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Ben Ray Luján Won’t Have an Opponent

Republican candidates failed to meet signature requirements, disqualifying them from the ballot and leaving Senator Ben Ray Luján unchallenged in the 2026 New Mexico Senate race.

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“If he rebuffs a primary challenge, Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) is set to avoid a Republican opponent in his bid for a second term, after a potential GOP opponent was disqualified Tuesday for failing to meet ballot requirements,” the Albuquerque Journal reports. “The disqualification of Republican candidate Christopher Vanden Heuvel of Rio Rancho means that for the first time in modern state history the state’s general election ballot for a U.S. S…
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Political Wire broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
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