Joseph Sanchez (New Mexico)
2023 - Present
2026
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Joseph Sanchez (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing District 40. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Sanchez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Mexico House of Representatives to represent District 40. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Joseph Sanchez earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico, an M.B.A. from New Mexico State University, and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico. His career experience includes working as an electrical engineer and engineering manager with Los Alamos National Laboratory and as the general manager and CEO of the Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Joseph Sanchez defeated Diego Olivas in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Sanchez (D) | 61.0 | 8,012 | |
| Diego Olivas (R) | 39.0 | 5,130 | ||
| Total votes: 13,142 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Incumbent Joseph Sanchez advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Sanchez | 100.0 | 2,741 | |
| Total votes: 2,741 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Diego Olivas advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Diego Olivas | 100.0 | 822 | |
| Total votes: 822 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Joseph Sanchez defeated Jerald Steve McFall in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Sanchez (D) | 72.8 | 7,342 | |
| Jerald Steve McFall (R) | 27.2 | 2,747 | ||
| Total votes: 10,089 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Joseph Sanchez defeated incumbent Roger Montoya in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Sanchez | 57.1 | 2,761 | |
| Roger Montoya | 42.9 | 2,074 | ||
| Total votes: 4,835 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Jerald Steve McFall advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jerald Steve McFall | 100.0 | 828 | |
| Total votes: 828 | ||||
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2020
See also: New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3
Teresa Leger Fernandez defeated Alexis Martinez Johnson in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) | 58.7 | 186,282 | |
| Alexis Martinez Johnson (R) | 41.3 | 131,166 | ||
| Total votes: 317,448 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Teresa Leger Fernandez | 42.8 | 44,480 | |
| Valerie Plame | 24.8 | 25,775 | ||
| Joseph Sanchez | 11.8 | 12,292 | ||
| Marco Serna | 8.0 | 8,292 | ||
| Laura Montoya | 6.1 | 6,380 | ||
| John Blair | 4.4 | 4,533 | ||
| Kyle Tisdel | 2.1 | 2,176 | ||
| Total votes: 103,928 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark McDonald (D)
- Dineh Benally (D)
- Gavin Kaiser (D)
- Rob Apodaca (D)
- Jaymeson Pegue (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3
Alexis Martinez Johnson defeated Harry Montoya, Karen Bedonie, and Angela Gale Morales in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alexis Martinez Johnson | 36.7 | 16,512 | |
| Harry Montoya | 35.4 | 15,919 | ||
| Karen Bedonie | 27.8 | 12,477 | ||
| Angela Gale Morales (Write-in) | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 44,938 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Audra Brown (R)
- Ben Bateman (R)
- Anastacia Golden Morper (R)
2018
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Joseph Sanchez defeated Tweeti Blancett in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Sanchez (D) | 80.8 | 8,277 | |
| Tweeti Blancett (DTS Party) | 19.2 | 1,973 | ||
| Total votes: 10,250 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40
Joseph Sanchez defeated Paula Garcia and Barney Trujillo in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joseph Sanchez | 47.7 | 3,056 | |
| Paula Garcia | 30.5 | 1,951 | ||
| Barney Trujillo | 21.8 | 1,394 | ||
| Total votes: 6,401 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Joseph Sanchez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Joseph Sanchez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Joseph Sanchez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sanchez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Sanchez was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Sanchez was assigned to the following committees:
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2024
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In 2024, the New Mexico State Legislature was in session from January 16 to February 15. A special session was held on July 18, 2024.
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2023
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2020
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In 2020, the New Mexico State Legislature was in session from January 21 to February 20.
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2019
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In 2019, the New Mexico State Legislature was in session from January 15 through March 16.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 |
Officeholder New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Roger Montoya (D) |
New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
New Mexico House of Representatives District 40 2019-2021 |
Succeeded by Roger Montoya (D) |
