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.

Declared

 * Hector Balderas, incumbent attorney general of New Mexico

Declared

 * Michael Hendricks, immigration attorney

Declared

 * A. Blair Dunn, attorney and son of Public Lands Commissioner Aubrey Dunn Jr.

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".

Declared

 * Maggie Toulouse Oliver, incumbent secretary of state

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.

Nominee

 * Gavin Clarkson, former professor at New Mexico State University and former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior

Withdrew

 * JoHanna Cox, attorney

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

Nominee

 * Ginger Grider, medical cannabis advocate

Withdrew

 * Sandra Jeff, former Democratic state representative (2009–2015)

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

Declared

 * Tim Eichenberg, incumbent state treasurer

Declared

 * Arthur L. Castillo, former CFO for the New Mexico State Treasurer's Office

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

Declared

 * Wayne A. Johnson, incumbent state auditor

Declared

 * Brian Colón, chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party
 * Bill McCamley, state representative

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

Declared

 * Stephanie Garcia Richard, state representative
 * George Muñoz, state senator
 * Garrett VeneKlasen, executive director of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation

Declared

 * Pat Lyons, New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner for the 2nd district and former New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands (2003–2011)

Declared

 * Michael Lucero, rancher

Public Regulation Commission
Three of the five seats on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission will be 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
In 2018, all 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. Democrats have a majority in the chamber heading into the election. On election day 2018, Democrats hold 38 seats and Republicans hold 32 seats. To re-claim control, Republicans needed to net 4 seats from Democrats.

Democrats increased their majority by flipping 9 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 are 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.