New Mexico is holding a special election on June 1st, 2021, to fill the seat vacated by Deb Haaland, who stepped down from Congress to serve as Secretary of the Interior for the Biden administration.

Democratic candidates for the seat include Victor Reyes, former Legislative Director for Governor Grisham, and State Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, who lost the 2018 primary to Haaland.

Republicans include conservative talk radio host Eddy Aragon, State Senator Mark Moores, former 2020 US Senate candidate Elisa Martinez, bookkeeper Michaela Chavez, finance manager Ronnie Lucero, and attorney Jared Vander Dussen.

In lieu of a primary election, Republican, Democratic and possibly Libertarian party nominees will be chosen by fewer than 200 members of each party’s central committee.