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2022 New Mexico gubernatorial election

The 2022 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New Mexico. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections. Primary elections were held on June 7.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham won a second term by a margin of 6.38%. She was first elected in 2018 with 57.2% of the vote. Her opponent was Republican Mark Ronchetti, who was also his party's nominee in New Mexico's 2020 U.S. Senate election.

Despite losing, Ronchetti managed to carry a congressional district that elected Democrat Gabe Vasquez in the concurrent U.S. House elections. This was the first gubernatorial election in New Mexico since 1986 in which the winner was from the same party as the incumbent president, and the first time since 1978 that it was a Democrat.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Nominated

Endorsements

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominated
  • Howie Morales, incumbent lieutenant governor (2019–present)

Results

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Nominated
  • Mark Ronchetti, former KRQE meteorologist and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2020
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
Declined

Polling

Aggregate polls<br />

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Nominated
Eliminated in primary
  • Peggy Muller-Aragon, member of the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education
Eliminated at convention

Results

Libertarian primary

Governor

Candidates

Nominated
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew

Endorsements

Results

Lieutenant governor

Travis Sanchez won the Libertarian primary unopposed, but withdrew to become the Libertarian nominee for New Mexico State Auditor. Sanchez was replaced by Efren Gallardo Jr.

Candidates

Declared
  • Efren Gallardo Jr.
Withdrew
  • Travis Sanchez, activist

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Aggregate polls<br />

Graphical summary<br />

Michelle Lujan Grisham vs. Jay Block<br />

Michelle Lujan Grisham vs. Rebecca Dow<br />

Michelle Lujan Grisham vs. Ethel Maharg<br />

Michelle Lujan Grisham vs. Gregory Zanetti<br />

Michelle Lujan Grisham vs. generic Republican<br />

Debates

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Lujan Grisham won two of three congressional districts, with Ronchetti winning the remaining one, which elected a Democrat.

Notes

Partisan clients<br />

References

External links

Official campaign websites