A slew of losses in Tuesday's midterm elections unleashed a day of reckoning for the Republican Party of New Mexico.

Howie Morales welcomed their successors, Deb Haaland and Stephanie Garcia Richard, into the Roundhouse on Friday morning. Haaland made history Tuesday as the first Native American woman in the U.S. elected governor and will take over in January.

The New Mexico Secretary of State's election website reported that 726,684 voters cast ballots in the General Election in New Mexico - nearly 50% of eligible voters statewide. Leger Fernandez took the first win of the evening over Republican Martin Zamora in the third congressional district race.

The 2026 midterm elections ushered in a night of five firsts. In Michigan, Georgia, Florida, New Mexico and New Hampshire, voters elected five candidates of varying backgrounds who have never held their respective offices before.

Gregg Hull lost the race for governor of New Mexico on Tuesday, but the Republican said he is not done with public life Hull conceded shortly after 10 p.m. to Democrat Deb Haaland — capping a night in which Democrats handed Republicans losses in most major races in New Mexico and across the country.

All four proposals held commanding leads after the polls closed, including a measure to pay New Mexico lawmakers a salary.

Democratic Doña Ana County Clerk Amanda López Askin is facing off against Republican political newcomer Ramona Goolsby in the race for New Mexico secretary of state.