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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

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* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in New Mexico
* A list and map of counties in New Mexico
* An overview of local elections in New Mexico
* An overview of the initiative process in New Mexico

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2024
* 2.3 2023
* 2.4 2022
* 2.5 2021
* 2.6 2020
* 2.7 2019
* 2.8 2018
* 2.9 2017
* 2.10 2016
* 2.11 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the link below for information about the county government in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Bernalillo County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 33 counties, 105 cities, towns, and villages, and 769 special districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Santa Fe
De Baca
Otero
Catron
Union
San Miguel
Taos
Grant
Colfax
Sandoval
Cibola
Dona Ana
Harding
Hidalgo
Socorro
Los Alamos
Mora
Eddy
Curry
Roosevelt
San Juan
Lincoln
Guadalupe
Torrance
Luna
McKinley
Rio Arriba
Lea
Chaves
Quay
Bernalillo
Sierra
Valencia

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Santa Fe, New Mexico
* Bernalillo County, New Mexico
* New Mexico school board elections

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Santa Fe, New Mexico
* Bernalillo County, New Mexico

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Santa Fe, New Mexico
* New Mexico school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

Ballotpedia expanded its coverage of local elections in New Mexico in 2022. Click here to find your county, or click the links below for additional information about the following municipalities:

* Bernalillo County, New Mexico

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Bernalillo County, New Mexico
* Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Santa Fe, New Mexico
* New Mexico school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Past elections

* Click here for past election information

### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Bernalillo County, New Mexico
* Albuquerque, New Mexico
* New Mexico school board elections

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Bernalillo County, New Mexico

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Bernalillo County, New Mexico
* Albuquerque, New Mexico
* New Mexico school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
* Bernalillo County, New Mexico

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Albuquerque, New Mexico
* New Mexico school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in New Mexico

The availability of initiative varies depending upon the home rule status and form of government of a city, town, or village. Charter cities, towns, and villages have an initiative process for charter amendments granted by state statute, but individual charters may contain additional requirements. Charters may adopt initiative for ordinances. General law commission-manager cities, towns, and villages have a mandated initiative process provided by state statutes. General law mayor-council cities, towns, and villages do not have broad initiative authority to propose ordinances. However, for limited matters a petition process is granted by state statutes.[2][3]

## See also[edit]

New Mexico | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* New Mexico municipal code library
* New Mexico state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ New Mexico Municipal League, "Questions that may be placed on the ballot in mayor-council municipalities that are not home-rule," October 2009
3. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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