New Mexico Democratic Party to meet Saturday to select new lieutenant governor candidate

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: July 24, 2026

Words: 543

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Beginning Saturday, roughly 500 Democratic Party of New Mexico members will begin casting ballots to replace Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver as the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor in the Nov. 3 general election.

Toulouse Oliver dropped out of the race June 18 citing health reasons shortly after handily winning the June 2 primary election against State Sen. Harold Pope (D-Albuquerque). In the month since, candidates waged a mini-campaign targeted at members of …

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