New Mexico Supreme Court to take up Rep. Dow's appeal to stay on ballot

NM Secretary of State asks Supreme Court to keep incumbent state Rep. Rebecca Dow off the ballot

New Mexico State Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Elephant Butte), speaking at the Roundhouse Jan. 20, 2026, is appealing a judge’s decision to knock her off the June 2 primary ballot. (Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)Lawyers for the New Mexico Secretary of State on Wednesday asked the New Mexico Supreme Court to uphold a lower court’s decision to kick incumbent state Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Elephant Butte) off the ballot for the June 2 primary election in a move that…

Rep. Rebecca Dow disqualified from June primary ballot - Carlsbad Current-Argus

Joshua Bowling Source New Mexico New Mexico state Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Elephant Butte) announced on Wednesday morning that she had lost a legal challenge to her re-election campaign’s legitimacy and won’t appear on the June 2 primary ballot. The Republican, who first won the seat in 2016 and unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2022, said she plans to appeal to the New Mexico Supreme Court. Tara Jaramillo, a Democrat who previously held Dow’s Distr…

New Mexico Supreme Court to take up Rep. Dow's appeal to stay on ballot

If Rep. Rebecca Dow of Truth or Consequences loses, there will be no Republican on the ballot in the competitive district.