Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · New Mexico's 2nd District

2 candidates on the ballot.1

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Gregory G Cunningham
REP · Challenger
Gabriel Vasquez
DEM · Incumbent
Currently represents New Mexico's 2nd District in the U.S. House.

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Gregory G CunninghamGabriel Vasquez
Party on the ballotREP1DEM1
StatusChallengerIncumbent2
Raised$2,527,072 through October 14, 20263$5,518,618 through October 14, 20264
Cash on hand$343,7473$496,9824
Outside spending$580,733 for · $4,504,423 against5$404,010 for · $1,364,886 against6
Trade agreementsHis New Mexico Farmers First plan calls for new export markets with allied countries and for trade policy that keeps New Mexico growers from being undercut by foreign products that compete on unequal terms.7His campaign website lists among his accomplishments opposing members of both parties to protect New Mexico ranchers and stop foreign beef imports that it says would seriously harm the American ranching economy.8
Conservation and development on federal landsHis New Mexico Farmers First plan calls for vacant Forest Service grazing allotments to be assigned.7His campaign website lists conserving the public lands that define New Mexico's way of life among his priorities and working to protect the Gila River through the M.H. Dutch Salmon Gila Wild and Scenic River Act among his accomplishments.8,9
Wildfire prevention and forest managementHis New Mexico Farmers First plan says he wants the Forest Service to give out grazing allotments that are now vacant, which it says would reduce wildfire fuel and keep ranching families on the land.7His campaign website lists among his accomplishments a bipartisan bill to reduce wildfire risk and increase resources to fight wildfires in New Mexico that was signed into law.8,10,11
Food assistance (SNAP)His New Mexico Farmers First plan says farm policy and food assistance should each be debated on their own merits, and that food assistance should have more accountability and less waste so that help goes to families who rely on it.7His campaign website says he fought cuts to food assistance and health care made by the administration.8,10

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Gregory G Cunningham — 2 issues
  • Visas for farmworkers
    Make the program easier and cheaper for farms, including for year-round work like dairy
    His New Mexico Farmers First plan says he will modernize the legal guest worker programs for agriculture, so farms can count on a legal workforce, and reduce the paperwork and costs of hiring legal farm labor.7
  • Endangered species protections
    His New Mexico Farmers First plan says management of Mexican wolves and gray wolves should be handed to the people most affected by them, and that ranchers should be compensated if a federal program brings predators onto their property.7
Gabriel Vasquez — 21 issues
  • Abortion law
    His campaign website says he opposes attempts to ban access to abortion, including efforts to ban all abortion even in cases of rape and incest, supports every woman's right to choose, and lists supporting the Women's Health Protection Act among his accomplishments.8,9,10
  • Abortion medication
    His campaign website lists supporting the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act, which it says would protect access to medication abortion that is safe and effective, among his accomplishments.8
  • Birth control and IVF
    His campaign website says he opposes attempts to ban access to birth control.10
  • Voting Rights Act protections
    Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
    His campaign website lists support for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, intended to protect citizens' right to vote, among his accomplishments.8
  • Police funding
    Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
    His campaign website says that as a Las Cruces city councilor he worked with law enforcement to raise the police budget by $3.8 million. It lists among his accomplishments leading a bipartisan push to increase funding for officer recruitment and retention at small law enforcement agencies and bringing home over $3.75 million in federal project funding for local police departments.8,10
  • Union organizing rules
    Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
    His campaign website says he supports the right of workers to form and join unions and the PRO Act, and describes himself as a strong supporter of that bill.8,10
  • Campaign finance rules
    His campaign website lists supporting the DISCLOSE Act, which it describes as a way to keep dark money and foreign money out of elections, among his accomplishments.8
  • Stock trading by members of Congress
    Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
    His campaign website says he does not trade stocks and is leading a cross-party push to prohibit stock trading by members of Congress, and lists support for tougher prohibitions on stock trading by members of Congress and the White House among his accomplishments.8,10
  • Electric vehicles
    His campaign website lists voting to preserve New Mexicans' freedom to choose the vehicle they buy and to keep California's electric vehicle mandate from applying in the state among his accomplishments.8
  • Selling or transferring federal lands
    Keep federal lands in federal ownership
    His campaign website says he led the successful bipartisan effort that stopped a sell-off of New Mexico's public lands and founded the Bipartisan Public Lands Caucus.8,10
  • Child care costs
    His campaign website says he will support policies that lower the cost of child care, along with health care and utilities, while cutting taxes on working families.9,10
  • Iran's nuclear program and sanctions
    His campaign website lists opposition to the President's war in Iran, which it says is raising gas prices for New Mexicans, among his accomplishments.8
  • Military aid to Israel
    His campaign website lists being the first member of New Mexico's delegation to call for a ceasefire in Gaza among his accomplishments, along with efforts to stop American taxpayers from funding Israel's ongoing wars.8
  • Federal Medicaid funding
    Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
    His campaign website says he supports legislation to reverse the health care cuts in the Republican tax law, which it says put health care for more than 35,000 New Mexicans and rural hospitals at risk, and lists among his accomplishments voting against that law and fighting Medicaid cuts.8,10,11
  • Health insurance system
    Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
    His campaign website says he is fighting for a public option.10
  • Large investors buying single-family homes
    His campaign website says he took action against out-of-state landlords who buy up homes and raise rents, and lists his Keep Mobile Homes Affordable Act among his accomplishments.8,11
  • Immigration enforcement inside the country
    Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
    His campaign website says he supports common-sense border security and deporting violent criminals, and that ICE should be reformed so it is focused on deporting violent criminals rather than rounding up people who are working and following the rules.10
  • Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
    His campaign website says Dreamers must be protected and working families given a lasting path to legal status, alongside a secure border.10
  • Medicare drug price negotiation
    Keep the program as it is
    His campaign website says he is working to ensure that Medicare can continue to negotiate lower prescription drug costs.10
  • Federal income tax rates
    His campaign website says he supports repealing the Trump tax cuts, which it says benefited the wealthy and were paid for through reductions in health care and food assistance, and supports policies that cut taxes on working families.10
  • Taxes on tips and overtime
    Make the tax break permanent or expand it
    His campaign website lists working to make the tax break on tips permanent among his accomplishments.8

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.