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Candidates › NM-02 race › 2025–2026
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, NM-02
Has not served in Congress
8 priorities from cunninghamfornm.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
I sat down with farmers across southern New Mexico and I listened. One of them told me something I have not stopped thinking about. Farmers are hopeful people. They do not dwell on what happened last year. They get up and they bet on this one.
That kind of hope deserves a fighter in Congress. For too long New Mexico's growers have gotten higher costs, broken water promises, and representation that says the right things back home while its record in Washington works against this district. I am running to change that. Here is what I will fight for.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Hold Mexico to its treaty water obligations and put real pressure through the State Department.
Defend New Mexico's full share under the Rio Grande Compact and stand with the state to protect what is ours.
Invest in real infrastructure: storage, channel maintenance, and modernizing the Rio Grande Project so every acre-foot counts.
Bring the federal government to the table with the state on cloud seeding and weather modification instead of leaving New Mexico to go it alone.
Back brackish water desalination, including the research happening right here in Alamogordo, so we create new water instead of just fighting over what is left.
Put farms first. I will reject any scheme that drains agricultural water to feed data centers.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Defend New Mexico oil and gas and the thousands of jobs it supports, because that energy keeps farm costs down.
Bring down the cost of fuel, fertilizer, and inputs by defending the New Mexico energy that makes them, not policies that drive them up.
Oppose new taxes and mandates that get passed straight through to the price of food at the grocery store.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Open new export markets with our allies so New Mexico growers can sell more of what they raise.
Make trade policy work for New Mexico farmers, and make sure our growers are not undercut by foreign products on an uneven playing field.
Cut the regulations that make it harder for farmers to process, market, and sell New Mexico products through local and regional channels.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Cut the permitting and environmental red tape that delays or kills routine farm and ranch work.
Restore science and common sense to federal regulation instead of letting activists write the rules.
Protect the property rights of New Mexico farmers and ranchers from federal overreach.
Stop bureaucrats from using transmission corridors as a backdoor to seize ranch and farm land through eminent domain.
Get Mexican wolf and gray wolf management out of the hands of activists and back to the people who live with the consequences, and make sure ranchers are made whole when a federal program puts a predator on their land.
Push the Forest Service to assign vacant grazing allotments so we cut wildfire fuel, keep ranching families on the land, and let local economies work.
Keep the federal grasshopper and Mormon cricket control program funded and working, because one bad season can wipe out a grazing operation.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Keep the border secure and build on the progress we have made.
Fix and modernize the legal agricultural guest worker programs so farms have a reliable, legal workforce.
Cut the red tape and costs that make hiring legal farm labor a nightmare for New Mexico growers.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Defend New Mexico herds from screwworm, foot and mouth, and avian flu, and demand a federal response that moves at the speed of the threat instead of the speed of a bureaucracy.
Keep our ports protected and hold Mexico to the joint plan, because one infected animal crossing the line puts every operation in this district at risk.
Back the sterile fly program and the inspection protocols that stand between our cattle and disaster.
End the rural veterinarian shortage by expanding federal loan repayment so large-animal vets come back to the counties that need them most.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Fight for New Mexico's fair share by lifting up support for the specialty crops and livestock we actually grow: dairy, cattle, pecans, and chile.
Reform the federal sugar program that quietly raises grocery prices for New Mexico families.
Debate farm policy and food assistance honestly, each on its own merits, instead of burying one inside the other to force a deal.
Bring common-sense accountability and less waste to food assistance so it reaches the families who truly depend on it.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
Expand credit and support for young, beginning, and veteran farmers and ranchers getting started.
Knock down the costs and barriers that make it impossible for the next generation to break in.
Protect generational family farms from a tax code and a regulatory system that punish them for staying in business.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · cunninghamfornm.com/nmfarmersfirst
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00921791
86¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 6 reports ($2M of $2.3M). Cash on hand went from $108.3K on Dec 31, 2025 to $317.7K on Oct 14, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $171,748 | $63,425 | $108,323 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $225,697 | $130,031 | $203,988 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026 | $236,657 | $116,867 | $323,778 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $665,129 | $220,719 | $768,188 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $874,591 | $942,215 | $700,564 |
| PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026 | $142,401 | $525,217 | $317,748 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
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Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 382 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $495.1K.
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The largest of the sources is listed. In all, 2 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $16.6K.
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 82 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $215.8K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $2,527,072
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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89% of the money placed by state came from inside New Mexico: $440.3K of $495.1K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 342 contributions · 89% | $440,339 |
| 12 contributions · 5.1% | $25,402 |
| 4 contributions · 2.8% | $14,000 |
| 2 contributions · 0.9% | $4,300 |
| 1 contribution · 0.7% | $3,300 |
| 3 contributions · 0.5% | $2,500 |
| 2 contributions · 0.3% | $1,533 |
| 10 contributions · 0.3% | $1,305 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 11 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 193 contributions · 38% of ranked | $187,648 |
| Written instead of an employer · 82 contributions · 28% of ranked | $138,391 |
| Written instead of an employer · 10 contributions · 5.1% of ranked | $25,250 |
| 4 contributions · 2.8% of ranked | $14,000 |
| 3 contributions · 1.9% of ranked | $9,602 |
| 3 contributions · 1.5% of ranked | $7,287 |
| 2 contributions · 1.4% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 1.4% of ranked | $7,000 |
Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($338,719) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
The campaign also refunded $20,607 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Total itemized disbursements $832,747
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 225 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
14 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $23,541 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2 payments · 18% of all spending | $402,308 |
| 10 payments · 3.3% of all spending | $71,349 |
| 2 payments · 2.3% of all spending | $50,572 |
| 13 payments · 1.7% of all spending | $36,338 |
| 11 payments · 1.5% of all spending | $32,561 |
| 10 payments · 1.5% of all spending | $32,227 |
| 7 payments · 1% of all spending | $22,424 |
| 11 payments · 0.9% of all spending | $20,520 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 191 contributions · 38% of ranked | $187,098 |
| 16 contributions · 6.5% of ranked | $32,085 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 10 contributions · 5.1% of ranked | $25,250 |
| 11 contributions · 3.7% of ranked | $18,312 |
| 6 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $16,000 |
| 8 contributions · 3.2% of ranked | $15,800 |
| 6 contributions · 2.6% of ranked | $12,750 |
| 6 contributions · 1.9% of ranked | $9,250 |
Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($338,719) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.