New Mexico
Live updates: Election 2024 in New Mexico coverage and results
Update: Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
As of the latest update from the New Mexico Office of the Secretary of State, at 1 p.m., 793,497 ballots have been cast in our state. Here is a breakdown by party:
- Democrat: 362,481
- Republican: 287,687
- Declined to state a party: 132,318
- Libertarian: 6,998
- Other: 4,013
According to the secretary of state’s office, there were 1,382,761 registered voters. Turnout as of 1 p.m. has been around 57.38%.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday in New Mexico as Election Day is here for the 2024 general election.
663,874 people cast a ballot ahead of Election Day, which is down from 2020 when 785,789 people cast ballot before Election Day.
If you haven’t cast your vote, make sure you get in line before 7 p.m. Although polls close at 7 p.m., they will not turn you away if you are in line by that time.
If you have a mail-in ballot, it is too late to put that in the mailbox. However, you can drop that off at a polling site. You can also drop off an absentee ballot at a polling site.
We will be providing updates on this page as results start coming in for races here in New Mexico, including these key races:
Four state constitutional amendments are also on the ballot. Two amendments are about tax exemptions for military veterans. One amendment concerns if county commissioners should be allowed to set their own salaries and the salaries of other county officials. The other amendment concerns a possible change to the commission in charge of finding new state Supreme Court justices.
For results on each race and ballot measure in New Mexico, click/tap here for all election results.
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — The Social Security Office released the most popular baby names for 2025 on Thursday. And here in New Mexico, we saw some familiar names top the charts once again.
Coming in at No. 1 for girls is Mia, and as for the boys, Noah ranks No. 1. That’s no change from 2024 when Mia and Noah also led the pack, both coming in at No 1. For 2025, there were a total of 66 babies named Mia and 115 babies named Noah, while in 2024, there were 81 Mias and 105 Noahs.
What do the names mean? Online sources list a few different interpretations for Mia, but one common association is with the Italian word “mia,” which means “mine.” As for Noah, the name is most commonly associated with the prominent bible figure. It’s thought to mean “rest,” or “comfort.”
Here’s a look at some of the other top baby names in New Mexico for 2025.
- Girls:
- Olivia (65 total)
- Sophia (65 total)
- Sofia (60 total)
- Camila (59 total)
- Eliana (57 total)
- Isabella (56 total)
- Amelia (53 total)
- Aria (45 total)
- Aurora (45 total)
- Boys:
- Liam (109 total)
- Mateo (99 total)
- Elijah (76 total)
- Santiago (70 total)
- Sebastian (69 total)
- Ezra (67 total)
- Elias (66 total)
- Ezekiel (66 total)
- Levi (69 total)
Nationally, Olivia and Liam are the most popular baby names, and have been for the past seven years, according to the Social Security Administration. As for the fastest-rising names, Klarity jumped nearly 1,400 spots on the girls’ list, and Kasai jumped 1,108 for boy names.
Other names rising in popularity for boys include Atlas, Adriel, Emiliano, Arthur, and Archer. On the girls’ list, Ailany, Sienna, Amara, and Georgia are becoming more popular.
You can find the full list by state online.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — An ‘imposter nurse’ in Las Cruces is facing 34 charges after nearly causing the death of a patient and illegally giving medications to patients under 18 years old.
A Doña Ana County grand jury indicted Margarita Gonzalez. She is accused of assuming the identities of nurses in Texas to get hired at four nursing facilities in Las Cruces:
- Village at Northrise
- Las Cruces Wellness and Rehabilitation
- Peak Behavioral Health
- Matrix Home Care
The New Mexico Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse Bureau investigated and discovered instances where Gonzalez illegally gave injections and dispensed prescriptions, including narcotics to eight inpatient residents under 18 years old.
An investigation also found Gonzalez was also about to allegedly give “an incorrect insulin dose” to a patient that they claim could’ve killed the patient if another nurse hadn’t caught the error.
Several facilities fired Gonzalez over patient safety concerns and an observed lack of knowledge.
“Impersonating a healthcare provider is a reckless and selfish crime that subjects those most vulnerable to risk of serious injury or death,” Attorney General Raúl Torrez said. “I will not tolerate those who risk the safety of patients or cause danger and unnecessary confusion within the healthcare system. These charges should keep anyone attempting to pose as a healthcare provider on notice: we will find you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law to protect New Mexicans.”
Gonzalez’s charges include identity theft, nursing without a license, abuse of a resident, distribution of controlled substances to a minor and fraud totaling over $25,000.
If convicted on all counts, Gonzalez could face up to 100 years in prison.
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