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New Mexico House Rep. Joseph Hernandez, D-Shiprock, has announced he will not seek reelection after a police report and witnesses implicated him in an apparently alcohol-fueled public nudity episode at a Chicago hotel last month.

Hernandez released a statement at 4 p.m. Tuesday announcing he was dropping out of the contested race, which decides who will represent parts of San Juan County, Farmington and a swath of Navajo Nation in the New Mexico House of Representatives.

鈥淎fter careful consideration, I have made the difficult decision to withdraw my candidacy from the upcoming general election,鈥� Hernandez said. 鈥淎t this time, I believe the best decision for me and those I love is to focus on my health and my family, while continuing to serve the community that entrusted me with this office through the remainder of my term.鈥�

A state Democratic Party spokesman confirmed that former state Rep. Anthony Allison has been nominated to replace Hernandez on the ballot. If the San Juan County clerk approves, Allison will face off with Republican candidate Heather Ellison in the November general.

Hernandez鈥檚 announcement fell on the last day of the 70-day deadline for a candidate to withdraw from the ballot before a general election, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State鈥檚 website.

Democratic House Speaker Javier Mart铆nez said in a statement Monday that the party was 鈥渧ery disappointed in what transpired in Chicago.鈥� The party wanted to 鈥渕ake sure that Representative Hernandez gets the help he needs to show up as the best version of himself for his family and community,鈥� Mart铆nez added.

A fundraiser for Hernandez鈥檚 campaign in Farmington was canceled on Monday after the representative issued an apology in the wake of a Journal investigation revealing details of the incident on Sunday.

An incident report from Chicago Police Department and two eyewitnesses who spoke to the Journal alleged that the 38-year-old House member was 鈥渞unning around naked鈥� and 鈥渂anging and knocking on other guests鈥� doors鈥� on the 17th floor of the Holiday Inn at Wolf Point early the morning of July 29.

Hernandez initially said little when asked about the incident, referring to a 鈥渘egative experience鈥� with security and police. He claimed the encounter was 鈥渙ver quickly鈥� after he found new accommodations in the Windy City.

While the heavily redacted police report didn鈥檛 name Hernandez, it provided descriptors that matched his age and likeness. The eyewitnesses, who spoke to the Journal on the condition of anonymity to protect their employment, said they were certain the representative was the suspect in question.

They also accused Hernandez of pushing a staff member who responded to the incident and alleged the representative had 鈥減assed out鈥� on a couch in the hotel lobby on another night during his stay, leading Holiday Inn staff to call security.

The incident report indicates that police officers who responded to the hotel helped Hernandez collect his belongings from his room and escorted him from the premises, but for reasons that remain unclear, police did not file charges.

While dispatchers originally classified the call as a report of a 鈥渟ex offense,鈥� officers listed the roughly 2-hour incident as a 鈥渃riminal trespass,鈥� marking the episode as 鈥渃leared closed (other exceptional).鈥�

In his statement on Monday, Hernandez said he has 鈥渃hallenges with alcohol鈥� and seemed to leave open the possibility that he would still face Ellison come November.

Hernandez's decision to drop his reelection bid marks the latest in a string of alcohol-related incidents involving New Mexico legislators.

Former Democratic state Rep. Georgene Louis of Albuquerque also did not seek reelection after being arrested by Santa Fe police in the final days of the 2022 legislative session.

Four years earlier, former Rep. Monica Youngblood, R-Albuquerque, did run for reelection after being convicted of aggravated DWI in 2018 was defeated in that year's general election.

Former state Sen. Richard Martinez, an Espa帽ola Democrat, was also defeated in 2020 after being convicted a year earlier of reckless driving and driving while intoxicated.

Martinez was arrested after plowing into the back of a car waiting at a stoplight in Espa帽ola.

Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Boyd contributed to this report.

John Miller is the Journal鈥檚 northern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at jmiller@abqjournal.com.