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01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER

Choose whom to hold accountable.

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Results must back it up.

Governor · 2026

Deb Haaland

Democrat

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Associated Press race call

Results rating

Unrated

The term has yet to begin.

Tracked
21
Fulfilled
0
With progress
0
Not achieved
0
Awaiting assessment
21
Announced deadlines and priorities
  • First day in office · Create an Office of Small Business and an Office of Rural Development within the Economic Development Department by executive order.
  • First day in office · Order each state agency head to identify and remove unnecessary barriers in licensing, housing development, regulations and permits, with public reporting.
  • First day in office · Stand up a centralized housing coordination function covering development from permitting to move-in.
  • 2027 legislative session · Pursue legislation to establish a permanent New Mexico Department of Housing.

21 of 21 commitments

Small business and rural development offices

Before the term

What they pledged

Create an Office of Small Business and an Office of Rural Development within the Economic Development Department by executive order.

Announced deadline or priority · First day in office

Written responses · New Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Regulatory review

Before the term

What they pledged

Order each state agency head to identify and remove unnecessary barriers in licensing, housing development, regulations and permits, with public reporting.

Announced deadline or priority · First day in office

Written responses · New Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Housing coordination

Before the term

What they pledged

Stand up a centralized housing coordination function covering development from permitting to move-in.

Announced deadline or priority · First day in office

Written responses · New Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Department of Housing

Before the term

What they pledged

Pursue legislation to establish a permanent New Mexico Department of Housing.

Announced deadline or priority · 2027 legislative session

Written responses · New Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Building permit deadlines

Before the term

What they pledged

Set a statewide processing deadline for residential permit applications.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Written responses · New Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Minimum wage

Before the term

What they pledged

Raise the state minimum wage and index it to inflation.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Child tax credit

Before the term

What they pledged

Increase the amount of the state child tax credit and expand eligibility.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Algorithmic rent-setting

Before the term

What they pledged

Ban landlords’ use of algorithms that inflate rents through coordinated price-setting.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

First-home assistance

Before the term

What they pledged

Expand down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers and workers in designated critical sectors.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Graduate education

Before the term

What they pledged

Extend tuition support through the Opportunity Scholarship to graduate education.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Outdoor education

Before the term

What they pledged

Create an Every Child Outdoor Initiative that provides resources to incorporate outdoor learning into K–12 curricula.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Community safety office

Before the term

What they pledged

Create an Office of Community Safety staffed by social workers and counselors.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Medical debt on credit reports

Before the term

What they pledged

Ban inclusion of medical debt on credit reports.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Health insurance affordability fund

Before the term

What they pledged

Expand the state Health Care Affordability Fund to help residents using New Mexico’s health insurance marketplace.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Medical licensing

Before the term

What they pledged

Pursue interstate medical licensing compacts to expand the supply of health professionals.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Campaign platform

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Benefits calculator

Before the term

What they pledged

Launch a multilingual New Mexico Affordability Navigator to estimate eligibility for public benefits and tax credits.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Mandatory fee disclosure

Before the term

What they pledged

Require upfront disclosure of fees, include them in advertisements and give the attorney general enforcement authority.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Paid family and medical leave

Before the term

What they pledged

Secure paid family and medical leave in New Mexico.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Working Families Tax Credit

Before the term

What they pledged

Increase and expand eligibility for the refundable state Working Families Tax Credit.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Baby bonds

Before the term

What they pledged

Create long-term savings accounts for all babies born in New Mexico.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

Manufactured-home parks

Before the term

What they pledged

Give manufactured-home park residents the first opportunity to buy their park collectively when it is put up for sale.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Affordability campaign agenda

Publication date unverified

What has been verified

This entry concerns the incoming term. Assessment of outcomes begins when that term starts.

The electoral alternative · Gregg Hull

Campaign proposals for comparing priorities.

  • Phase out New Mexico income tax on eligible personal income in four conditional steps. The first would cover the first $25,000 for single filers and $50,000 for joint filers.

    Campaign tax plan
02 / THE START OF THE TERM

The first
100 days.

An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.

TERM BEGINSDAY 100
Scheduled · · Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.
Deb Haaland · 2026
Declared priorities

Day-one orders on small business, housing and permitting

Haaland’s written responses to the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce describe three day-one actions. A permanent state housing department would be pursued separately in the 2027 legislative session.

03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD

Election
night.

Laguna Pueblo

Deb Haaland · 2026 · Reported remarks

What they said on election night

Haaland said voters had entrusted Democrats with defending New Mexico and rejected the president’s proposal to rename the state.

How we assess

Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.

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