2018 New Mexico elections

New Mexico Treasurer election, 2018
	County results; Eichenberg: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Castillo: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Treasurer before election; Tim Eichenberg; Democratic	Elected Treasurer ; Tim Eichenberg; Democratic

New Mexico Secretary of State election, 2018
	County results; Oliver: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Clarkson: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
Secretary of States before election; Maggie Toulouse Oliver; Democratic	Elected Secretary of States ; Maggie Toulouse Oliver; Democratic

New Mexico Attorney General election, 2018
	County results; Balderas: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Hendricks: 40-50% 50–60% 60–70%
Attorney General before election; Hector Balderas; Democratic	Elected Attorney General ; Hector Balderas; Democratic

A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Mexico on November 6, 2018. All of New Mexico's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of New Mexico's three seats in the United States House of Representatives.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Susana Martinez was term-limited and could not run for election to a third consecutive term.

Results

New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Lujan Grisham/Howie Morales	396,603	57.2
	Republican	Steve Pearce/Michelle Holmes	297,185	42.8
Total votes			693,788	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Attorney General

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Hector Balderas ran for re-election to a second term.^[1]

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hector Balderas (incumbent)	150,515	100.0
Total votes			150,515	100.0

Republican primary

Immigration attorney Michael Hendricks ran for the Republican nomination.^[2]

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Hendricks	66,588	100.0
Total votes			66,588	100.0

Libertarian primary

A. Blair Dunn, attorney from Albuquerque and son of Public Lands Commissioner Aubrey Dunn Jr.^[3]

Results

Libertarian primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	A. Blair Dunn	608	100.0
Total votes			608	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Hector Balderas (D)	Michael Hendricks (R)	A. Blair Dunn (L)	Undecided
Carroll Strategies	October 29, 2018	1,200	± 2.8%	61%	34%	3%	3%
Global Strategy Group (D-Balderas)	August 27–30, 2018	601	± 4.0%	51%	30%	7%	12%
Carroll Strategies	June 15–16, 2018	1,199	± 2.8%	55%	33%	5%	7%

Results

New Mexico Attorney General election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hector Balderas (incumbent)	427,583	61.8
	Republican	Michael Hendricks	231,296	33.4
	Libertarian	A. Blair Dunn	32,931	4.8
Total votes			691,810	100.0
	Democratic hold

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, who was elected in the 2016 special election, ran for re-election to a full term in 2018.^[4]

For the general election, Governing magazine projected the race as "leans Democratic".^[5]

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maggie Toulouse Oliver (incumbent)	148,545	100.0
Total votes			148,545	100.0

Republican primary

After winning the primary, Cox decided to withdraw from the race. As a result, the New Mexico Republican Party chose Gavin Clarkson as their nominee.^[6]

Nominee

Gavin Clarkson, Las Cruces professor

Withdrew

JoHanna Cox, attorney^[7]

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JoHanna Cox	67,041	100.0
Total votes			67,041	100.0

Libertarian primary

Jeff was replaced as the Libertarian nominee by Ginger Grider after withdrawing from the race.

Nominee

Ginger Grider

Withdrew

Sandra Jeff^[8]

Results

Libertarian primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Sandra Jeff	604	100.0
Total votes			604	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)	Gavin Clarkson (R)	Ginger Grider (L)	Undecided
Carroll Strategies	October 29, 2018	1,200	± 2.8%	52%	40%	3%	5%

Results

New Mexico Secretary of State election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maggie Toulouse Oliver (incumbent)	399,134	57.8
	Republican	Gavin Clarkson	257,306	37.2
	Libertarian	Ginger Grider	34,527	5.0
Total votes			690,967	100.0
	Democratic hold

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Tim Eichenberg ran for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Eichenberg (incumbent)	141,227	100.0
Total votes			141,227	100.0

Republican primary

Arthur L. Castillo, former CFO for the New Mexico State Treasurer's Office^[8]^[9]

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur L. Castillo	65,813	100.0
Total votes			65,813	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Tim Eichenberg (D)	Arthur Castillo (R)	Undecided
Carroll Strategies	October 29, 2018	1,200	± 2.8%	52%	40%	9%
Carroll Strategies	June 15–16, 2018	1,199	± 2.8%	47%	37%	16%

Results

New Mexico State Treasurer election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Eichenberg (incumbent)	394,780	57.9
	Republican	Arthur L. Castillo	286,822	42.1
Total votes			681,602	100.0
	Democratic hold

State Auditor

New Mexico Auditor election, 2018

← 2016

November 6, 2018

2022 →


Nominee	Brian Colón	Wayne Johnson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	395,714	291,714
Percentage	57.6%	42.4%

County results
Colón: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Johnson: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%

Auditor before election

Wayne Johnson
Republican

Elected Auditor

Brian Colón
Democratic

After incumbent Democratic State Auditor Tim Keller was elected Mayor of Albuquerque in the 2017 mayoral election, and resigned to take office, Governor Martinez appointed Bernalillo County Commissioner Wayne Johnson (R) to be the new State Auditor.^[10]

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne A. Johnson (incumbent)	68,267	100.0
Total votes			68,267	100.0

