2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election


The 2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Mexico voters elected state representatives in all 70 of the state house's districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the New Mexico House of Representatives.
A primary election on June 5, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the New Mexico Secretary of State's website.
In the 2016 state House elections, Democrats flipped five seats from [New Mexico New Mexico Republican Party|Republican Party|Republican] hands and took control of the House by increasing their seats from 33 to 38. This put Democrats in effective control of the New Mexico House of Representatives.
To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net four House seats. However, in the elections, the Democrats made a net gain of eight seats, increasing their seats from 38 to 46.

Results

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Retiring incumbents

10 incumbent representatives chose to not seek reelection.

Defeated incumbents

In primary

In general election

Detailed results

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District 8

District 13

Democratic primary

General election

District 21

District 22

Republican primary

District 24

Republican primary

District 27

Democratic primary

General election

District 31

Republican primary

General election

District 33

Democratic primary

General election

District 34

Democratic primary

General election

District 40

Democratic primary

General election

District 41

Democratic primary

District 43

Democratic primary

General election

District 46

Democratic primary

General election

District 52

Democratic primary

General election

District 53

Democratic primary

General election