| Election Name: | 2022 New Mexico elections |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 New Mexico elections |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2024 New Mexico elections |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Registered: | 1,364,559 |
| Turnout: | 52.38%[1] |
A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Mexico on November 8, 2022.
See main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico.
| District | Incumbent | Candidates[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 2022 PVI[3] | Member | Party | First elected | Status | |||
| Melanie Stansbury | 2021 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
| ||||
| Yvette Herrell | 2020 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic gain. | nowrap |
| ||||
| Teresa Leger Fernandez | 2020 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
| ||||
See main article: 2022 New Mexico gubernatorial election.
Incumbent governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ran for reelection to a second term.[4] She defeated the Republican candidate, former TV meteorologist Mark Ronchetti, with 52.0% of the vote.[5]
See main article: 2022 New Mexico Attorney General election.
Incumbent attorney general Hector Balderas was term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection. Democrat Raúl Torrez, the Bernalillo County District Attorney, defeated Republican Jeremy Gay, a U.S. Marine veteran, in the general election with 55.3% of the vote.[5]
See main article: 2022 New Mexico Secretary of State election.
Incumbent secretary of state Maggie Toulouse Oliver sought reelection to a second term. She defeated Republican Audrey Trujillo with 54.5% of the vote.[5]
See main article: 2022 New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands election. Incumbent Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard sought reelection to a second term. She defeated Republican Jefferson Byrd, a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, with 54.7% of the vote.[5]
See main article: 2022 New Mexico State Treasurer election. Incumbent Treasurer Tim Eichenberg was term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection. Democrat Laura Montoya defeated Republican Harry Montoya with 53.2% of the vote.[5]
See main article: 2022 New Mexico State Auditor election.
Incumbent Auditor Brian Colón did not seek reelection and instead opted to run for attorney general.[6] Democrat Joseph Maestas defeated Libertarian candidate Travis Sanchez with 61.9% of the vote.[5]
See main article: 2022 New Mexico House of Representatives election.
All of the seats of the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2022.
| +colspan=5 | House of Representatives | |||||
| Party | Before | After | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 45 | 45 | ||||
| Republican | 24 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 70 | 70 | ||||
Incumbent justice Julie Vargas was appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court on December 19, 2020[7] after the retirement of Justice Judith Nakamura.[8] Justice Vargas ran for re-election to complete the remainder of Justice Nakamura's term ending in 2028.
Incumbent justice Briana Zamora was appointed to the court on July 15, 2021[9] after Justice Barbara J. Vigil retired.[10] Justice Zamora ran for reelection to complete the remainder of Justice Barbara Vigil's term, ending in 2024.
Justice Michael Vigil faced a retention election for a full 8-year term.
Incumbent Judge Gerald Baca was appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals on March 19, 2021, due to the elevation of Judge Julie J. Vargas to the Supreme Court.[11] Judge Baca ran for reelection to a full 8-year term.
Incumbent Judge Katherine Anne Wray was appointed on September 23, 2021, to a vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Briana Zamora to the Supreme Court.[12] Judge Wray ran for reelection to a full 8-year term.
Judge Jane Yohalem faced a retention election for a full 8-year term.