Republican Party of New Mexico

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RPNM releases statement on the write-in success of Primary Election night

IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2026

RPNM releases statement on the write-in success of Primary Election night:

Albuquerque, NM - The Republican Party of New Mexico releases the following statement on the success seen on Election Night by the 3 write-in candidates: Larry Marker, James Ellison, & Joshua Lawrence:

"Not only did all three of our write-in candidates meet the required number of write-in votes, they did so in near-record time," said RPNM 1st Vice Chair, Mike Nelson. "Each candidate had more than 4,000 write-in votes reported out of Bernalillo county alone less than 2 hours after the polls closed.

Based on historical precedent, the expectation was that several days would be needed to count every write-in vote in order for a determination to be made whether the candidate met the required votes or not. As of this morning, each write-in candidate now has more than 12,000 votes as reports continue to trickle in from counties around the state. The RPNM would like to thank each county and all poll workers around the state for their diligent work to account for every write in ballot per the statute.

New Mexico voters are ready for change and are eager to elect Republicans up and down the ballot in November. Larry Marker, James Ellison, & Joshua Lawrence are quality candidates who are popular with Republican voters in our state. Each of them will continue to build on the incredible momentum we saw on election night and we expect exciting things from them in the days and weeks ahead."

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