Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Gabe Vasquez

Official portrait of Gabe Vasquez
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for New Mexico’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Las Cruces, NM
Born
1984
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
VASQUEZ, GABRIEL
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 2

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

DemocraticU.S. House · New Mexico District 2ChallengerWon the general election (49.6%)

FEC candidate ID H2NM02191 · Principal campaign committee: GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Mexico District 2$5,259,751.17General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New Mexico District 2$7,040,626.00General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Mexico District 2$3,687,697.99Won the general election (49.6%)
Total raised$3,687,697.99
Total spent$3,664,921.26
Cash on hand$22,776.73
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: $3,059,190.58PACs and other committees: $414,715.30Party committees: $10,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $400.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $203,261.08Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $131.03
  • Individual contributions$3,059,190.5883%
  • PACs and other committees$414,715.3011%
  • Party committees$10,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$400.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$203,261.086%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$131.030%

Self-funding: $400.00 (0% of money raised): $400.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

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

118 committees reported giving $399,841.00 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 Gabriel Vasquez$820,483.52
  • Independent expenditures opposing Gabriel Vasquez$6,153,888.96
  • Electioneering communications naming Gabriel Vasquez$62,500.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Gabriel Vasquez$22,345.81

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 2, 2022 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Gabriel Vasquez (D)$3,687,697.99$22,776.732022-12-31
Stella Yvette Herrell (R)$4,431,274.96$107,106.162022-12-31
Darshan Patel (D)$67,900.03$2,231.372022-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean ROctober 26, 2022
  • RCPLean RJune 9, 2022
  • DDHQLikely RNovember 1, 2022
  • 538Likely RNovember 1, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Emerson CollegeOctober 25–28, 2022302 (LV)± 5.6%Yvette Herrell 54% · Gabe Vasquez 41%
Research & Polling Inc.October 20–27, 2022410 (LV)± 4.8%Yvette Herrell 45% · Gabe Vasquez 47%
Siena College/New York TimesOctober 20–24, 2022398 (LV)± 5.5%Yvette Herrell 47% · Gabe Vasquez 48%
Global Strategy Group (D)September 20–26, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Yvette Herrell 43% · Gabe Vasquez 45%
Global Strategy Group (D)July 19–25, 2022500 (LV)± 4.9%Yvette Herrell 44% · Gabe Vasquez 45%
GBAO (D)October 9, 2022––Generic Republican 46% · Generic Democrat 49%

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: GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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