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Midterms 2026 · US House

NM-02 House race: Gabe Vasquez vs Greg Cunningham

How the candidates in the New Mexico's 2nd district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

Cook Political Report rating: Lean D

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Gabe Vasquez

Democrat · incumbent

Threat & fear0.7
Absolutes0.4
Leverage0.2

Hostility this week 2.5 / 10, 1.5 above their usual 1.0.

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.8 leans reassuring

21 Oct 2026 · Office of Rep. Vasquez

From Las Cruces to Albuquerque, I work directly with law enforcement agencies in New Mexico that continue to raise concerns about this issue and the link between social media and increasing juvenile crime. In my district, I continue to hear how your…
Threat & fearLeverage

Audience impact +4 reassures or unites

20 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

Greg Cunningham's boss is doubling down on this ridiculous proposal. Shouldn't the President be spending his time figuring out how to lower prices for Americans? Of course he's not. And Greg will stay silent again — he can't even defend our state's name.

Audience impact 0 neutral

19 Oct 2026 · Office of Rep. Vasquez

In April, I demanded answers from the Forest Service after concerning reports of our trails falling into disarray. This is an urgent issue – my constituents know that overgrown brush increases wildfire risk, and the more there is this season, the more…
AbsolutesThreat & fear

Audience impact −2 alarms or divides

19 Oct 2026 · KOB 4 (Albuquerque)

We absolutely need to end the war with Iran, I mean, it has been a catastrophic disaster, it is probably one of the foreign policy blunders that we have seen in the history of our country.
Threat & fearSelf-promotionAbsolutes

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

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Greg Cunningham

Republican

Absolutes1.6
Threat & fear1.2

Hostility this week 2.0 / 10 (too little history yet for a personal norm).

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.4 neutral

20 Oct 2026 · ksfr.org

You've called to abolish ICE. You are aware that there's videos out there where you've said... If a police officer is not doing their job correctly, I am the first one—and I've proven that in my history—that will do what it takes to get them out of there. are…
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

20 Oct 2026 · torontosun.com

It’s not something that’s legislatively possible, so nothing’s going to change.
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

17 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

men and women, our brothers and sisters and family members that got into law enforcement to do the right thing and are risking their lives every day. nobody wants this war over faster than the men and women that are serving in it.
AbsolutesThreat & fear

Audience impact −1 leans negative

15 Oct 2026 · KVIA (El Paso/Las Cruces)

We want to take what's happening here in southern New Mexico with CD2 and take it national, and that's what the goal was today was to open their eyes and to give them an idea of what our potential is and what New Mexico has to offer for the country and for…
Threat & fear

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

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