Henry T Castaneda
Republican · NM
Henry T. Castaneda served as an Eddy County magistrate judge from 2003 to 2010 and again from 2013 until he resigned in 2018. In 2018 the New Mexico Supreme Court found he had committed willful misconduct and permanently barred him from judicial office.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Won re-election as an Eddy County magistrate judge (Division 1). He beat Fred Joe Hill 1,367 votes to 972 in the 2014 general election.
November 4, 2014
Source: electionresults.sos.nm.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Was barred for life from serving as a judge in New Mexico by the state Supreme Court. The court adopted the state Judicial Standards Commission's finding of willful misconduct while he was an Eddy County magistrate judge. The commission found he received and forwarded offensive, pornographic, racist and sexist emails on his court account. It also found he discussed a pending case with an outside person and later denied it. He had resigned from the bench, effective Feb. 4, 2018, before the court heard the case.
February 12, 2018
Source: nmjsc.org
Past race Henry T Castaneda ran in:
- Eddy County Commissioner District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Eddy County, New Mexico