United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2018
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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
- Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, former law professor and executive director of non-profit working against domestic violence[3]
- Deb Haaland, former Chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014[4]
- Damian Lara, attorney[5]
- Damon Martinez, former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico[6]
- Withdrew
- Pat Davis, Albuquerque City Councilman[7][8] (endorsed Haaland)
- Dennis Dinge, physicist[9][10]
- Annie Chavez, Sandia National Laboratories government relations official[11][12]
- Declined
- Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development state director and former state director for former Senator Jeff Bingaman[13]
- Jacob Candelaria, State Senator[13][14]
- Tanya Giddings, Bernalillo County Assessor[13]
- Javier Martinez, state representative[13][14]
- Ken Sanchez, Albuquerque City Councilman[14]
- Michael Padilla, State Senator (no longer running for Lieutenant Governor)[13][15]
- Maggie Hart Stebbins, Bernalillo County Commissioner[13][14]
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Pat Davis | 13.55% | |
Deb Haaland | 34.80% | |
Damian Lara | 12.09% | |
Damon Martinez | 10.81% | |
Paul Moya | 3.66% | |
Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez | 25.09% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
- Janice Arnold-Jones, former State Representative[28]
- Declined
- Richard Berry, former Mayor of Albuquerque[14]
- Wayne Johnson, Bernalillo County Commissioner[13][14]
- John Sanchez, Lieutenant Governor and nominee for Governor in 2002[14]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
- Adolf Zubia, former Las Cruces Fire Chief[31][32]
- Tony Martinez, former pharmaceutical industry executive[33]
- Declined
- Joe Cervantes, State Senator (running for Governor)[34][35]
- Howie Morales, State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2014 (running for Lieutenant Governor)[36]
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 |
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Xochitl Torres Small | 65.75% | |
Madeline Hildebrandt | 34.25% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
- Yvette Herrell, State Representative[37]
- Monty Newman, former Mayor of Hobbs and former Chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico[38]
- Withdrew
- Aubrey Dunn, New Mexico State Commissioner for Public Land (running for Senate as a Libertarian)[39][32]
Endorsements
Yvette Herrell |
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Monty Newman |
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Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Ray Luján (incumbent) | 63,652 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 63,652 | 100.0 |
Republican primary
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
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Carroll Strategies | June 15—16, 2018 | 446 | — | 58% | 30% | 5% | 7% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Ray Luján (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Jerald Steve McFall | |||
Libertarian | Christopher Manning | |||
Total votes |
References
- ↑ Boyd, Dan (December 13, 2016). "U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces 2018 gubernatorial bid". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- 1 2 "NRCC Announces Initial Offensive Targets For The 2018 Cycle - NRCC". February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ Shepard, Maggie (April 20, 2017). "Sedillo Lopez launches run for 1st Congressional District". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
- ↑ Oxford, Andrew (May 2, 2017). "Haaland, former Dem Party state chairwoman, running for Congress". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ↑ McKay, Dan (May 30, 2017). "Fifth democrat joins race to replace Lujan Grisham". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ↑ Boyd, Dan (July 10, 2017). "Ex-U.S. attorney enters race for ABQ-based congressional seat". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Albuquerque city councilman running for U.S. House". The Santa Fe New Mexican. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ↑ KOB Web Staff (May 29, 2018). "Democrat Pat Davis drops out of congressional race, endorses Haaland". KOB.
- ↑ Oxford, Andrew (May 8, 2017). "N.M. physicist announces run for Lujan Grisham's seat". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Security Check Required". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- ↑ Boyd, Dan (July 27, 2017). "8th Dem candidate enters race for congressional seat". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ McKay, Dan (October 2, 2017). "Chavez drops out of congressional race due to health concerns". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McKay, Dan (December 14, 2016). "Lujan Grisham's run shaking up politics". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ↑ Terrell, Steve (July 19, 2017). "State Sen. Padilla will run for lieutenant governor". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Tom Perez on Twitter". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Terry McAuliffe on Twitter". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Deb Haaland on Twitter". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Deb Haaland on Twitter". Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ↑ "Deb Haaland on Twitter". Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Deb Haaland on Instagram: "I am very excited to announce that I have been endorsed by New Mexico's former Lt. Governor and one of the strongest champions for women,…"". Instagram. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ Michael Coleman - Journal Washington Bureau. "NM candidates for Congress win high-level endorsements from D.C." www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Congressman Ro Khanna Endorses Deb Haaland for Congress". Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Congresswoman Barbara Lee Endorses Deb Haaland for Congress". Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- 1 2 "New Mexico Election Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. June 6, 2018.
- ↑ Terrell, Steve (June 19, 2017). "Republican enters race for 1st Congressional District seat". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
- ↑ http://dccc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MEMO-Charging-Forward-DCCC-Announces-Battlefield-Expansion-18.pdf
- ↑ Oxford, Andrew (June 11, 2017). "All eyes on Pearce's next step". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Haussamen, Heath (October 2, 2017). "Dunn drops out of 2nd Congressional District race". NMPolitics.net. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ↑ Oxford, Andrew (July 4, 2017). "Endorsements gaining steam". The Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ Oxford, Andrew (June 11, 2017). "All eyes on Pearce's next step". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Morales will not run for Pearce seat". Las Cruces Sun-News. August 22, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ↑ Barbati, Duane (July 11, 2017). "Yvette Herrell running for Congressional seat vacated by Pearce". Alamogordo Daily News. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ D'Ammassa, Algernon (August 14, 2017). "Former Hobbs Mayor runs for Congress". Deming Headlight. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ↑ Oxford, Andrew (July 18, 2017). "NM Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn announces bid for Congress". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ The Associated Press. "Freedom Caucus fund endorses New Mexico candidate". The Seattle Times.
- ↑ Monty Newman. "I look forward to working with @TedCruz on legislation that will improve the lives of New Mexicans. #nmpol". Twitter.
External links
- Candidates at Vote Smart
- Candidates at Ballotpedia
- Campaign finance at FEC
- Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics
- Official campaign websites of first district candidates
- Official campaign websites for second district candidates
- Official campaign websites for third district candidates