2018_New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives_election

2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election
All 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives; 36 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic hold Democratic gain; Republican hold Republican gain
Speaker of the House before election; Brian Egolf; Democratic	Elected Speaker of the House ; Brian Egolf; Democratic

2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election

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The 2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Mexico voters elected state representatives in all 70 of the state house's districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the New Mexico House of Representatives.

Quick Facts All 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives 36 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

A primary election on June 5, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the New Mexico Secretary of State's website.^[1]

In the 2016 state House elections, Democrats flipped 5 seats from Republican hands and took control of the House by increasing their seats from 33 to 38. This put Democrats in effective control of the New Mexico House of Representatives.

To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans would need to net 4 House seats. However, in the elections, the Democrats made a net gain of 8 seats, increasing their seats from 38 to 46.

Detailed results

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[3] The Democratic nomnination was initially won by Dathan Weems. After winning the primary election, Weems withdrew and was replaced by the state Democratic Party with Abbas Akhil for the general election.

[4] After winning the primary election, Schmedes was appointed to fill the vacated seat; therefore, he is running as the incumbent in the general election, but was not an incumbent during the primary.

[5] The Republican nomination was originally won by incumbent Republican Larry Larrañaga. After winning the primary, Larrañaga withdrew and the state Republican Party chose Robert S. Godshall as his replacement for the general election.

[DTS-6] Running with party affiliation as "decline-to-state."

[Write-in-7] Qualified as a write-in candidate.

[primary-1] [1]
"OFFICIAL RESULTS Primary Election June 5, 2018". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

[ballotpedia-2] [2]
"New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

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District	Incumbent		Elected representative
1st	Rod Montoya	Rep	Rod Montoya	Rep
2nd	James Strickler	Rep	James Strickler	Rep
3rd	Paul Bandy	Rep	Paul Bandy	Rep
4th	Sharon Clahchischilliage	Rep	Anthony Allison	Dem
5th	Doreen Wonda Johnson	Dem	Doreen Wonda Johnson	Dem
6th	Eliseo Alcon	Dem	Eliseo Alcon	Dem
7th	Kelly Fajardo	Rep	Kelly Fajardo	Rep
8th	Alonzo Baldonado	Rep	Alonzo Baldonado	Rep
9th	Patricia Lundstrom	Dem	Patricia Lundstrom	Dem
10th	Andrés Romero	Dem	Andrés Romero	Dem
11th	Javier Martínez	Dem	Javier Martínez	Dem
12th	Patricio Ruiloba	Dem	Patricio Ruiloba	Dem
13th	Patricia Roybal Caballero	Dem	Patricia Roybal Caballero	Dem
14th	Miguel Garcia	Dem	Miguel Garcia	Dem
15th	Sarah Maestas Barnes	Rep	Dayan Hochman-Vigil	Dem
16th	Moe Maestas	Dem	Moe Maestas	Dem
17th	Deborah Armstrong	Dem	Deborah Armstrong	Dem
18th	Gail Chasey	Dem	Gail Chasey	Dem
19th	Sheryl Williams Stapleton	Dem	Sheryl Williams Stapleton	Dem
20th	Jim Dines	Rep	Abbas Akhil	Dem
21st	Debra Sariñana	Dem	Debra Sariñana	Dem
22nd	Gregg Schmedes	Rep	Gregg Schmedes	Rep
23rd	Daymon Ely	Dem	Daymon Ely	Dem
24th	Liz Thomson	Dem	Liz Thomson	Dem
25th	Christine Trujillo	Dem	Christine Trujillo	Dem
26th	Georgene Louis	Dem	Georgene Louis	Dem
27th	Larry Larrañaga	Rep	William Pratt	Dem
28th	Jimmie Hall	Rep	Melanie Stansbury	Dem
29th	David Adkins	Rep	Joy Garratt	Dem
30th	Nate Gentry	Rep	Natalie Figueroa	Dem
31st	Bill Rehm	Rep	Bill Rehm	Rep
32nd	Candie Sweetser	Dem	Candie Sweetser	Dem
33rd	Bill McCamley	Dem	Micaela Lara Cadena	Dem
34th	Bealquin "Bill" Gomez	Dem	Raymundo Lara	Dem
35th	Angelica Rubio	Dem	Angelica Rubio	Dem
36th	Nathan Small	Dem	Nathan Small	Dem
37th	Joanne Ferrary	Dem	Joanne Ferrary	Dem
38th	Rebecca Dow	Rep	Rebecca Dow	Rep
39th	Rodolpho Martinez	Dem	Rodolpho Martinez	Dem
40th	Nick Salazar	Dem	Joseph Sanchez	Dem
41st	Debbie Rodella	Dem	Susan Herrera	Dem
42nd	Roberto Gonzales	Dem	Roberto Gonzales	Dem
43rd	Stephanie Garcia Richard	Dem	Christine Chandler	Dem
44th	Jane Powdrell-Culbert	Rep	Jane Powdrell-Culbert	Rep
45th	Jim Trujillo	Dem	Jim Trujillo	Dem
46th	Carl Trujillo	Dem	Andrea Romero	Dem
47th	Brian Egolf	Dem	Brian Egolf	Dem
48th	Linda Trujillo	Dem	Linda Trujillo	Dem
49th	Gail Armstrong	Rep	Gail Armstrong	Rep
50th	Matthew McQueen	Dem	Matthew McQueen	Dem
51st	Yvette Herrell	Rep	Rachel Black	Rep
52nd	Doreen Gallegos	Dem	Doreen Gallegos	Dem
53rd	Ricky Little	Rep	Willie Madrid	Dem
54th	Jim Townsend	Rep	Jim Townsend	Rep
55th	Cathrynn Brown	Rep	Cathrynn Brown	Rep
56th	Zachary Cook	Rep	Zachary Cook	Rep
57th	Jason Harper	Rep	Jason Harper	Rep
58th	Candy Ezzell	Rep	Candy Ezzell	Rep
59th	Greg Nibert	Rep	Greg Nibert	Rep
60th	Tim Lewis	Rep	Tim Lewis	Rep
61st	David Gallegos	Rep	David Gallegos	Rep
62nd	Larry Scott	Rep	Larry Scott	Rep
63rd	George Dodge Jr.	Dem	Martin Zamora	Rep
64th	Randal Crowder	Rep	Randal Crowder	Rep
65th	Derrick Lente	Dem	Derrick Lente	Dem
66th	Bob Wooley	Rep	Phelps Anderson	Rep
67th	Dennis Roch	Rep	Jackey Chatfield	Rep
68th	Monica Youngblood	Rep	Karen Bash	Dem
69th	Harry Garcia	Dem	Harry Garcia	Dem
70th	Tomás Salazar	Dem	Tomás Salazar	Dem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rod Montoya (incumbent)	8,512	100.0
Total votes			8,512	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Strickler (incumbent)	5,437	100.0
Total votes			5,437	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Bandy (incumbent)	6,225	77.4
	Democratic	Mary Schildmeyer	1,817	22.6
Total votes			8,042	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Allison	4,111	52.2
	Republican	Sharon Clahchischilliage (incumbent)	3,766	47.8
Total votes			7,877	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doreen Wonda Johnson (incumbent)	6,467	100.0
Total votes			6,467	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eliseo Alcon (incumbent)	5,872	100.0
Total votes			5,872	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Fajardo (incumbent)	4,294	54.6
	Democratic	Leroy Baca	3,576	45.4
Total votes			7,870	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alonzo Baldonado (incumbent)	6,398	59.7
	Democratic	Mary Jo Jaramillo	3,576	40.3
Total votes			10,719	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Lundstrom (incumbent)	5,324	100.0
Total votes			5,324	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrés Romero (incumbent)	4,913	100.0
Total votes			4,913	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Javier Martinez (incumbent)	9,801	100.0
Total votes			9,801	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricio Ruiloba (incumbent)	4,288	100.0
Total votes			4,288	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Roybal Caballero (incumbent)	631	44.85
	Democratic	Robert R. Atencio	472	33.55
	Democratic	Damion Cruzz	304	21.61
Total votes			1,407	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Roybal Caballero (incumbent)	4,708	100.0
Total votes			4,708	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Schmedes	1,726	74.01
	Republican	Merritt Hamilton Allen	606	25.99
Total votes			2,332	100.0

