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.
See main article: 2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election.
Incumbent Republican governor Susana Martinez was term-limited and could not run for election to a third consecutive term.
| Election Name: | New Mexico Attorney General election, 2018 |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | New Mexico elections, 2014#Attorney General |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 New Mexico Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | Hector Balderas |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 427,583 |
| Percentage1: | 61.8% |
| Nominee2: | Michael Hendricks |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 231,296 |
| Percentage2: | 33.4% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Hector Balderas |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Hector Balderas |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent Democratic attorney general Hector Balderas ran for re-election to a second term.[1]
| 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% | align=center | 61% | 34% | 3% | 3% | |
| Global Strategy Group (D) | August 27–30, 2018 | 601 | ± 4.0% | align=center | 51% | 30% | 7% | 12% | |
| Carroll Strategies | June 15–16, 2018 | 1,199 | ± 2.8% | align=center | 55% | 33% | 5% | 7% |
| Election Name: | New Mexico Secretary of State election, 2018 |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 New Mexico elections#Secretary of State (special election) |
| Previous Year: | 2016 (special) |
| Next Election: | 2022 New Mexico Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | Maggie Toulouse Oliver |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 399,134 |
| Percentage1: | 57.8% |
| Nominee2: | Gavin Clarkson |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 257,306 |
| Percentage2: | 37.2% |
| Nominee3: | Ginger Grider |
| Party3: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 34,527 |
| Percentage3: | 5.0% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Secretary of States | |
| Before Election: | Maggie Toulouse Oliver |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Maggie Toulouse Oliver |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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]
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]
Jeff was replaced as the Libertarian nominee by Ginger Grider after withdrawing from the race.
| Election Name: | New Mexico Treasurer election, 2018 |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | New Mexico elections, 2014#Treasurer |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2022 New Mexico State Treasurer election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | Tim Eichenberg |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 394,780 |
| Percentage1: | 57.9% |
| Nominee2: | Arthur Castillo |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 286,822 |
| Percentage2: | 42.1% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Tim Eichenberg |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tim Eichenberg |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Tim Eichenberg ran for re-election to a second term.
| 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% | align=center | 52% | 40% | 9% | |
| Carroll Strategies | June 15–16, 2018 | 1,199 | ± 2.8% | align=center | 47% | 37% | 16% |
| Election Name: | New Mexico Auditor election, 2018 |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | New Mexico elections, 2014#Auditor |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2022 New Mexico State Auditor election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | Brian Colón |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 395,714 |
| Percentage1: | 57.6% |
| Nominee2: | Wayne Johnson |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 291,714 |
| Percentage2: | 42.4% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Auditor | |
| Before Election: | Wayne Johnson |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Brian Colón |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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.[12]
| 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% | align=center | 50% | 45% | 5% | |
| Carroll Strategies | June 15–16, 2018 | 1,199 | ± 2.8% | align=center | 50% | 38% | 12% |
| Election Name: | New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands election, 2018 |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | New Mexico elections, 2014#Commissioner of Public Lands |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2022 New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 2018 |
| Nominee1: | Stephanie Garcia Richard |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 352,335 |
| Percentage1: | 51.1% |
| Nominee2: | Patrick H. Lyons |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 297,379 |
| Percentage2: | 43.1% |
| Nominee3: | Michael Lucero |
| Party3: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 39,791 |
| Percentage3: | 5.8% |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Commissioner | |
| Before Election: | Aubrey Dunn Jr. |
| Before Party: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Stephanie Garcia Richard |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent Libertarian Commissioner of Public Lands Aubrey Dunn Jr. is not running for re-election to a second term in office.
| 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% | align=center | 49% | 3% | 3% | |
| Carroll Strategies | June 15–16, 2018 | 1,199 | ± 2.8% | align=center | 44% | 41% | 5% | 9% |
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.[17]
District 4 Democratic incumbent Lynda Lovejoy and District 5 Democratic incumbent Sandy R. Jones were eligible to run for re-election.
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.
Incumbent Gary L. Clingman was appointed by Governor Susana Martinez on April 6, 2018[19] after Justice Edward L. Chávez retired.[20] Justice Clingman ran for re-election to finish the remainder of Justice Chavez's term, ending in 2022.
See main article: 2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election. 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.
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 were in 2020.
See main article: 2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich was re-elected to a second term.[21]
See main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico.
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.