Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Stella Yvette Herrell

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · New Mexico District 2
Filing address
Alamogordo, NM (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HERRELL, STELLA YVETTE
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Mexico with the 2020 district highlighted

New Mexico, District 2

RepublicanU.S. House · New Mexico District 2ChallengerWon the general election (53.7%)

FEC candidate ID H8NM02156 · Principal campaign committee: YVETTE4CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2023–2024U.S. House · New Mexico District 2$4,475,628.35General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Mexico District 2$4,431,274.96General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · New Mexico District 2$2,868,121.64Won the general election (53.7%)
Total raised$2,868,121.64
Total spent$2,984,195.58
Cash on hand$54,544.11
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$25,000.00

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: $2,317,900.29PACs and other committees: $363,708.77Party committees: $8,900.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $30,400.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $146,104.65Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,107.93
  • Individual contributions$2,317,900.2981%
  • PACs and other committees$363,708.7713%
  • Party committees$8,900.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$30,400.001%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$146,104.655%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,107.930%

Self-funding: $30,400.00 (1% of money raised): $5,400.00 given and $25,000.00 lent by the candidate. $25,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

120 committees reported giving $441,119.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Stella Yvette Herrell$1,394,462.45
  • Independent expenditures opposing Stella Yvette Herrell$10,356,991.62
  • Company and union communications to members about Stella Yvette Herrell$1,038.77

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.

The race

New Mexico U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Stella Yvette Herrell (R)$2,868,121.64$54,544.112020-12-31
Xochitl Torres Small (D)$8,479,218.21$16,717.802020-12-31
Claire Chase (R)$1,387,188.55$11,260.162020-12-31
Chris Mathys (R)$316,132.00$100.002020-12-31
Steve Jones (I)$9,404.50−$100.002020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DNovember 2, 2020
  • NiskanenLean DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Research & Polling Inc.October 23–29, 2020403 (LV)± 4.9%Xochitl Torres Small 46% · Yvette Herrell 48%
Strategies 360 (D)October 16–20, 2020406 (LV)± 4.9%Xochitl Torres Small 47% · Yvette Herrell 46%
The Tarrance Group (R)September 26–29, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Xochitl Torres Small 47% · Yvette Herrell 48%
Research & Polling Inc.August 26 – September 2, 2020418 (LV)± 4.8%Xochitl Torres Small 47% · Yvette Herrell 45%
The Tarrance Group (R)July 7–9, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Xochitl Torres Small 46% · Yvette Herrell 46%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)December 18–19, 2019400 (LV)± 4.9%Xochitl Torres Small 46% · Yvette Herrell 48%

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: YVETTE4CONGRESS.
  • 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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