{"data":{"id":"us-nm/2-7f-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"2-7F-4","heading":"Elections; vacancies.","body":"A. Members of the house of representatives shall be elected for terms of two years.\nB. If a vacancy occurs in the office of representative for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled as follows:\n(1) for a representative district that is situated wholly within the exterior boundaries of a single county, the board of county commissioners of that county shall appoint the representative to fill the vacancy; and\n(2) for a representative district situated within two or more counties:\n(a) the board of county commissioners of each county in the representative district shall submit one name to the governor; and\n(b) the governor shall appoint the representative to fill the vacancy from the list of names so submitted.\nC. An appointment to fill a vacancy in the house of representatives shall be for a term ending on December 31 after the next general election.\nD. An appointment to fill a vacancy made before the general election of 2022 shall be made from the district as it was described in Section 2-7E-1 NMSA 1978, as established by the court in Egolf v. Duran, D-101-CV-2011-02942 (1st Dist. Ct., Judgment and Final Order on Remand (State House of Representatives Trial) filed February 28, 2012). On or after the general election of 2022, a vacancy shall be filled by appointment from the district as set out in the 2021 House Redistricting Act.","path":["Chapter 2 - Legislative Branch","ARTICLE 7F 2021 House Redistricting"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18503/index.do","current_through":"2023-06-16","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"ddd0029bf423f143a2e79432c10b5cf54e56ffd230c2342c7cde06cd175265e8","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/2-7f-3","next":"us-nm/2-7f-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}