| The Green Papers: New Mexico 2022 General Election |
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New Mexico
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 7 June 2022 ✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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The statewide Primary is for Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian candidates. A candidate who wins support of 20% or more of the delegates at the state convention automatically advances to the primary. Alternatively, candidates can file nominations papers with the requisite number of signatures by 8 March. The Republican convention is 26 February and the Democratic Convention is 13 March. Special election nominees are chosen by party leaders rather than primary. Upcoming Elections from the New Mexico of the Secretary of State. 2022 Primary Election Candidate Information from the New Mexico of the Secretary of State. 2022 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List from the New Mexico of the Secretary of State. 7 June 2022 Primary Returns from an official source, results from a media source, results from a media source. 2022 General Election Contest/Candidate List from the New Mexico of the Secretary of State. 2022 General Election returns from the New Mexico of the Secretary of State. Vote totals last updated 1 December 2022 per the certified vote. |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018. Previously served in the U.S. House elected 2008, re-elected 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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Democratic | Senator Martin Trevor Heinrich • FEC S2NM00088 |
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Unaffiliated | Jerry Rose • FEC S4NM00118 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Ben Ray Luján • Previously served in the U.S. House, first elected: 2008, re-elected: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018; first elected to the U.S. Senate: 2020 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 • 1 February 2022: Suffered a stroke and expecting to make a full recovery. 2 February 2022: Media reports state the Senator will return to work in 4 to 6 weeks. |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
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Democratic | Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (3) | |||||
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Democratic | 370,168 | 51.97% | Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham • for Lieutenant Governor: Howie C. Morales |
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Republican | 324,701 | 45.59% | Mark V. Ronchetti • for Lieutenant Governor: Ant L. Thornton |
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Libertarian | 17,387 | 2.44% | Karen Evette Bedonie • for Lieutenant Governor: Efren Gallardo, Jr. |
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| Total | 712,256 | 100.00% | |||
| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor | |||||
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Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Howie C. Morales • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated |
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| 117th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Renominated); 1 Republican (1 Renominated) | |||||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Member of Congress Melanie Ann Stansbury • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected in a Special Election: 1 June 2021 [re: Member of Congress Debra A. "Deb" Haaland (Democratic)'s confirmation as Secretary of the Interior in the Biden Administration.] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | 156,462 | 55.75% | Member of Congress Melanie Ann Stansbury • FEC H2NM01144; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,570,363; Dsb $3,610,145 |
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Republican | 124,151 | 44.23% | Michelle Garcia Holmes • FEC H0NM01189; 31 Dec 22; Tot $391,732; Dsb $401,737 |
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Write-in; (Decline to State) | 58 | 0.02% | Victoria L. Gonzales • FEC H2NM01383 |
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| Total | 280,671 | 100.00% | |||
| Member of Congress Debra A. "Deb" Haaland (Democratic), who was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2020, was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden Secretary of the Interior on 17 December 2020 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, 51-40, on 15 March 2021. 16 March 2021: Member of Congress Debra A. "Deb" Haaland (Democratic) resigned. 1 June 2021: Melanie Ann Stansbury is elected in a Special Election. | |||||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
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Republican | Member of Congress Stella Yvette "Yvette" Herrell • First elected: 2020 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | 96,986 | 50.34% | Las Cruces City Councilor Gabriel "Gabe" Vasquez • FEC H2NM02191; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,687,698; Dsb $3,664,921 |
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Republican | 95,636 | 49.64% | Member of Congress Stella Yvette "Yvette" Herrell • FEC H8NM02156; 31 Dec 22; Tot $4,431,275; Dsb $4,378,713 |
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Write-in; (Democratic) | 51 | 0.03% | Eliseo Luna • FEC H2NM02225 |
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| Total | 192,673 | 100.00% | |||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | Member of Congress Teresa Leger Fernandez • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2020 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated - a.k.a. Teresa Leger, Teresa Leger de Fernandez. |
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| Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | 134,217 | 58.16% | Member of Congress Teresa Leger Fernandez • FEC H0NM03102; 31 Dec 22; Tot $3,123,228; Dsb $3,248,379 |
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Republican | 96,565 | 41.84% | Alexis Martinez Johnson • FEC H2NM03173; 31 Dec 22; Tot $303,536; Dsb $301,185 |
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| Total | 230,782 | 100.00% | |||
| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
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Democratic | Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected in a Special Election: 8 November 2016 (re: resignation of Dianna Duran); re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (3) | |||||
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Democratic | 384,526 | 54.52% | Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver | |
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Republican | 300,763 | 42.64% | Audrey D. Trujillo | |
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Libertarian | 20,050 | 2.84% | Mayna Erika Myers | |
| Total | 705,339 | 100.00% | |||
| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
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Democratic | Attorney General Hector H. Balderas • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Attorney General is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Seat |
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| ** Open Office (no incumbent) ** | |||||
| Candidate list (2) | |||||
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Democratic | 388,592 | 55.31% | Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez | |
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Republican | 314,023 | 44.69% | Jeremy Michael Gay • 9 September 2022: Candidacy challenged over residency status. 16 September 2022: First Judicial District Court Judge T. Glenn Ellington rules that the challenge was filed too late. Jeremy Gay remains on the General Election ballot. |
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| Total | 702,615 | 100.00% | |||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
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Democratic | Treasurer Tim Eichenberg • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Treasurer is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Seat |
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| ** Open Office (no incumbent) ** | |||||
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Democratic | 370,089 | 53.15% | former Sandoval County Treasurer Laura M. Montoya | |
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Republican | 326,224 | 46.85% | former Santa Fe County Commissioner Harry B. Montoya | |
| Total | 696,313 | 100.00% | |||
| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
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Democratic | Auditor Brian S. Colón • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Auditor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Seat - Ran for but lost is party's nominiation for Attorney General in 2022. |
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| ** Open Office (no incumbent) ** | |||||
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Democratic | 399,810 | 61.93% | Public Regulation Commissioner Joseph M. Maestas | |
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Libertarian | 245,725 | 38.07% | Travis Stephen Sanchez | |
| Total | 645,535 | 100.00% | |||
| Commissioner of Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
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Democratic | Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) | |||||
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Democratic | 379,621 | 54.67% | Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard | |
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Republican | 310,853 | 44.76% | state Public Regulation Commissioner Jefferson L. "Jeff" Byrd | |
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Write-in; (Decline to State) | 3,950 | 0.57% | Larry E. Marker | |
| Total | 694,424 | 100.00% | |||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Democratic (affiliates): 11 incumbents, 11 candidates | |
| • Republican: 1 incumbent, 8 candidates | |
| Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Libertarian: 3 candidates | |
| Independents | |
| • Decline to State: 2 candidates | |
| • Unaffiliated: 1 candidate | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| • Write-in: 3 candidates | |
| Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted. | |
| Notes |
| Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. |
| Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
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