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Source: Silver City Daily Press

BREAKING NEWS Posted on November 3, 2026 Posted on November 3, 2026 Democrats sweep Grant County vote Written by the Daily Press Staff on November 3, 2026 The votes are tabulated in the 2026 General Election, with all 11,607 Grant County ballots counted. The biggest result for Grant County is the defeat of incumbent Republican Luis Terrazas in N.M. House District 39. Democrat Raul Turrieta picked up 932 votes more than his opponent, garnering 54 percent of the vote. The final unofficial total in Grant County is 6,197 votes for Turrieta to Terrazas’ 5,265. Incumbent Grant County Sheriff Raul Villanueva was easily reelected, picking up 60 percent of the vote. Villanueva got 6,775 votes to 4,548 for Republican challenger Wayne Olver. The four proposed constitutional amendments won heavily in the county, with the least popular — Constitutional Amendment 4, which would pay state legislators — garnering 66 percent of the vote here.

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