On the ballot: The full slate of primary candidates

Primary voting day is next Tuesday, June 7, when Socorro and Magdalena voters will have the chance to choose their party’s candidates in the general election in November.

Early in-person voting at the Alamo Wellness Center ends on Friday, June 3, at 4 p.m.

Early in-person voting at the Socorro County Clerk’s Office and Magdalena Senior Center ends on Saturday, June 4, at 6 p.m.

In November in the general election, voters in Socorro will also be casting their votes for Governor; Lieutenant Governor; 38th, 49th and 69th District State Representatives; Secretary of State; Attorney General; State Auditor; State Treasurer; Commissioner of Public Lands; and three Court of Appeal judges.

On the national level, Congresswoman Yvette Herrell will be running for re-election in the Republican primary, and there are two vying for the Democrat candidacy.

Locally, candidates will be chosen for county commissioner positions; county sheriff; district, magistrate and probate judges; and county assessor.

In the June 7 primary:

Democrats

• US Representative District 2 – Darshan Nilesh Patel, Gabriel Vasquez
• Governor – Michelle Lujan Grisham
• Lt. Governor – Howie C. Morales
• Secretary of State – Maggie Toulouse Oliver
• Attorney General – Brian S. Colón, Raúl Torrez
• State Auditor – Zackary A. Quintero, Joseph M. Maestas
• State Treasurer – Laura M Montoya, Heather R Benavidez
• Commissioner of Public Lands – Stephanie Garcia Richard
• State Representative District 38 – Ravi Bhasker, Tara Jaramillo
• State Representative District 69 – Harry Garcia, Marvin Anthony Trujillo (write-in)
• Seventh District Court Judge – Roscoe A. Woods
• Socorro County Sheriff – Demecio V. Silva
• Socorro County Commissioner District 3 – John J. Aguilar
• Socorro County Commissioner District 1 – Joe Gonzales
• Probate Judge – Gilbert Peralta, Dawn Weaver

Libertarians

• Governor – Karen Evette Bedonie, Tim Walsh, Ginger G. Grider (write-in)
• Lt. Governor – Travis Steven Sanchez
• Secretary of State: Mayna Erika Myers
• State Auditor – Robert Jason Vaillancourt (write-in)

Republicans

• US Representative District 2 – Yvette Herrell
• Governor – Jay C. Block, Rebecca L. Dow, Gregory Joseph Zanetti, Ethel R. Maharg, Mark V. Ronchetti
• Lt. Governor – Ant L. Thornton, Peggy L. Muller-Aragón, Isabella Solis, Anastacia Anise Golden Morper, Patrick H. Lyons
• Secretary of State – Audrey Trujillo,
• Attorney General – Jeremy Michael Gay
• State Treasurer – Harry B. Montoya
• Commissioner Of Public Lands – Jefferson L. Byrd, Aubrey Dunn
• State Representative District 38 – Melba Tajallieh Aguilar, Sandra K. Hammack
• State Representative District 49 – Gail Armstrong
• Public Education Commissioner – Stewart Alan Ingham (Write-In)
• Magistrate Judge – Felix William Saavedra
• Socorro County Sheriff – Lee Polo Armijo, Casey A Spurgin
• Assessor – Julie Griego

Polling places can be found on the Secretary of State’s website at:

https://voterportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us/WhereToVoteAddress.aspx