Federal candidate · 2023–2024 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 FERNANDEZ, TERESA
- Next election
- Primary June 4, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (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$2,123,599.55
Total spent$1,748,502.00
Cash on hand$407,925.57
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$1,720,654.6381%
- PACs and other committees$344,450.0016%
- Party committees$53.210%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$48,975.002%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$9,466.710%
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
100 committees reported giving $340,278.00 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.
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS GROUP - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$9,750.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENConnected PAC$9,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$7,500.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$6,500.00
- LA BAMBA PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected 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 EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
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- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TURQUOISE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MEDICARE FOR ALLLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- HOBBS STRAUS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY DEFENSE PACPAC$3,300.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CAP-PAC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ARCTIC SLOPE REGIONAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASRC PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- NO VOTE LEFT BEHIND PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- TAKE BACK THE HOUSE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,010.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HIIPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- INVENERGY LLC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- MARK TAKANO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THELeadership PAC$1,500.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,500.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,018.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- XCEL ENERGY EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (XPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POWERS, PYLES, SUTTER & VERVILLE PC PACPAC$1,000.00
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- US ONCOLOGY INC. NETWORK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- VIBE PAC (VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING EMPOWERING)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JOE NEGUSE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- SARA JACOBS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ACTION FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHUTZ PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- BARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- CHENEGA CORPORATION PAC (CHENEGA PAC)PAC$500.00
- PRESERVATION ACTION PACPAC$500.00
- FARMERS EDUCATIONAL & COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA ROCKY MTN DIVISION RURAL PACConnected PAC$200.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Teresa Leger Fernandez$2,793.50
- Independent expenditures opposing Teresa Leger Fernandez$0.00
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PACSupporting$2,258.00
- PROGRESSNOW NEW MEXICOSupporting$416.00
- GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSupporting$107.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
New Mexico U.S. House, District 3, 2024 · 2 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) | $2,123,599.55 | $407,925.57 | 2024-12-31 |
| Sharon Clahchischilliage (R) | $87,912.28 | $514.23 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research & Polling Inc. | October 10–18, 2024 | 344 (LV) | ± 5.3% | Teresa Leger Fernandez 52% · Sharon Clahchischilliage 35% |
| Emerson College | August 20–22, 2024 | 339 (RV) | ± 5.3% | Teresa Leger Fernandez 52% · Sharon Clahchischilliage 39% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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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