New Mexico Supreme Court Retention – David K. Thomson
New Mexico
Retention race
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,
David K. Thomson
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court standing for nonpartisan retention in 2026. Elected 2020; served as Chief Justice.
Track record
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Filed a dissenting opinion in the New Mexico Supreme Court's 2024 decision on speedy-trial analysis, objecting to the majority's approach to evaluating trial delays for a constitutional violation.
July 8, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
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