New Mexico Republican Mark Ronchetti won New Mexico’s GOP Senate primary, setting up a battle with Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D) in the race to replace retiring Sen. Tom UdallThomas (Tom) Stewart UdallPark Police asked to defend rationale behind clearing protesters The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden on the cusp of formally grasping the Democratic nomination Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez defeats Valerie Plame in New Mexico primary MORE (D-N.M.).
Rochetti, a former television meteorologist, beat two Republican rivals, leading with 59 percent of the vote with 42 percent of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press.
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Luján, who was elected to the House of Representatives in 2008, ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, rates the race as “Likely” Democratic.