2022 New Mexico elections

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2022 New Mexico elections
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  2020 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)2024 
Registered1,364,559
Turnout52.38% [1]

A general election was held in the U.S. state of New Mexico on November 8, 2022.

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Federal elections

U.S. House of Representatives

DistrictIncumbentCandidates [lower-alpha 1] [2]
Location 2022
PVI
[3]
MemberPartyFirst
elected
Status
New Mexico 1 D+5 Melanie Stansbury Democratic 2021 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Melanie Stansbury (Democratic) 55.8%
  • Michelle Garcia Holmes (Republican) 44.2%
New Mexico 2 D+1 Yvette Herrell Republican 2020 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.
New Mexico 3 D+4 Teresa Leger Fernandez Democratic 2020 Incumbent re-elected.

State elections

Governor

Incumbent governor Michelle Lujan Grisham ran for reelection to a second term. [4] She defeated the Republican candidate, former TV meteorologist Mark Ronchetti, with 52.0% of the vote. [5]

Attorney general

Incumbent attorney general Hector Balderas was term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection. Democrat Raúl Torrez, the Bernalillo County District Attorney, defeated Republican Jeremy Gay, a U.S. Marine veteran, in the general election with 55.3% of the vote. [5]

Secretary of state

Incumbent secretary of state Maggie Toulouse Oliver sought reelection to a second term. She defeated Republican Audrey Trujillo with 54.5% of the vote. [5]

Commissioner of Public Lands

Incumbent Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard sought reelection to a second term. She defeated Republican Jefferson Byrd, a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, with 54.7% of the vote. [5]

Treasurer

Incumbent Treasurer Tim Eichenberg was term-limited and ineligible to seek reelection. Democrat Laura Montoya defeated Republican Harry Montoya with 53.2% of the vote. [5]

Auditor

Incumbent Auditor Brian Colón did not seek reelection and instead opted to run for attorney general. [6] Democrat Joseph Maestas defeated Libertarian candidate Travis Sanchez with 61.9% of the vote. [5]

State legislature

All of the seats of the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election in 2022.

House of Representatives
PartyBeforeAfterChange
Democratic 4545Steady2.svg
Republican 2425Increase2.svg 1
Independent 10Decrease2.svg 1
Total7070

Judicial elections

Supreme Court

Position 1

Incumbent justice Julie Vargas was appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court on December 19, 2020 [7] after the retirement of Justice Judith Nakamura. [8] Justice Vargas ran for re-election to complete the remainder of Justice Nakamura's term ending in 2028.

2022 New Mexico Supreme Court election (Position 1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julie J. Vargas (incumbent) 366,369 52.73%
Republican Thomas C. Montoya328,47547.27%
Total votes694,844 100.0%
Democratic hold

Position 2

Incumbent justice Briana Zamora was appointed to the court on July 15, 2021 [9] after Justice Barbara J. Vigil retired. [10] Justice Zamora ran for reelection to complete the remainder of Justice Barbara Vigil's term, ending in 2024.

2022 New Mexico Supreme Court election (Position 2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Briana H. Zamora (incumbent) 375,836 54.15%
Republican Kerry J. Morris318,21545.85%
Total votes694,051 100.0%
Democratic hold

Retention election

Justice Michael Vigil faced a retention election for a full 8-year term.

2022 New Mexico Supreme Court, Judge Michael E. Vigil (D) Retention election [5]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes408,57369.30
No180,96530.70
Total votes589,538100.00

Court of Appeals

Position 1

Incumbent Judge Gerald Baca was appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals on March 19, 2021, due to the elevation of Judge Julie J. Vargas to the Supreme Court. [11] Judge Baca ran for reelection to a full 8-year term.

2022 New Mexico Court of Appeals election (Position 1) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gerald Edward Baca (incumbent) 349,577 50.41%
Republican Barbara V. Johnson306,52144.20%
Libertarian Sophie I. Cooper37,3365.39%
Total votes693,434 100.0%
Democratic hold

Position 2

Incumbent Judge Katherine Anne Wray was appointed on September 23, 2021, to a vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Briana Zamora to the Supreme Court. [12] Judge Wray ran for reelection to a full 8-year term.

2022 New Mexico Court of Appeals election (Position 2) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Katherine Anne Wray (incumbent) 350,229 50.69%
Republican Gertrude Lee297,05742.99%
Libertarian Stephen P. Curtis43,6326.32%
Total votes690,918 100.0%
Democratic hold

Retention election

Judge Jane Yohalem faced a retention election for a full 8-year term.

2022 New Mexico Court of Appeals, Judge Jane B. Yohalem (D) Retention election [5]
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes390,80067.50
No188,18532.50
Total votes578,985100.00

Notes

  1. Declared candidates may seek election from other district, subject to redistricting. Some districts may have no incumbents, while others may have multiple incumbents due to redistricting.

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