United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2018

United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2018
November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
All three New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives

 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 2 1

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico will be 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 will coincide 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.

District 1

Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has represented the district since 2013, was reelected to a third term with 65% of the vote in 2016. Lujan Grisham is not running for reelection and will instead run for Governor of New Mexico.[1]

New Mexico's 1st district is one of 36 Democrat-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew
Declined

Polling

Poll
source		 Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Pat
Davis		 Deb
Haaland		 Damian
Lara		 Damon
Martinez		 Paul
Moya		 Antoinette
Sedillo-Lopez		 Other Undecided
Albuquerque Journal May 20–24, 2018 395 ±4.9 5% 19% 4% 22% 3% 17% — 29%
Lake Research/VoteVets↑ May 13–14, 2018 390 ±5.0 — 20% — 23% — 25% 5% 27%
PPP/Pat Davis (D) April 13–15, 2018 508 ±4.4 11% 15% — 7% — 15% — 43%
  • ↑: VoteVets has endorsed Damon Martinez.

Endorsements

Deb Haaland

Pre-primary convention results

Candidates for the Democratic nomination need 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 make it to the June 5 primary.

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

Results

Democratic primary results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debra Haaland 25,366 40.57
Democratic Damon Martinez 16,154 25.84
Democratic Antoinette Sedillo Lopez 12,885 20.61
Democratic Paul Moya 3,683 5.89
Democratic Pat Davis (withdrawn) 2,380 3.81
Democratic Damian Lara 2,059 3.29
Total votes 62,527 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Results

Republican primary results[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Janice Arnold-Jones 19,264 100.0
Total votes 19,264 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Debra
Haaland (D)		 Janice
Arnold-Jones (R)		 Lloyd
Princeton (L)		 Undecided
Research & Polling, Inc. September 7—13, 2018 410 ± 4.8% 49% 41% 3% 8%
Carroll Strategies June 15—16, 2018 419 — 47% 43% 4% 6%

Results

New Mexico's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deb Haaland
Republican Janice Arnold-Jones
Libertarian Lloyd Princeton
Total votes

District 2

Republican Steve Pearce, who has represented the district since 2011 and previously represented the district from to 2003 to 2009, was reelected to a fourth consecutive and seventh total term with 63% of the vote in 2016. Pearce is not running for reelection, instead running for Governor of New Mexico.

New Mexico's 2nd district is one of the 80 Republican-held seats that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting in 2018.[29]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Mad Hildebrandt, veteran, history professor[30]
  • Xochitl Torres Small, water attorney based in Las Cruces, NM
Withdrew
Declined

Pre-primary convention results

Candidates for the Democratic nomination need 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 make it to the June 5 primary.

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

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Xochitl Torres Small 25,193 72.62
Democratic Madeline Hildebrandt 9,500 27.38
Total votes 34,693 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew

Endorsements

Yvette Herrell
  • House Freedom Fund[40]
Monty Newman
  • Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas and presidential candidate in 2016[41]

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Yvette Herrell 15,811 49.00
Republican Monty Newman 10,346 32.06
Republican Gavin Clarkson 4,010 12.43
Republican Clayburn Griffin 2,101 6.51
Total votes 32,268 100.00

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Yvette
Herrell (R)		 Xochitl
Torres Small (D)		 Undecided
The Tarrance Group (R-Herrell) September 30 — October 2, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 49% 45% 6%
NYT Upshot/Siena College September 13—18, 2018 503 ± 4.9% 45% 46% 10%
Research & Polling, Inc. September 7—13, 2018 405 ± 4.9% 48% 41% 11%
Carroll Strategies June 15—16, 2018 334 — 49% 35% 17%
DCCC (D) June 6—11, 2018 456 ± 4.6% 45% 43% —

Results

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Xochitl Torres Small
Republican Yvette Herrell
Total votes

District 3

Democrat Ben Ray Luján, who has represented the district since 2009, was reelected to a fifth term with 62% of the vote in 2016.

