Paul Trujillo, Libertarian County Commissioner in Valencia County, district 3, was defeated for re-election, although he outpolled his Republican opponent. The vote was Democratic 1,781 (47.1%), Libertarian 1,006 (26.6%), Republican 994 (26.3%).

New Mexico is one of the fourteen states that uses a straight-ticket device, so that voters frequently vote for every partisan office on the ballot without even being aware of which offices they are voting for, or who is running.

It is still true that no party other than the Democratic and Republican Parties has ever won a partisan election in New Mexico. Minor parties were traditionally very weak in New Mexico in the past. Greens were strong in the 1990’s, and elected several non-partisan candidates, but never won a partisan race.