	148,740

The outcome was so close that the winner was not announced until Feb. 14.

Voters - see DPNM FAQs [PDF]
-To participate in the caucus you must officially register Democratic by Jan. 4, 2008.

-Democratic voters will be able to cast absentee ballots from Jan.12-28, 2008.  On Feb. 5, 2008 caucus sites will be open from noon until 7:00 p.m..

Candidates
-To be admitted to the caucus, candidates must submit signatures from 5,000 registered Democratic voters to the DPNM by Jan. 2, 2008 or pay a fee of $2,500 to the DPNM by Jan. 2.

McCain
Paul - former Gov. Gary Johnson endorsed on Jan. 21, 2008.

Although many news accounts attributed the Bernalillo counting problem to a "software glitch," in fact an administrative failure was to blame: the county clerk's office did not run the standard logic and accuracy test on the voting machines before the election.  The problem became apparent on Election Night, and the clerk's office withdrew about 67,000 early vote and absentee ballots from the tally.  On Nov. 9, workers in a warehouse in Albuquerque began the recount, hand-feeding the ballots into the voting machines.  By Nov. 11, Bush had gained a statewide lead of 17 votes, but some emergency ballots remained to be counted and totals were still fluctuating.  The State Canvassing Board finalized Gore as the winner with a plurality of 366 votes on Nov. 29.