New Mexico's 3rd district is one of 36 Democrat-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.[2]

Democratic primary

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Ray Luján (incumbent) 63,652 100.0
Total votes 63,652 100.0

Republican primary

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jerald Steve McFall 20,421 100.0
Total votes 20,421 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Ben
Ray Luján (D)		 Jerald
McFall (R)		 Christopher
Manning (L)		 Undecided
Carroll Strategies June 15—16, 2018 446 — 58% 30% 5% 7%

Results

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben Ray Luján (incumbent)
Republican Jerald Steve McFall
Libertarian Christopher Manning
Total votes

References

  1. ↑ Boyd, Dan (December 13, 2016). "U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces 2018 gubernatorial bid". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "NRCC Announces Initial Offensive Targets For The 2018 Cycle - NRCC". February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ Shepard, Maggie (April 20, 2017). "Sedillo Lopez launches run for 1st Congressional District". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ Oxford, Andrew (May 2, 2017). "Haaland, former Dem Party state chairwoman, running for Congress". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  5. ↑ McKay, Dan (May 30, 2017). "Fifth democrat joins race to replace Lujan Grisham". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ Boyd, Dan (July 10, 2017). "Ex-U.S. attorney enters race for ABQ-based congressional seat". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Albuquerque city councilman running for U.S. House". The Santa Fe New Mexican. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ KOB Web Staff (May 29, 2018). "Democrat Pat Davis drops out of congressional race, endorses Haaland". KOB.
  9. ↑ Oxford, Andrew (May 8, 2017). "N.M. physicist announces run for Lujan Grisham's seat". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
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  12. ↑ McKay, Dan (October 2, 2017). "Chavez drops out of congressional race due to health concerns". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lyman, Andy (December 14, 2016). "Here's who's considering running to replace Lujan Grisham in Congress". New Mexico Political Report. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
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  15. ↑ Terrell, Steve (July 19, 2017). "State Sen. Padilla will run for lieutenant governor". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  16. ↑ Barack Obama [@BarackObama] (August 1, 2018). "Today I'm proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of Democratic candidates – leaders as diverse, patriotic, and big-hearted as the America they're running to represent:" (Tweet). Retrieved August 1, 2018 – via Twitter.
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  18. ↑ "Terry McAuliffe on Twitter". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  19. ↑ Martin Heinrich. "For too long, our native communities have been underrepresented and undervalued in Washington. This November, we have the chance to make progress by electing the first Native American woman to Congress. @Deb4CongressNM #IndigenousPeoplesDay2018". Twitter.
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  21. ↑ "Deb Haaland on Twitter". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Deb Haaland on Twitter". Retrieved June 6, 2018.
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  25. ↑ "Congressman Ro Khanna Endorses Deb Haaland for Congress". Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  26. ↑ "Congresswoman Barbara Lee Endorses Deb Haaland for Congress". Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  27. 1 2 "New Mexico Election Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. June 6, 2018.
  28. ↑ Terrell, Steve (June 19, 2017). "Republican enters race for 1st Congressional District seat". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  29. ↑ http://dccc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MEMO-Charging-Forward-DCCC-Announces-Battlefield-Expansion-18.pdf
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  31. ↑ Oxford, Andrew (July 24, 2017). "Former Las Cruces fire chief jumps into race for 1st Congressional District". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  32. 1 2 Haussamen, Heath (October 2, 2017). "Dunn drops out of 2nd Congressional District race". NMPolitics.net. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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  35. ↑ Peters, Joey (July 7, 2017). "Las Cruces legislator cites budget, jobs crisis for why he's running for governor". NMPolitics.net. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
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  40. ↑ The Associated Press. "Freedom Caucus fund endorses New Mexico candidate". The Seattle Times.
  41. ↑ Monty Newman. "I look forward to working with @TedCruz on legislation that will improve the lives of New Mexicans. #nmpol". Twitter.
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