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. 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". 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. Libertarian primary. Jeff was replaced as the Libertarian nominee by Ginger Grider after withdrawing from the race. Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Tim Eichenberg ran for re-election to a second term. 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. 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. 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. Gary L. Clingman, appointed by Governor Susana Martinez was eligible to run for a full term. 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 will be 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.