Gregg Hull says his campaign is built at home. Deb Haaland says she has more New Mexico donors than anyone. A line-by-line count of both campaigns' state filings shows both are right, and shows how different the two campaigns are.
The New Mexico Inquirer counted every contribution line in the First and Second General Reports that Hull for New Mexico and Deb for New Mexico filed with the Secretary of State, covering June 28 through Oct. 5. Both were counted the same way.
The numbers, side by side
Hull | Haaland | |
|---|---|---|
Monetary contributions | 3,322 | 109,029 |
Total raised | $1,587,250.69 | $5,366,875.92 |
Contributions from NM addresses | 3,258 (98.1%) | 19,180 (17.6%) |
Dollars from NM addresses | $1,524,235.65 (96.0%) | $2,125,623.65 (39.6%) |
Average contribution | $477.80 | $49.22 |
Contributions under $100 | 42.3% | 93.7% |
Donors at the $12,400 maximum | 30, for $372,000 | 71, for $880,400 |
Share of money from maximum donors | 23.4% | 16.4% |
Contributions with no contributor named | None | 4, for $34,000 |
Where both claims land
Hull's claim holds. Nearly every contribution, and 96 cents of every dollar, came from a New Mexico address. His campaign told the Inquirer that more than 95% of the mayor's donors come from New Mexico across the whole campaign.
Haaland's claim holds too. She has almost six times as many New Mexico contributions as Hull, and $601,388 more in New Mexico money. Most of her money still comes from elsewhere: 60% of her dollars came from out-of-state addresses.
Both are true at once. Haaland raised more money from New Mexicans than Hull did, and she raised far more from everyone else.
Small checks and big ones
Haaland's campaign runs on small contributions. Her average is under $50, and more than nine in ten checks are under $100.
Hull's runs on fewer, larger ones. His average is nearly ten times hers, and the 30 donors who gave the maximum supplied almost a quarter of his money.
Haaland has more maximum donors in raw numbers, 71 to 30, because her campaign is so much larger. As a share of her money, they matter less.
Oil and gas
Measured the way the Inquirer measured Hull, counting only contributors whose names identify them as oil, gas or petroleum businesses:
Hull: $47,200 from five companies, all with New Mexico addresses.
Haaland: $29,800 from Occidental Petroleum, New Mexico Gas Company and Southwest Gas. Two of the three have out-of-state addresses.
That test misses major producers whose names don't say "oil." Haaland's filings also include ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Permian Resources and Energy Transfer, adding $42,200, every dollar from Texas and Oklahoma addresses. That brings her energy total to $72,000. Hull's filings include several Yates-named entities and ABO Royalty, but the Inquirer has not confirmed their business.
The four unnamed contributions
Hull's reports name every contributor. Haaland's include four contributions totaling $34,000 that list no name and no address, labeled only "Political Committee." The Inquirer could not determine whether the names were left out of the campaign's filing or dropped when the state's system printed the reports.
How we reported this: The Inquirer downloaded both campaigns' First and Second General Reports from the Secretary of State's Campaign Finance Information System on Oct. 21, 2026, and extracted every monetary contribution with the same method. Our totals match each report's summary page, except Haaland's First General Report, where ours runs $250 high. Counts are transactions, not unique donors, and exclude refunds, in-kind contributions, bank interest and vendor credits. "New Mexico" means the address on the filing. Industry labels are limited to company names, well-known companies and what the filings state. These findings were sent to both campaigns on Oct. 21; questions on the unnamed contributions went to the Secretary of State's Office and the State Ethics Commission, and questions on energy contributions went to ConocoPhillips, Devon and Occidental. As of Oct. 26, none had responded; responses will be added as dated updates. We are looking for anyone who can identify the four unnamed committees or describe the business of the Yates-named entities. Corrections and tips: [email protected] or 505-932-9060.