Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Teresa Leger Fernandez
- Office
- U.S. representative for New Mexico’s 3rd district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Santa Fe, NM
- Born
- 1959
- In Congress
- House since 2021 · 5 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- LEGER, TERESA
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
New Mexico, District 3
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0NM03102 · Principal campaign committee: TERESA FOR ALL
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · New Mexico District 3 | $1,578,389.15 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · New Mexico District 3 | $2,123,599.55 | General-election nominee |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · New Mexico District 3 | $3,130,245.38 | Won the general election (58.2%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · New Mexico District 3 | $2,305,077.63 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
Total raised$2,305,077.63
Total spent$2,143,697.14
Cash on hand$161,470.49
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$1,989,784.8186%
- PACs and other committees$261,239.8511%
- Party committees$100.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$53,730.442%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$222.530%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- Federal Lands
- Indian and Insular Affairs Ranking Member
- House Committee on Rules
- Legislative and Budget Process Ranking Member
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
81 committees reported giving $242,315.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$15,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PAC$7,000.00
- VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING AND EMPOWERING (VIBE) PACLeadership PAC$5,500.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PACPAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$5,000.00
- MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
Show all 81 committees
- PODER PACHybrid PAC$4,000.00
- LATINO VICTORY FUNDHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- UNITE AMERICAHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- WAY TO LEAD PACHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- EQUALITY PACPAC$2,500.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$2,000.00
- MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HOBBS STRAUS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY DEFENSE PACPAC$2,000.00
- DEB HAALAND FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FAIR GAME PACPAC$2,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,868.00
- LOUISIANIANS FOR AMERICAN SECURITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,500.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC - A FUND FOR A HEALTHY AMERICA Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$1,500.00
- SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP FUNDLeadership PAC$1,300.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,125.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KUTAK ROCK LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TEXANS FOR HENRY CUELLAR CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$1,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VERONICA ESCOBAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SERVING OUR COUNTRY (SOC) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LUCHADORA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$610.00
- PROMISE PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$12.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Teresa Leger$826,574.91
- Independent expenditures opposing Teresa Leger$300,750.00
- Company and union communications to members about Teresa Leger$83.35
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- CHC BOLD PACSupporting$464,951.00
- WOMEN VOTE!Supporting$344,933.00
- LATINO VICTORY FUNDSupporting$16,616.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$59.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
New Mexico U.S. House, District 3, 2020 · 13 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Leger (D) | $2,305,077.63 | $161,470.49 | 2020-12-31 |
| Ben R Lujan (D) | $9,295,577.60 | $79,323.45 | 2020-12-31 |
| Marco Serna (D) | $723,723.15 | $4,649.14 | 2020-07-15 |
| John Blair (D) | $426,865.98 | $2,256.18 | 2020-12-31 |
| Joseph Louis Sanchez (D) | $204,201.55 | $951.98 | 2020-09-30 |
| Alexis M Johnson (R) | $156,175.45 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| Rob Apodaca (D) | $103,762.06 | $0.00 | 2019-09-14 |
| Kyle J. Tisdel (D) | $73,455.82 | $0.00 | 2020-06-20 |
| Laura Montoya (D) | $55,093.00 | $0.00 | 2020-09-30 |
| Karen E. Bedonie (R) | $42,144.28 | $358.34 | 2020-07-06 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research & Polling Inc. | October 23–29, 2020 | 347 (LV) | ± 5.3% | Teresa Leger Fernandez 58% · Alexis Johnson 35% |
| Research & Polling Inc. | August 26 – September 2, 2020 | 301 (LV) | ± 5.6% | Teresa Leger Fernandez 50% · Alexis Johnson 35% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: TERESA FOR ALL.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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