Democratic primary

Bill McCamley,^[11] State representative
Brian Colón,^[8] former Chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian S. Colón	100,949	62.54
	Democratic	Bill McCamley	60,464	37.46
Total votes			161,413	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Brian Colón (D)	Wayne Johnson (R)	Undecided
Carroll Strategies	October 29, 2018	1,200	± 2.8%	50%	45%	5%
Carroll Strategies	June 15–16, 2018	1,199	± 2.8%	50%	38%	12%

Results

New Mexico State Auditor election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Colón	395,714	57.6
	Republican	Wayne A. Johnson (incumbent)	291,714	42.4
Total votes			687,428	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Commissioner of Public Lands

New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands election, 2018

← 2014

November 6, 2018

2022 →


Nominee	Stephanie Garcia Richard	Patrick H. Lyons	Michael Lucero
Party	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian
Popular vote	352,335	297,379	39,791
Percentage	51.1%	43.1%	5.8%

Commissioner before election

Aubrey Dunn Jr.
Libertarian

Elected Commissioner

Stephanie Garcia Richard
Democratic

Incumbent Libertarian Commissioner of Public Lands Aubrey Dunn Jr. is not running for re-election to a second term in office.

Democratic primary

Stephanie Garcia Richard,^[12] State representative
George Muñoz,^[13] State Senator
Garrett VeneKlasen,^[14] New Mexico Wildlife Federation executive director

Results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Garcia Richard	65,601	39.48
	Democratic	Garrett O. VeneKlasen	61,783	37.18
	Democratic	George K. Muñoz	38,770	23.33
Total votes			166,154	100.0

Republican primary

2nd District Public Regulation Commissioner and former Commissioner of Public Lands Pat Lyons is running for the Republican nomination.^[15]

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick H. Lyons	67,527	100.0
Total votes			67,527	100.0

Libertarian primary

Results

Libertarian primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Michael G. Lucero	608	100.0
Total votes			608	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Stephanie Garcia Richard (D)	Pat Lyons (R)	Michael Lucero (L)	Undecided
Carroll Strategies	October 29, 2018	1,200	± 2.8%	45%	49%	3%	3%
Carroll Strategies	June 15–16, 2018	1,199	± 2.8%	44%	41%	5%	9%

Results

New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Garcia Richard	352,335	51.1
	Republican	Pat Lyons	297,379	43.1
	Libertarian	Michael G. Lucero	39,791	5.8
Total votes			689,505	100.0
	Democratic gain from Libertarian

Public Regulation Commission

Three of the five seats on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission will be up for election.

District 2 Republican incumbent Pat Lyons did not run for re-election in order to run for Commissioner of Public Lands.^[15]

District 4 Democratic incumbent Lynda Lovejoy and District 5 Democratic incumbent Sandy R. Jones were eligible to run for re-election.

Public Education Commission

Five of the ten seats on the New Mexico Public Education Commission were up for election.

District 2 incumbent Republican Millie Pogna, District 3 incumbent Democrat Carmie Lynn Toulouse, District 5 incumbent Democrat James F. Conyers, District 6 incumbent Democrat Gilbert Peralta, and District 7 incumbent Democrat Patricia Gipson were eligible to run for re-election.

Supreme Court

Gary L. Clingman, appointed by Governor Susana Martinez was eligible to run for a full term.

General election

Results

New Mexico Supreme Court election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael E. Vigil	403,573	59.2
	Republican	Gary L. Clingman (incumbent)	278,502	40.8
Total votes			682,075	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Court of Appeals

New Mexico Court of Appeals election, 2018, Position 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristina Bogardus	370,314	54.6
	Republican	Stephen French (incumbent)	308,146	45.4
Total votes			678,460	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Mexico Court of Appeals election, 2018, Position 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jacqueline Medina	391,429	57.8
	Republican	Henry Bohnhoff (incumbent)	285,681	42.2
Total votes			677,110	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Mexico Court of Appeals election, 2018, Position 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Briana H. Zamora	390,971	57.8
	Republican	Emil Kiehne (incumbent)	285,554	42.2
Total votes			676,525	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Mexico Court of Appeals election, 2018, Position 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Megan Duffy	367,522	54.5
	Republican	Daniel Gallegos (incumbent)	306,814	45.5
Total votes			674,336	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

New Mexico Court of Appeals election, 2018, Position 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Attrep (incumbent)	466,482	100.0
Total votes			466,482	100.0

New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2018 Retention election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Miles Hanisee (incumbent)	382,151	69.4
	{{{party}}}	Other/Write-in votes	168,167	30.6
Total votes			550,318	100.0

https://ballotpedia.org/New_Mexico_intermediate_appellate_court_elections,_2018

New Mexico House of Representatives

In 2018, all 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Democrats have a majority in the chamber heading into the election. On election day 2018, Democrats hold 38 seats and Republicans hold 32 seats. To re-claim control, Republicans needed to net 4 seats from Democrats.

Democrats increased their majority by flipping 9 seats from Republican control. Following the 2018 election, Democrats held a 47 to 23 seat advantage over Republicans.

