2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

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All 3 New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 2 1 Seats won 3 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 400,702 262,714 Percentage 58.25% 38.20% Swing 2.24% 5.79%
Election results by district Election results by county Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the three U.S. representatives from the state of New Mexico, one from each of the state's three congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

The Democratic party gained the 2nd Congressional seat, gaining unitary control of New Mexico's Congressional (House and Senate) delegation for the first time since 2008 and improving the advantage in the House delegation for New Mexico from 2–1 in favor of Democrats to 3–0.

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico by district:^[1]

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2018 New Mexico's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Deb Haaland Janice Arnold-Jones Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 147,336 90,507 Percentage 59.1% 36.3%

County results Precinct results Haaland:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Jones:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Michelle Lujan Grisham Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Deb Haaland Democratic

The 1st district is centered around the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who had represented the district since 2013, was reelected to a third term with 65% of the vote in 2016. Lujan Grisham did not run for reelection and instead successfully ran for governor of New Mexico.^[2]

New Mexico's 1st district was one of 36 Democrat-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.^[3]

• Deb Haaland, former chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party and nominee for lieutenant governor of New Mexico in 2014^[4]
• Damian Lara, attorney^[5]
• Damon Martinez, former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico^[6]
• Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, former law professor and executive director of Enlace Comunitario, an anti-domestic violence non-profit^[7]

• Annie Chavez, Sandia National Laboratories government relations official^[8][9]
• Pat Davis, Albuquerque city councilman^[10][11] (endorsed Haaland)
• Dennis Dinge, physicist^[12][13]

• Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development state director and former state director for former U.S. senator Jeff Bingaman^[14]
• Jacob Candelaria, state senator^[14][15]
• Tanya Giddings, Bernalillo County assessor^[14]
• Javier Martinez, state representative^[14][15]
• Michael Padilla, state senator^[14][16]
• Ken Sanchez, Albuquerque city councilman^[15]
• Maggie Hart Stebbins, Bernalillo County commissioner^[14][15]

Candidates for the Democratic nomination needed to either receive the votes of 20% of the delegates at the convention on March 10, or collect and submit signatures to the secretary of state to have made it to the June 5 primary.

Candidate	Percentage of delegates won	Automatically on ballot
Pat Davis	13.55%	N
Deb Haaland	34.80%	Y
Damian Lara	12.09%	N
Damon Martinez	10.81%	N
Paul Moya	3.66%	N
Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez	25.09%	Y

• Janice Arnold-Jones, former Albuquerque city councilwoman (2013–2014) and former state representative (2003–2011)^[33]

• Richard Berry, former mayor of Albuquerque (2009–2017)^[15]
• Wayne Johnson, Bernalillo County commissioner^[14][15]
• John Sanchez, lieutenant governor of New Mexico and nominee for governor of New Mexico in 2002^[15]

• Lloyd Princeton, business consultant^[34]

2018 New Mexico's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Xochitl Torres Small Yvette Herrell Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 101,489 97,767 Percentage 50.9% 49.1%

County results Precinct results Torres Small:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Herrell:      50-60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. Representative before election Steve Pearce Republican Elected U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small Democratic

The 2nd district is very expansive, covering rural Southern New Mexico, including Alamogordo, Las Cruces, and Roswell. Republican Steve Pearce, who had represented the district since 2011 and previously represented the district from 2003 to 2009, was reelected to a fourth consecutive and seventh total term with 63% of the vote in 2016. Pearce did not run for reelection and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor of New Mexico.

New Mexico's 2nd district was one of the 80 Republican-held seats that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was targeting in 2018.^[42] It was successfully picked up by the Democrats.

• Madeline Hildebrandt, U.S. Army veteran and history professor^[43]
• Xochitl Torres Small, water rights attorney^[44]

• David Baake, attorney^[45][46]
• Ronald Fitzherbert, activist^[47][46]
• Tony Martinez, former pharmaceutical industry executive^[48][47]
• Adolf Zubia, former Las Cruces Fire Chief^[49][50]

• Angel Peñas^{[51][52][53][54]}

• Joe Cervantes, state senator (running for governor)^[55][56]
• Howie Morales, state senator and candidate for governor of New Mexico in 2014 (running for lieutenant governor)^[57]

Candidates for the Democratic nomination needed to either receive the votes of 20% of the delegates at the convention on March 10, or collect and submit signatures to the secretary of state to have made it to the June 5 primary.

Candidate	Percentage of delegates won	Automatically on ballot
Xochitl Torres Small	65.75%	Y
Madeline Hildebrandt	34.25%	Y

• Gavin Clarkson, former professor at New Mexico State University^[59]
• Clayburn Griffin, former staffer for Gary Johnson's 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns^[60]
• Yvette Herrell, state representative^[61]
• Monty Newman, former mayor of Hobbs and former chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico^[62]

• Aubrey Dunn, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands (running for U.S. Senate as a Libertarian)^[63][50]

2018 New Mexico's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee Ben Ray Luján Jerald McFall Chris Manning Party Democratic Republican Libertarian Popular vote 155,201 76,427 13,265 Percentage 63.4% 31.2% 5.4%

County results McFall:      50-60%      60–70% Lujan:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Precinct results Lujan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% McFall:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Ben Ray Luján Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján Democratic

The 3rd district covers Northern New Mexico, including the capital Santa Fe, as well as Farmington, Las Vegas, and Taos. The district also expands into parts of rural Eastern New Mexico, taking in Clovis and Portales. Democrat Ben Ray Luján, who had represented the district since 2009, was reelected to a fifth term with 62% of the vote in 2016.

New Mexico's 3rd district was one of 36 Democrat-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.^[3]

• Ben Ray Luján, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Jerald McFall, farmer and former ski instructor^[71]

• Christopher Manning, auditor^[71]

Partisan clients

• Candidates at Vote Smart
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• Campaign finance at FEC
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Official campaign websites of first district candidates

• Janice Arnold-Jones (R) for Congress
• Deb Haaland (D) for Congress Archived March 9, 2021, at the Wayback Machine

Official campaign websites for second district candidates

• Yvette Herrell (R) for Congress
• Xochitl Torres Small (D) for Congress Archived July 2, 2018, at the Wayback Machine

Official campaign websites for third district candidates

• Ben Ray Luján (D) for Congress
• Jerald Steve McFall (R) for Congress