Political ads · 2026 · NM

New Mexico House District 1 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Melanie Stansbury won · 63.6% to 36.4% · Called by AP on Nov 4

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Melanie Stansbury (DEM, incumbent), Ndidiamaka Okpareke (REP), Steve Jones (REP). 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration	Register by Tue, Oct 6 (Mail, agent and online registration close; same-day registration in person continues.). Same-day registration: In person during early voting and on Election Day; physical ID with address required. (passed)Source: sos.nm.gov ↗Source: sos.nm.gov ↗
Early voting in person	Tue, Oct 6 to Sat, Oct 31 (At County Clerk offices; more sites open 2026-10-17.) (passed)Source: sos.nm.gov ↗Source: sos.nm.gov ↗
By mail	Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Tue, Oct 20 (Application must be received by the county clerk (14 days before Election Day).); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Received by 7 p.m. Election Day; postmarks do not count.) (passed)Source: sos.nm.gov ↗Source: sos.nm.gov ↗
Election Day	Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (passed)Source: sos.nm.gov ↗
ID at the polls	No ID for most voters: state name, year of birth and address; first-time mail registrants without ID on file must show one.Source: sos.nm.gov ↗

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Melanie Stansbury (DEM, incumbent)

Raised: $1.7M through 2026-10-14 individuals $1.4M · PACs $264K · from the candidate's other committees $23K · cash on hand $311K
Outside spending: $63 supporting Stansbury · latest reported 2026-04-07
Largest outside spenders: GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTION — $53 supporting Stansbury Largest donors: LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC. $946K (40%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); NRDC ACTION FUND INC. $922K (39%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); LCV VICTORY FUND $500K (21%) SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION — $10 supporting Stansbury

Bundled through PACs: $3,340 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 JSTREETPAC — $3,340 from 19 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC

62 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

314 ACTION FUND $2,000
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION CMTE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC) $750
ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE ACTION FUND $1,000
ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION PAC $10K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $6,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $3,500
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $1,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC $1,000
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $10K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $2,500
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $3,000
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY PAC (PT-PAC) $4,000
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $1,000
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS (APFA PAC) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND $5,000
CAP-PAC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC $4,500
CARPENTERS LEG. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS & JOINERS $5,000
CHRISTOPHER STREET PROJECT PAC (CSP PAC) $2,000
CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE IBT) $5,000
DEFEND THE VOTE $2,500
DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC $5,500
ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $2,500
FAIR SHOT PAC $2,000
FUTURE FORUM PAC $500
HOBBS STRAUS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY DEFENSE PAC $1,000
HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
INDEPENDENT INSUR. AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA INC. PAC (INSURPAC) $1,000
INT'L ASSOCATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $2,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $3,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND $5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
JANE FONDA CLIMATE PAC $2,506
JSTREETPAC $1,000
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $2,500
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $1,000
MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE IAMAW $5,000
NAT'L ACTIVE AND RETIRED FED EMPLOYEES ASSOC PAC (NARFE-PAC) $5,000
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LCPF) $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC $3,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NA $2,500
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $4,000
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES $2,000
PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $3,500
SAZERAC COMPANY, INC PAC (SAZERACPAC) $579
SMART TD PAC $7,000
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COALITION PAC (SEEC PAC) $2,500
THE NAT'L RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOC ACTION CMTE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ( (ACRE) $1,000
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $5,000
TURQUOISE PAC $10K
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND $2,500

All filings at the FEC ↗

Ndidiamaka Okpareke (REP)

Raised: $175K through 2026-10-14 individuals $170K · PACs $3,900 · cash on hand $58K
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

3 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

ANT THORNTON FOR NM $500
NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC $1,000
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOS ALAMOS $400

All filings at the FEC ↗

Steve Jones (REP)

Raised: $673 through 2026-09-30 individuals $500 · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $173 · cash on hand $0
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

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