Category: State Election Denier (defeated 2022 secretary of state candidate)
Role: 2022 GOP nominee for New Mexico Secretary of State
Priority: P1 (State-level election denial)

Role

Audrey Trujillo was the 2022 Republican candidate for New Mexico Secretary of State, running against incumbent Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver. She was endorsed by Donald Trump but lost decisively in the general election.

Background

Trujillo ran on an “election integrity” platform but promoted numerous conspiracy theories beyond election denial, including claims about clones, staged school shootings, and abortion plots.

Documented Actions

1. Election Denial Based on “Trump Signs and Convoys” (2022)

Evidence: Trujillo promoted false claims about the 2020 election. She appeared on Steve Bannon’s podcast in June 2022, claiming Trump won the election based on seeing Trump signs and convoys in New Mexico rather than Biden signs. She told the Albuquerque Journal she questioned how Trump could have lost in 2020 and called some aspects of elections in New Mexico “corrupt,” though she stated she was “not an election denier.”

SourceSource New Mexico, “Experts alarmed by GOP secretary of state candidate’s conspiracy theorizing in NM,” October 4, 2022; Ballotpedia, “New Mexico Secretary of State election, 2022”This reasoning—rejecting election results based on yard signs rather than actual votes—represents an extreme form of denial disconnected from democratic processes.

Pattern: Election denial based on anecdotal observations rather than vote counts

2. Conspiracy Theory Platform: Clones, False Flags, Abortion Plots (2022)

Evidence: Beyond election claims, Trujillo embraced numerous conspiracy theories, including:

• President Biden was replaced by a clone
• School shootings were staged by the “deep state” to push gun control
• Legalized abortion was a plot targeting Black and Hispanic communities

She also shared an antisemitic meme about vaccines, later claiming her account was hacked.

SourceSource New Mexico, “Experts alarmed by GOP secretary of state candidate’s conspiracy theorizing in NM,” October 4, 2022These conspiracy theories demonstrate a pattern of reality disconnection that would have been disastrous if she had gained control over New Mexico election administration.

Pattern: Multiple conspiracy theories; disconnection from reality

3. Voter Suppression Proposals (2022)

SourceLas Cruces Sun-News, “New Mexico Secretary of State contest turns to election confidence,” September 27, 2022Evidence: Trujillo’s campaign focused on what she called “election integrity” and proposed changes like clearing voter rolls and limiting absentee voting. These proposals would have disproportionately affected Native American voters in New Mexico, who rely heavily on absentee voting due to geographic distance from polling places.

Pattern: Voter suppression targeting Native American communities

4. Defeated by 12-Point Margin (November 2022)

SourceBallotpedia, “New Mexico Secretary of State election, 2022”Evidence: In the November 8, 2022 general election, Toulouse Oliver defeated Trujillo decisively with 54.5% of the vote compared to Trujillo’s 42.6%. Trujillo trailed significantly in fundraising, with $63,852 compared to Toulouse Oliver’s $466,231.

Pattern: Election denier decisively defeated; prevented from controlling state elections

Pattern Analysis

This profile documents election denial, multiple conspiracy theories, antisemitic content, and voter suppression targeting Native Americans—within the scope of the public-corruption-ombudsman skill.

Related profiles: jim-marchant-profile (Nevada election denier), kim-crockett-profile (Minnesota conspiracy theories)

Related skills: fourteenth-amendment-legal-expert (equal protection for Native American voters), fifth-amendment-legal-expert (due process in election certification)

Severity Assessment

Immediate harm: Moderate (defeated; did not gain election control)
Democratic erosion: High — Multiple conspiracy theories; deep reality disconnection
Authoritarian marker: Clone conspiracy theories; false flag school shootings; election denial

Accountability Status

Current status: Defeated (not in office)

Legal exposure: None documented

Public accountability:

• New Mexico voters rejected Trujillo by 12-point margin
• Conspiracy theory platform condemned by experts

Cross-References

Skills: public-corruption-ombudsman, fourteenth-amendment-legal-expert, fifth-amendment-legal-expert
Related profiles: jim-marchant-profile, kim-crockett-profile
Topics: Election denial, New Mexico secretary of state, conspiracy theories, Biden clone, deep state, false flag school shootings, antisemitic memes, voter roll purges, absentee voting restrictions, Native American voter suppression

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For Trump Supporters: Questions Worth Considering

Trujillo claimed Trump won the 2020 election because she saw more Trump signs and convoys in New Mexico than Biden signs. She promoted the theory that President Biden had been replaced by a clone. She claimed school shootings were staged by the deep state to push gun control. She shared an antisemitic vaccine meme, then claimed her account was hacked. She proposed voter roll purges and restricting absentee voting that would have disproportionately affected Native American voters who depend on mail voting due to geographic distance from polling places. Trump endorsed her. She went unopposed in the Republican primary. She lost the general election by 12 points.

Here’s a question worth sitting with: Trujillo concluded Trump won the 2020 election based on yard signs — not vote counts, not audits, not court findings, but signs on lawns. The Secretary of State of New Mexico administers elections for the entire state. A person who uses yard signs as evidence about electoral outcomes was the Republican nominee for the office that certifies those outcomes. New Mexico voters rejected her by 12 points. The question for any Trump supporter who cares about election integrity: what does it mean for the credibility of “election integrity” concerns when those concerns are advanced by a candidate who believes Biden was a clone and school shootings were staged?

Sources

1. Source New Mexico, “Experts alarmed by GOP secretary of state candidate’s conspiracy theorizing in NM,” October 4, 2022. https://sourcenm.com/2022/10/04/experts-alarmed-by-gop-secretary-of-state-candidates-conspiracy-theorizing-in-nm/
2. Ballotpedia, “New Mexico Secretary of State election, 2022.” https://ballotpedia.org/New_Mexico_Secretary_of_State_election,_2022
3. Las Cruces Sun-News, “New Mexico Secretary of State contest turns to election confidence,” September 27, 2022. https://lcsun-news.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/09/27/new-mexico-secretary-of-state-contest-turns-to-election-confidence/69519699007/

Last Updated: May 11, 2026
Profile Status: Defeated candidate; monitoring for future election activity
Next Review: Annually