New Mexico State Senate

The New Mexico State Senate only holds regularly-scheduled elections every four years; therefore, no State Senate seats are up for election in 2018, but all 42 will be in 2020.

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich was re-elected to a second term.^[16]

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Heinrich (incumbent)	376,998	54.1
	Republican	Mick Rich	212,813	30.5
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	107,201	15.4
Total votes			697,012	100.0
	Democratic hold

United States House of Representatives

All of New Mexico's three seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Democrats maintained District 1 and District 3 as well as flipped District 2 from Republicans. This means that there were no Republicans representing New Mexico in the federal government following the 2018 election.

District 1

District 1 General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb Haaland	147,336	59.13
	Republican	Janice Arnold-Jones	90,507	36.32
	Libertarian	Lloyd Princeton	11,319	4.54
Total votes			249,162	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

District 2 General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xochitl Torres Small	101,489	50.93
	Republican	Yvette Herrell	97,767	49.07
Total votes			199,256	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 3

District 3 General Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján (incumbent)	155,201	63.38
	Republican	Jerald Steve McFall	76,427	31.21
	Libertarian	Christopher Manning	13,265	5.42
Total votes			244,893	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ Terrell, Steve (May 16, 2017). "Balderas to seek re-election as AG, won't run for governor". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
^ Grover, Hannah (October 31, 2017). "Immigration lawyer will challenge Attorney General Hector Balderas in 2018 election". Farmington Daily Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/three-dunns-running-for-new-mexico-s-libertarian-party-it/article_195f3f5f-c0bc-5cbe-b6fa-d548ec1de329.html
^ Reichbach, Matthew (June 20, 2017). "Toulouse Oliver will run for full term as SOS". New Mexico Political Report. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ Jacobson, Louis (4 June 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ Nott, Robert. "GOP taps candidate for secretary of state after primary winner drops out". Santa Fe New Mexican. The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
^ https://www.abqjournal.com/1120753/attorney-to-vie-for-sec-of-state.html
^ ^a ^b ^c http://krwg.org/post/full-list-new-mexico-major-party-candidates
^ http://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/election-coverage/41364-republican-arthur-l-castillo-announces-candidacy-for-new-mexico-state-treasurer
^ http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/governor-names-fellow-republican-as-state-auditor/article_05a2f2f2-d6c6-11e7-b87c-977ece00fc93.html
^ Chacón, Daniel J. (November 15, 2017). "First candidate enters race for open state auditor's seat". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ Stelnicki, Tripp (November 15, 2017). "Los Alamos legislator joins land commissioner race after Powell bows out". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ Boyd, Dan (August 8, 2017). "NM Sen. George Muñoz to run for state land boss". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ Paskus, Laura (May 26, 2017). "VeneKlasen announces State Land Office run". New Mexico Political Report. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Boyd, Dan (July 26, 2017). "Ex-land commissioner plans to try and get his job back". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ Coleman, Michael (November 10, 2016). "Who wants to be New Mexico's next governor?". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

External links

Official Attorney General campaign websites

Official Secretary of State campaign websites

Official State Treasurer campaign websites

Official State Auditor campaign websites

Official Commissioner of Public Lands campaign websites

Official Public Regulation Commission district 2 campaign websites

Official Public Regulation Commission district 5 campaign websites

[1] Terrell, Steve (May 16, 2017). "Balderas to seek re-election as AG, won't run for governor". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

[2] Grover, Hannah (October 31, 2017). "Immigration lawyer will challenge Attorney General Hector Balderas in 2018 election". Farmington Daily Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[dunn-3] ttp://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/three-dunns-running-for-new-mexico-s-libertarian-party-it/article_195f3f5f-c0bc-5cbe-b6fa-d548ec1de329.html

[4] Reichbach, Matthew (June 20, 2017). "Toulouse Oliver will run for full term as SOS". New Mexico Political Report. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[5] Jacobson, Louis (4 June 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[6] Nott, Robert. "GOP taps candidate for secretary of state after primary winner drops out". Santa Fe New Mexican. The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[7] ttps://www.abqjournal.com/1120753/attorney-to-vie-for-sec-of-state.html

[full-8] ttp://krwg.org/post/full-list-new-mexico-major-party-candidates

[9] ttp://www.grantcountybeat.com/news/election-coverage/41364-republican-arthur-l-castillo-announces-candidacy-for-new-mexico-state-treasurer

[10] ttp://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/governor-names-fellow-republican-as-state-auditor/article_05a2f2f2-d6c6-11e7-b87c-977ece00fc93.html

[11] Chacón, Daniel J. (November 15, 2017). "First candidate enters race for open state auditor's seat". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[12] Stelnicki, Tripp (November 15, 2017). "Los Alamos legislator joins land commissioner race after Powell bows out". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[13] Boyd, Dan (August 8, 2017). "NM Sen. George Muñoz to run for state land boss". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[14] Paskus, Laura (May 26, 2017). "VeneKlasen announces State Land Office run". New Mexico Political Report. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[exland-15] Boyd, Dan (July 26, 2017). "Ex-land commissioner plans to try and get his job back". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[whowants-16] Coleman, Michael (November 10, 2016). "Who wants to be New Mexico's next governor?". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

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