Judge disqualifies incumbent Republican NM Rep. Rebecca Dow (R) from June primary ballot

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 District 38 seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives, filed a challenge in court and alleged that Dow filed flawed paperwork when she sought reelection.

Specifically, Jaramillo alleged that Dow’s paperwork incorrectly said she was seeking the office of “House of Repres,” not “House of Representatives, District 38.” Her complaint also alleged that Dow submitted screenshots of nominating petitions rather than the forms required under state law.

“I thought, ‘Well, everybody knows what she’s running for.’ That wasn’t really my concern,” Jaramillo told Source NM. “When I looked deeper into it, I noticed she submitted screenshots rather than the petitions themselves. Since I had filed similar petitions, I knew that that was improper.”


https://sourcenm.com/2026/04/08/judge-disqualifies-republican-nm-rep-rebecca-dow-from-june-primary-ballot/