Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Darshan Patel

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · New Mexico District 2
Filing address
Albuquerque, NM (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
PATEL, DARSHAN DR.
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Mexico with the 2022 district highlighted

New Mexico, District 2

DemocraticU.S. House · New Mexico District 2ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H2NM02217 · Principal campaign committee: PATEL FOR NEW MEXICO

Total raised$67,900.03
Total spent$65,668.66
Cash on hand$2,231.37
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through June 30, 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: $60,427.00PACs and other committees: $7,022.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $451.03
  • Individual contributions$60,427.0089%
  • PACs and other committees$7,022.0010%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$451.031%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

3 committees reported giving $7,000.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Darshan Patel$79,129.84
  • Independent expenditures opposing Darshan Patel$0.00

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

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: PATEL FOR NEW MEXICO.
  • 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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