SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (AP) -- Democrats and Republicans head to the polls Tuesday in New Mexico to decide primary election races for statewide, legislative and local offices, including a bruising and costly five-way contest for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
The winner of the Republican race for governor will take on Democrat Diane Denish in the November general election.
Denish, the lieutenant governor since 2003, is unopposed on the Democratic ballot.
There's a crowded field of candidates for lieutenant governor - five Democrats and three Republicans. Land commissioner races feature three Democrats and two Republicans. There are contested races for three seats on the Public Regulation Commission.
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