Three Republicans — Aubrey Blair Dunn, state Sen. David Gallegos (R-Eunice) and Manuel “Manny” Lardizabal — are running to become lieutenant governor, where they’d preside over a Democratic-majority Senate, pictured above Oct. 2, 2025. (Patrick Lohmann/Source NM)Three Republicans are vying in the state’s lieutenant governor primary, the winner of which will join a ticket seeking to take control of New Mexico’s executive branch for the first time…