2014 New Mexico gubernatorial election

The 2014 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Governor Susana Martínez successfully ran for election to a second term in office, defeating Democratic Attorney General Gary King.
This was one of nine Republican-held governorships up for election in a state that Barack Obama won in the 2012 presidential election. Unlike in most states, New Mexico's governor and lieutenant governor are elected in separate primaries. The winning candidates then run together on the same ticket. Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014.
As of, this is the last time that Republicans won a non-judicial statewide election in New Mexico, and stands as the best performance by a Republican gubernatorial candidate in New Mexico history. This is also the last time that the winner of the New Mexico gubernatorial election won a majority of counties.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Susana Martínez, incumbent governor

Declined

Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico, businessman and Libertarian Party [Gary Johnson 2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential campaign|nominee] for president in 2012 and 2016

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico, candidate for governor in 1998 and 2002, nominee for NM-02 in 2004, and son of former governor Bruce King
Linda M. Lopez, state senator
Howie Morales, state senator
Lawrence Rael, former State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency, former CAO of Albuquerque and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2010
Alan Webber, businessman

Declined

Hector Balderas, state auditor of New Mexico and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012
Jeff Bingaman, former U.S. senator
Joseph Cervantes, state senator
Tim Keller, state senator
Antonio Maestas, state representative
Michael S. Sanchez, Majority Leader of the New Mexico Senate

General election

Candidates

Susana Martínez, incumbent governor of New Mexico.
Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico.

Polling

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez	Hector Balderas	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 13–16, 2012	724	± 3.6%	50%	37%	—	13%

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez	Diane Denish	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	June 23–26, 2011	732	± 3.6%	53%	44%	—	4%

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez	Linda M. Lopez	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	50%	36%	—	15%

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez	Howie Morales	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	48%	34%	—	17%

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez	Lawrence Rael	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	47%	36%	—	17%

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez	Allan Weber	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	48%	32%	—	20%

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez	Walter White	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	52%	26%	—	23%

* Internal poll for Susana Martínez campaign
^ Internal poll for Gary King campaign

Results

By county

Martinez was the first Republican to carry Grant County since Edwin L. Mechem in 1950, the first Republican to carry McKinley County since Mechem in 1958, and the first Republican to ever carry Cibola County since its establishment in 1981.
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Martinez won all three congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats.

District	Martinez	King	Representative
	55.36%	44.64%	Michelle Lujan Grisham
	65.39%	34.61%	Steve Pearce
	52.46%	47.54%	Ben Ray Luján