2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election information
Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of New Mexico
See also: 2018 United States gubernatorial elections
2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election
← 2014
November 6, 2018
2022 →
Nominee
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Steve Pearce
Party
Democratic
Republican
Running mate
Howie Morales
Michelle Garcia Holmes
Popular vote
398,368
298,091
Percentage
57.20%
42.80%
County results
Precinct results
Lujan Grisham: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Pearce: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 50% No data
Governor before election
Susana Martinez
Republican
Elected Governor
Michelle Lujan Grisham
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The 2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of New Mexico, concurrently with the election of New Mexico's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various local elections. This was one of eight Republican-held governorships up for election in a state carried by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
Incumbent Republican governor Susana Martinez was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Following party primaries on June 5, 2018, U.S. Representative Steve Pearce was the Republican nominee and U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham was the Democratic nominee. Lujan Grisham won the election by a substantial margin, which in fact was a complete and exact reversal of the 2014 gubernatorial results. Her win also signaled a continuation of the pattern of the partisanship of the office changing every two terms, beginning with Gary Johnson's first election in 1994. Furthermore, the pattern of the partisanship changing with each officeholder was continued, a pattern first started after Toney Anaya left office in 1987. Furthermore, the margin between the candidates (57.2% to 42.8%) was the same as the previous election, albeit with the parties switched.
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