2022 New Mexico Attorney General election

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2022 New Mexico Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
 
Nominee Raúl Torrez Jeremy Gay
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote388,592314,023
Percentage55.3%44.7%

2022 New Mexico Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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Torrez:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Gay:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes

Attorney General before election

Hector Balderas
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Raúl Torrez
Democratic

The 2022 New Mexico Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of New Mexico. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Hector Balderas was term-limited and could not seek re-election.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Brian Colón
Organizations
Raúl Torrez
U.S. Senators
Newspapers

Debates

2022 New Mexico Attorney General Democratic primary debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Brian Colón Raúl Torrez
1May 9, 2022 KRQE Jessica Garate YouTube PP
2May 25, 2022 KOAT-TV
Albuquerque Journal
KKOB-FM
Dan Boyd
Bob Clark
Royale Da
YouTube PP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Brian
Colón
Raúl
Torrez
Undecided
SurveyUSA April 29 – May 7, 2022583 (LV)± 5.7%28%34%38%

Results

Results by county
Torrez
50-60%
60-70%
Colon
50-60%
60-70% 2022 New Mexico Attorney General Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Torrez
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Colón
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Raúl Torrez 73,299 53.49%
Democratic Brian Colón 63,72346.51%
Total votes137,022 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeremy Gay 92,688 100.0%
Total votes92,688 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8] Leans DNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [9] Likely DNovember 1, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Raúl
Torrez (D)
Jeremy
Gay (R)
OtherUndecided
Research & Polling Inc. October 20–27, 2022625 (LV)± 3.9%49%39%2% [lower-alpha 2] 10%
SurveyUSA October 21–26, 2022650 (LV)± 4.9%47%37%17%
SurveyUSA October 1–6, 2022570 (LV)± 5.8%50%33%16%
Cygnal (R) [upper-alpha 1] September 27–29, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%42%41%17%
SurveyUSA September 8–12, 2022558 (LV)± 5.7%49%34%18%
Research & Polling Inc. August 19–25, 2022518 (LV)± 4.3%49%33%3% [lower-alpha 3] 15%
Public Policy Polling (D) June 13–14, 2022642 (V)± 3.9%44%37%19%

Results

2022 New Mexico Attorney General election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Raúl Torrez 388,592 55.31% −6.50%
Republican Jeremy Gay314,02344.69%+11.26%
Total votes702,615 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Torrez won all 3 congressional districts. [11]

DistrictTorrezGayRepresentative
1st 56%44% Melanie Stansbury
2nd 52%48% Yvette Herrell (117th Congress)
Gabe Vasquez (118th Congress)
3rd 57%43% Teresa Leger Fernandez

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. "None of these/Wouldn't say" with 2%
  3. "None of these/Wouldn't say" with 3%
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored for Gay's campaign.

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