2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico
election in New Mexico
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.
Overview
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico by district:
District 1
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.
New Mexico's 1st district was one of 36 Democrat-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Deb Haaland, former chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party and nominee for lieutenant governor of New Mexico in 2014
Damian Lara, attorney
Damon Martinez, former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, former law professor and executive director of Enlace Comunitario, an anti-domestic violence non-profit
Withdrew
Annie Chavez, Sandia National Laboratories government relations official
Pat Davis, Albuquerque city councilman (endorsed Haaland)
Dennis Dinge, physicist
Declined
Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development state director and former state director for former U.S. senator Jeff Bingaman
Jacob Candelaria, state senator
Tanya Giddings, Bernalillo County assessor
Javier Martinez, state representative
Michael Padilla, state senator
Ken Sanchez, Albuquerque city councilman
Maggie Hart Stebbins, Bernalillo County commissioner
Polling
Endorsements
Debate
Pre-primary convention results
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.
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Janice Arnold-Jones, former Albuquerque city councilwoman (2013–2014) and former state representative (2003–2011)
Declined
Richard Berry, former mayor of Albuquerque (2009–2017)
Wayne Johnson, Bernalillo County commissioner
John Sanchez, lieutenant governor of New Mexico and nominee for governor of New Mexico in 2002
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Declared
Lloyd Princeton, business consultant
Results
General election
Predictions
Forum
Polling
Results
District 2
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.
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