New Mexico — Governor

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports community policing and law enforcement tools

Haaland advocates for a public safety approach that combines modern tools for law enforcement with investments in crime root causes. Her plan proposes creating an Office of Community Safety staffed with social workers and counselors, alongside expanded substance use treatment, rehabilitation, and community violence intervention programs.

• Provide law enforcement with technology and tools to track drug traffickers and arrest violent offenders.
• Create an Office of Community Safety staffed with counselors and social workers to supplement police work.
• Expand community- and school-based violence intervention and prevention programs.
• Expand access to addiction recovery and treatment rather than relying solely on incarceration.

“As Governor, I will focus every day on stopping violent crime, getting guns and drugs off our streets, and addressing the root causes of crime.”

“Provide law enforcement with the tools and technology to arrest violent offenders, track and detain drug traffickers, and get guns out of the hands of those who should not have them.”

R Republican Gregg Hull

Supports zero tolerance and increased police presence

Hull emphasizes strong law enforcement, pointing to his record as Mayor of Rio Rancho where he doubled the city's police department budget. As governor, he proposes expanding police presence statewide, securing the border to address fentanyl trafficking, and instituting a zero-tolerance policy for violent crime.

• Increase local and regional police presence throughout the state.
• Enhance border security to tackle the fentanyl crisis.
• Establish a zero-tolerance policy for all violent crimes and crimes against children.
• Empower law enforcement officers with modern tools and resources.

“Empowering law enforcement with modern tools and community-based solutions to address the root causes of crime.”

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports higher wages, tax credits, and rent protections

Haaland targets household cost relief by proposing increases to the state minimum wage, the Child Tax Credit, and the Working Families Tax Credit. To tackle housing affordability, she advocates banning landlord AI rent-fixing algorithms, expanding down payment assistance, and expediting residential housing construction permits.

• Increase the state minimum wage and child tax credit.
• Ban landlords from using AI algorithms for rent fixing.
• Accelerate housing construction permitting and expand down payment assistance programs.
• Crack down on industry price gouging to lower everyday grocery and utility costs.

“I understand what it’s like to not be able to make ends meet despite working multiple jobs – it shouldn’t be this way. We need to make groceries, housing, and health care more affordable.”

R Republican Gregg Hull

Supports deregulation, business incentives, and job growth

Hull highlights his background as a business-friendly mayor who brought over $6 billion in investment to Rio Rancho. His statewide economic plan focuses on cutting regulatory red tape, using targeted business incentives, supporting small businesses, and improving commercial transportation corridors.

• Cut regulatory red tape to allow businesses to compete.
• Offer targeted incentives to attract high-paying jobs and major private investments.
• Improve transportation infrastructure along key commercial corridors.
• Support small businesses and local merchants as the state's economic foundation.

“Fostering an environment where small businesses thrive without excessive regulatory red tape.”

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports expanding public healthcare and workforce incentives

Haaland proposes protecting healthcare coverage against federal changes by expanding the Health Care Affordability Fund and utilizing state budget surpluses for Medicaid gaps. To resolve provider shortages, she supports entering interstate medical compacts, increasing rural residency slots, offering student loan repayments, and removing medical debt from credit reports.

• Join interstate medical compacts and expand residency programs in rural communities.
• Ban medical debt from credit reports.
• Expand mobile health clinics and protect rural hospital operations.
• Use state budget surpluses to fill Medicaid gaps and expand premium subsidies.

“Donald Trump’s policies are making New Mexicans get sicker and lose access to healthcare. The state is the first line of defense against the Administration’s dangerous policies.”

R Republican Gregg Hull

Supports tort reform, rural access, and recruitment incentives

Hull addresses New Mexico's healthcare crisis by proposing medical malpractice tort reform to prevent physician departures and lower costs. His platform advocates for competitive reimbursement rates, lower prescription drug prices, rural health system investments, and physician recruitment incentives.

• Reform medical malpractice laws to retain healthcare providers.
• Protect and strengthen rural healthcare access and facilities.
• Advocate for competitive provider reimbursement rates and lower prescription drug costs.
• Join additional medical compacts and offer incentives for rural medical practices.

“As Governor, he will bring that same results-driven leadership to healthcare access statewide.”

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports literacy initiatives, community schools, and free tuition

Haaland aims to strengthen public education from early childhood through higher education. Her plan expands universal childcare, early reading programs, and statewide Community School Models that provide wrap-around family services, while expanding the Opportunity Scholarship to cover free tuition for higher education, including graduate school.

