City Clerk and Community Engagement

Upcoming Regular Local Election

The regular local election will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for the purpose of electing a Mayor at Large and one City Councilor from each Council District. 

The City opted into the Local Election Act in 2018 (Ord. 2018-24) and is no longer responsible for running the election. Santa Fe County conducts the election.

For information regarding the Regular Local Election, click here to visit the Santa Fe County Clerk's Election website. 

 
To file a campaign complaint, please download and fill out the Ethics and Campaign Review Board Complaint form and email or deliver it to the City Clerk’s Office: gfcardenas@santafenm.gov.

 

2025 Candidate Information

2025 Candidate Forms

2025 Nominating Form - Mayor (English) 2025 Nominating Form - Mayor (Spanish) coming soon

2025 Nominating Form - City Council (English) 2025 Nominating Form - City Council (Spanish) coming soon

Seed Money Form

Record of Qualifying $5 Contribution Form

 

All candidates must be residents of the city of Santa Fe. The rules set forth in Section 1-1-7 NMSA 1978 shall apply in determining candidates' residency.

Mayoral Candidates: only persons residing in the city of Santa Fe and who otherwise meet all applicable requirements imposed by law or ordinance shall be allowed to be candidates for the position of mayor.

City Councilor Candidates: only persons residing in the municipal election district they seek to represent and who otherwise meet all applicable requirements imposed by law or ordinance shall be allowed to be candidates for the position of city councilor.

 

Important Election Dates

05/05/2025 - Qualifying period begins - the period during which a candidate seeking to become a publicly financed candidate is permitted to collect qualifying contributions and to apply for certification as a publicly financed candidate. It begins one hundred eighty-three (183) days before the election.  (9.-2.3V)

05/05/2025 – Nominating Petitions – Persons seeking election for Mayor or City Councilor can begin collecting signatures on Nominating Petitions.  (City of Santa Fe Municipal Charter 4.03)

06/07/2025 – Election resolution – The Governing Body shall adopt an election resolution no earlier than one hundred fifty (150) days and no later than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date of a regular municipal election. (9-1.6)

07/21/2025 - Qualifying period ends – the period for candidates seeking to become a publicly finance candidate ends one hundred six (106) days before the election.  (9.-2.3V)

08/07/2025 – Certification as a publicly financed candidate – On or before the eighty-ninth (89th) day before the election, the City Clerk shall make a determination whether the candidate’s application complies with the requirements of subsection 9-3.8 SFCC 1987 and whether the candidate satisfies the requisites for certification as a publicly financed candidate prescribed by section 9-3.5 SFCC 1987, and shall thereupon issue a decision, in accordance with the determination so made, granting or refusing such certification to the candidate.  (9-3.9B)

08/11/2025 – Payments to publicly financed candidates – within three (3) business days of certifying a candidate as a publicly financed candidate, the City Clerk shall disburse to the candidate from the fund.  (9-3.10)

08/26/2025 – Declaration of Candidacy - A candidate for a position will be filled at a regular local election shall file a declaration of candidacy with the proper filing officer between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on the seventieth day before the date of the regular local election.  (NMSA 1-22-7)

 

Public Campaign Finance Reporting Dates (9-2.10)

09/05/2025 – By 12:00 p.m. on the 60TH day preceding the election.

10/06/2025 – By 5:00 p.m. on the 30th day preceding the election.

10/28/2025 – By 5:00 p.m. the Tuesday preceding the election.

11/03/2025 – By Noon on Monday the day before the election.

12/04/2025 – Or within 30 days following the election (Final Report).

 

What's My District? 

Interactive District Map