DemocratNo state or federal office heldLost the 2016 general

Merrie Lee Soules

Ran in 1 election in 2016.

Last margin
−25.5
Lost 2016
Elections
1
2016

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records

Every race Soules has run

Margin: how far Soules finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMarginRaised
2016U.S. House, NM-2GeneralLostStevan Pearce (R)37.2%R+25.5$405.4K

Source: 99chambers results archive

Money

Soules’s campaign fundraising.

Raised, 2015–16
$405.4K

Source: FEC filings through Dec 31, 2016Updated Oct 8, 2026, 10:37 AM ET

In the polls

Included in 2 polls; Soules’s best result was 32% (New Mexico's 2nd District, 2016).

Soules’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

Who Soules has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Soules

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FEC