2023 in New Mexico
The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in New Mexico.
Incumbents
State government
Events
- January 16 –Solomon Peña, a former Republican candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives, is arrested by SWAT officers for his role in the shootings of at least four New Mexico Democratic politicians' houses.
- May 15 – 2023 Farmington, New Mexico shooting: Three civilians are killed and two police officers are injured in a mass shooting in Farmington. The shooter is killed by police.
- June 29 – Virgin Galactic successfully launches Galactic 01, its first private spaceflight, from Spaceport America.
- September 7 – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signs an emergency order banning firearms in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County for 30 days. A judge blocks the order six days later, citing the Second Amendment.
- October 7 – Research into the White Sands fossil footprints reveals that human settlement in North America may have originated earlier than previously assumed.