Judge of the Court of Appeals Position 1
What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Candidates:
Democratic · Incumbent
Kris Houghton is the appointed judge of New Mexico Court of Appeals Position 1. Before joining the court in 2025, he served in the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Mexico and as a Department of Justice Judicial Attaché in Bogotá.
Records: Legal Competence 3 for
Sources: candidateportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us · sos.nm.gov