2022 New Mexico State Auditor election

The 2022 New Mexico State Auditor election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next New Mexico State Auditor. Incumbent Democratic Auditor Brian Colón did not seek re-election, and instead opted to unsuccessfully run for Attorney General of New Mexico.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joseph Maestas, chairman of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (2021–present) and former mayor of Española (2006–2010)

Eliminated in primary

• Zackary Quintero, state ombudsmen and candidate for Albuquerque City Council in 2019

Results

Libertarian primary

Vaillancourt received enough write-in votes to advance to the general election as the Libertarian nominee. However, Vaillancourt withdrew and was replaced on the ballot by Travis Sanchez, the Libertarian nominee for New Mexico Lieutenant Governor.

Candidates

Nominee

• Travis Sanchez, territory manager

Withdrawn

• Robert Vaillancourt

Results

General election

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Libertarian

• San Juan (largest city: Farmington)
• Catron (largest city: Reserve)
• Lincoln (largest city: Roidoso)
• Otero (largest city: Alamogordo)
• Sierra (largest city: Truth or Consequences)
• Torrance (largest city: Moriarty)
• Chaves (largest village: Roswell)
• Eddy (largest city: Carlsbad)
• De Baca (largest city: Fort Sumner)
• Curry (largest village: Clovis)
• Harding (largest city: Roy)
• Lea (largest city: Hobbs)
• Quay (largest city: Tucumcari)
• Roosevelt (largest city: Portales)
• Union (largest city: Clayton)

By congressional district

Maestas won all three congressional districts.

References

External links

Official campaign websites

• Joseph Maestas (D) for State Auditor
• Travis Sanchez (L) for State Auditor