2018 New Mexico elections


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.

Attorney general

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Hector Balderas ran for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Michael Hendricks, immigration attorney

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared

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.
For the general election, Governing magazine projected the race as "leans Democratic".

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

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.

Candidates

Nominee

Libertarian primary

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

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Maggie Toulouse
Oliver 		JoHanna
Cox 		Sandra
Jeff 		Undecided
Carroll StrategiesJune 15–16, 20181,199± 2.8%52%29%6%14%

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Tim Eichenberg ran for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Auditor

After incumbent Democratic state auditor Tim Keller was elected mayor of Albuquerque in the 2017 election, and resigned to take office, Governor Martinez appointed Bernalillo County Commissioner Wayne Johnson to be the new state auditor.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Commissioner of Public Lands

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Michael Lucero, rancher

Public Regulation Commission

Three of the five seats on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission were up for election.
District 2 Republican incumbent Pat Lyons did not run for re-election in order to run for Commissioner of Public Lands.
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

Incumbent Gary L. Clingman was appointed by Governor Susana Martinez on April 6, 2018 after Justice Edward L. Chávez retired. Justice Clingman ran for re-election to finish the remainder of Justice Chavez's term, ending in 2022.

[New Mexico House of Representatives]

All 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Democrats had a majority in the chamber heading into the election. On election day 2018, Democrats held 38 seats and Republicans held 32 seats. To re-claim control, Republicans needed to net four seats from Democrats.
Democrats increased their majority by flipping nine 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 were up for election in 2018, but all 42 were in 2020.

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich was re-elected to a second term.

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.