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NEW MEXICO JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS RETAINING TWO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, ONE COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE, 30 DISTRICT COURT JUDGES AND EIGHT METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGES IN 2026 GENERAL ELECTION Commission also releases biographical information on two District Court judges it has not had sufficient time to evaluate FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 18, 2026 ALBUQUERQUE

NEW MEXICO JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDS RETAINING ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, THREE COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, 24 DISTRICT COURT JUDGES AND SEVEN METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGES IN 2024 GENERAL ELECTION Commission also releases biographical information on District Court judges it has not had sufficient time to evaluate. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 13, 2024 ALBUQUERQUE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 5, 2024 WHO: The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC), a nonpartisan volunteer commission created by the New Mexico Supreme Court to evaluate the performance of judges and justices and make recommendations to voters on whether they should be retained. WHAT: JPEC’s release to the public of its evaluations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 15, 2024 SANTA FE–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has appointed Stacy Blazer-Clark of Las Cruces and Richard R. Carbajal, Sr. of Belen as its newest members. Blazer-Clark is the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs Statewide SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Director. In that position, she

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 21, 2024 SANTA FE–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has appointed the Honorable Alan M. Malott, a retired district court judge, as its newest member. Judge Malott has practiced law for nearly 45 years in New Mexico. He served as a District Court Judge in the 2nd Judicial

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 9, 2024 SANTA FE–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has appointed Gregory Gaudette, an attorney in Los Lunas, as its newest member. Gaudette has owned his own legal practice in Los Lunas for 25 years and specializes in criminal defense. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 13, 2023 SANTA FE–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has appointed veteran law enforcement officer Phillip Francisco as its newest member. Francisco, who has more than 24 years of law enforcement experience, currently serves as chief of police in Bloomfield, New Mexico. His prior experience includes more than

When You Vote This Year, Vote all the Way through Your Ballot By Denise Torres, Chair New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission On this year’s ballot you will see two statewide judicial retention races. Senior Justice Michael E. Vigil is standing for retention to serve another term on the New Mexico Supreme Court and Judge