• Detect literacy challenges early, expand universal childcare, and boost bilingual reading instruction.
• Implement statewide Community School Models delivering wrap-around family counseling and health services.
• Expand the Opportunity Scholarship to cover free tuition for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Utilize uncommitted Public School Capital Outlay Fund monies to modernize facilities.

“From early learning to graduation to workforce development, every step in a child’s journey should open doors.”

R Republican Gregg Hull

Supports tutoring programs, trade education, and PED reform

Hull advocates reforming the state Public Education Department to ensure accountability and higher student achievement. He supports accessible youth tutoring programs, strengthening special education resources, expanding Career Technical Education (CTE) for skilled trades, and offering incentives to rural medical graduates.

• Reform the New Mexico Public Education Department.
• Expand Career Technical Education (CTE) programs in high schools for skilled trades.
• Establish accessible youth tutoring programs and bolster special education funding.
• Offer financial incentives for medical school graduates practicing in rural communities.

“Ensuring every child has access to quality education that prepares them for tomorrow's workforce.”

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports 100% renewable energy and restricting fossil fuel development

Haaland positions New Mexico to become a clean energy leader, backing a total transition to renewable energy and opposing new fossil fuel infrastructure projects. She also actively supports environmental conservation and protecting public lands, such as Chaco Canyon, from oil and gas development.

• Transition state energy to 100% renewable sources and oppose new fossil fuel infrastructure.
• Protect public lands like Chaco Canyon from oil and gas extraction.
• Expand job opportunities in solar energy and the outdoor economy.

“We need to act fast to counteract climate change and keep fossil fuels in the ground.”

R Republican Gregg Hull

Supports an all-of-the-above energy portfolio and oil development

Hull promotes an all-of-the-above energy strategy that unleashes traditional oil and gas production while supporting clean energy technology research like nuclear fusion. He stresses the need for electrical grid reliability, sustainable water management, and forest fire management.

• Unleash oil and gas production while expanding the state's total energy portfolio.
• Support advanced clean energy technology research and innovation initiatives.
• Maintain electric grid reliability and secure long-term water management infrastructure.
• Implement proactive forest management to foster wildfire resilience.

“New Mexico has an opportunity to lead the way in America’s energy future.”

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports systemic overhaul of state child protective services

Following public reports regarding the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) leaving a teenager alone at the border, Haaland reiterated her commitment to reforming the agency to guarantee transparency, child safety, and proper oversight in state care.

• Overhaul CYFD operational protocols to fix child safety lapses.
• Institute accountability systems in state child welfare management.

“In light of recent news reports of CYFD dropping off a teenager alone at the border, Deb Haaland, the Democratic nominee for governor in New Mexico, doubled down on her plans to overhaul the…”

R Republican Gregg Hull

Supports immediate restructuring and child safety accountability

Hull strongly condemned CYFD leadership over incidents involving children in state custody, specifically pointing to the report of a 15-year-old being dropped off across the border. He promises comprehensive systemic reform to protect vulnerable youth.

• Condemned CYFD management over incidents involving youth in state custody.
• Prioritize systemic child welfare restructuring and child safety protection.

“Strengthening the protective net for our most vulnerable citizens through systemic reform.”

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports universal background checks and gun restrictions

During her tenure in Congress, Haaland voted for universal background checks on private gun sales. Her gubernatorial public safety plan calls for keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals and supporting law enforcement efforts to restrict illegal guns.

• Voted in favor of universal background checks on private firearm transfers.
• Support public safety measures to keep firearms away from dangerous individuals.

“Provide law enforcement with the tools and technology to arrest violent offenders, track and detain drug traffickers, and get guns out of the hands of those who should not have them.”

R Republican Gregg Hull

Supports protecting constitutional Second Amendment rights

Hull includes Second Amendment protection in his key campaign priority areas, committing to protect the constitutional rights of law-abiding New Mexican gun owners while addressing public safety through law enforcement support.

• Protect the constitutional Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.

“Protecting the constitutional rights of law-abiding New Mexicans while ensuring safety.”

D Democratic Debra Haaland

Supports federal and state abortion rights

Haaland explicitly supports a woman's right to choose and promises to protect and expand access to abortion care and full contraception services across New Mexico.

• Expand access to abortion care and maintain full access to contraception.
• Protect reproductive freedom and healthcare access statewide.

“I support a woman's right to choose when and how to have a child, full access to contraception, and believe that everyone should have access to affordable healthcare -- which means we need to expand access to abortion care.”