Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Teresa Leger Fernandez

Official portrait of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
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 FERNANDEZ, TERESA
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Mexico with the current district highlighted

New Mexico, District 3

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · New Mexico District 3IncumbentWon the general election (58.2%)

FEC candidate ID H0NM03102 · Principal campaign committee: TERESA FOR ALL

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Mexico District 3$1,578,389.15General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New Mexico District 3$2,123,599.55General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Mexico District 3$3,130,245.38Won the general election (58.2%)
2019–2020U.S. House · New Mexico District 3$2,305,077.63Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$3,130,245.38
Total spent$3,257,592.84
Cash on hand$34,123.03
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $2,428,389.42PACs and other committees: $598,785.00Party committees: $6,390.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $82,817.91Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $13,863.05
  • Individual contributions$2,428,389.4278%
  • PACs and other committees$598,785.0019%
  • Party committees$6,390.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$82,817.913%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$13,863.050%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

179 committees reported giving $586,578.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Teresa Leger Fernandez$220,044.67
  • Independent expenditures opposing Teresa Leger Fernandez$9,099.60
  • Company and union communications to members about Teresa Leger Fernandez$10,694.81

FEC totals for the 2022 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.

The race

New Mexico U.S. House, District 3, 2022 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)$3,130,245.38$34,123.032022-12-31
Alexis Martinez Johnson (R)$303,535.55$2,351.052022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DApril 27, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DAugust 25, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DApril 27, 2022
  • PoliticoLean DApril 18, 2022
  • RCPLean DNovember 1, 2022
  • Fox NewsLikely DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQLikely DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid DSeptember 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe DNovember 7, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Emerson CollegeOctober 25–28, 2022326 (LV)± 5.4%Teresa Leger Fernandez 53% · Alexis Martinez Johnson 40%
Research & Polling Inc.October 20–27, 2022410 (LV)± 4.8%Teresa Leger Fernandez 53% · Alexis Martinez Johnson 35%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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