2022 New Mexico gubernatorial election

2022 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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Turnout52.38% Decrease
 
Nominee Michelle Lujan Grisham Mark Ronchetti
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Howie Morales Ant Thornton
Popular vote 370,168 324,701
Percentage 51.97% 45.59%

Lujan Grisham:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Ronchetti:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50% No data:      

Governor before election

Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democratic

Elected Governor

Michelle Lujan Grisham
Democratic

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.[1]

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.

  1. ^ "Upcoming Elections". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved May 3, 2022.