Voter Guide for Eddy County

CARLSBAD LOCAL

2026 EDDY COUNTY VOTER GUIDE

GENERAL ELECTION • NOVEMBER 3, 2026

WHEN & WHERE TO VOTE

IMPORTANT DATES

* October 6 • Voter registration by mail or online closes. Absentee ballots begin mailing; early voting and same-day registration begin at the county clerk’s office.

* October 17 • Expanded early voting begins.

* October 20 • Last day to request an absentee ballot.

* October 31 • Last day of early voting.

November 3 • General Election Day.

EARLY VOTING

* October 6-16 • Monday-Friday • 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

* October 19-30 • Monday-Friday • 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

* Closed October 12 for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

* Saturday voting: October 17, 24 & 31 • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Carlsbad Clerk’s Office • 325 S. Main St., Carlsbad

Eddy County Sub-Office • 602 S. 1st St., Artesia

ELECTION DAY VOTE CENTERS • 7 A.M.-7 P.M.

Eligible Eddy County voters may vote at any Eddy County Vote Center regardless of where they live in the county

CARLSBAD

Carlsbad Clerk’s Office • 325 S. Main St.

Eddy County Fire Service Complex • 1400 Commerce Dr.

Hillcrest Baptist Church • 605 N. 6th St.

Jefferson Montessori Academy (JMA) • 510 W. Church St.

Lakeview Christian Home • 1300 N. Canal St.

Otis Community Center • 2513 Bannister Rd.

St. Peter Lutheran Church • 1302 W. Pierce St.

VFW • 1916 San Jose Blvd. ARTESIA

Eddy County Sub-Office • 602 S. 1st St.

Central Valley Electric Cooperative • 1505 N. 13th St.

Faith Baptist Church • 401 S. 20th St.

Trinity Temple Church • 16th & Hermosa Dr. LOVING

Loving School Administration • 603 W. Cottonwood

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CANDIDATES

Candidates are listed by office with party identification. This guide does not endorse any candidate or political party.

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Ben R. Lujan (D)

Larry E. Marker (R) U.S

REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 2

Carlsbad vicinity

Gregory G. Cunningham (R)

Gabriel Vasquez (D)

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 3

Artesia vicinity

Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)

Martin Zamora (R)

GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Greggory D. Hull and David M. Gallegos (R)

Deb Haaland and Stephanie Garcia Richard (D)

SECRETARY OF STATE

Amanda Lopez Askin (D)

Ramona L. Goolsby (R)

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Raúl Torrez (D)

Samuel Isaiah Kane, Sr. (R)

STATE AUDITOR

Joshua James Ryan Lawrence (R)

Joseph M. Maestas (D)

STATE TREASURER

James F. Ellison (R)

Laura M. Montoya (D)

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS

Michael Jack Perry (R)

Juan De Jesus Sanchez, III (D)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 54

Artesia and west Eddy County

Jonathan Allen Henry (R)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 55

Most of Carlsbad and SE Eddy County

Cathrynn Brown (R)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 66

West of Carlsbad, east of Artesia

Leanne Gandy (R)

LOCAL RACES & CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS - POS. 1

Kris Houghton (D) FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE - DIVISION 5

Eileen P. Riordan (R)

MAGISTRATE JUDGE - DIVISION 1

Kelly J. Calicoat (R)

MAGISTRATE JUDGE - DIVISION 2

Megan S. Fish (R)

MAGISTRATE JUDGE - DIVISION 3

Jimmy C. Foster, Jr. (R) COUNTY ASSESSOR

Rhonda E. Hatch (R)

Gemma L. Ferguson (D)

COUNTY COMMISSIONER 1

Henry T. Castaneda (R) COUNTY COMMISSIONER 4

James Willam Bowen, III (R)

PROBATE JUDGE

John M. Caraway (R)

COUNTY CLERK

Cara A. Cooke (R)

STATEWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1

Proposing an amendment to Article 4, Section 22 of the Constitution of New Mexico to require the governor to provide veto messages on all bills vetoed in whole or in part and to provide that all bills passed by the legislature and not acted on by the governor will become law.

YES (FOR) NO (AGAINST)

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2

Proposing to amend Article 7, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to remove the requirement that school elections be separate from partisan elections.

YES (FOR) NO (AGAINST)

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 3

Proposing an amendment to Article 12, Section 13 of the Constitution of New Mexico to establish nominating committees to provide lists of nominees to the governor for appointment of nonstudent members to the boards of regents of state educational institutions; providing that student members of boards of regents shall be appointed from a list provided by an elected student governing body of the institution; providing that, except for a student member, members of the boards of regents shall not have changed their political party registration in the twelve months preceding appointment.

YES (FOR) NO (AGAINST)

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 4

Proposing to amend Article 4, Section 10 of the Constitution of New Mexico to allow legislative compensation that is limited to the median household income for New Mexico, to require legislative compensation to be reduced if the median household income for New Mexico falls, to allow legislative compensation to be increased only if the median household income for New Mexico rises and to provide for delayed implementation.

YES (FOR) NO (AGAINST)

STATEWIDE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS

OFFICIAL BALLOT QUESTION WORDING

BOND QUESTION 1

The 2026 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed twenty-one million five hundred eighty-two thousand two hundred thirteen dollars ($21,582,213) to make capital expenditures for certain senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment acquisition projects and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

YES (FOR) NO (AGAINST)

BOND QUESTION 2

The 2026 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of library acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed nineteen million three hundred twenty-four thousand one hundred eighty-eight dollars ($19,324,188) to make capital expenditures for academic, public school, public and tribal library resource acquisitions and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

YES (FOR) NO (AGAINST)

BOND QUESTION 3

The 2026 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of higher education, special schools and tribal schools capital improvement and acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed three hundred fifty-two million two hundred twenty five thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars ($352,225,379) to make capital expenditures for certain higher education, special schools and tribal schools capital improvements and acquisitions and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

YES (FOR) NO (AGAINST)

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

Carlsbad Local • 2026 Eddy County Voter Guide

Candidates are listed by office with party identification. Not every voter will see every district race; ballots vary by residence and district. This guide does not endorse any candidate, political party, constitutional amendment or bond question.