District 24 Republican primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Stephen Morris	811	64.83
	Republican	Michael Joseph Meyer	440	35.17
Total votes			1,251	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Miguel Garcia (incumbent)	5,253	100.0
Total votes			5,253	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dayan Hochman-Vigil	6,565	52.1
	Republican	Brad Winter	6,025	47.9
Total votes			12,590	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Moe Maestas (incumbent)	6,774	100.0
Total votes			6,774	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deborah Armstrong (incumbent)	7,007	64.9
	Republican	Ray Gallegos	3,783	35.1
Total votes			10,790	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gail Chasey (incumbent)	9,668	100.0
Total votes			9,668	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheryl Williams Stapleton (incumbent)	7,937	100.0
Total votes			7,937	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abbas Akhil^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5,889	50.5
	Republican	Jim Dines (incumbent)	5,780	49.5
Total votes			11,669	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debra Sariñana (incumbent)	4,075	100.0
Total votes			4,075	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregg Schmedes (incumbent)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	8,192	50.4
	Democratic	Jessica Velasquez	8,054	49.6
Total votes			16,246	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daymon Ely (incumbent)	7,278	57.1
	Republican	Brenda Diane Boatman	5,462	42.9
Total votes			12,740	100.0
	Democratic hold

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Summary of results

Retiring incumbents

Defeated incumbents

In primary

In general election

Detailed results

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District 5

District 6

District 7

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District 11

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District 18

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District 21

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District 28

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District 33

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District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

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District 41

District 42

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District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

District 49

District 50

District 51

District 52

District 53

District 54

District 55

District 56

District 57

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District 65

District 66

District 67

District 68

District 69

District 70

See also

Notes

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Thomson (incumbent)	6,730	58.0
	Republican	Trey Stephen Morris	4,871	42.0
Total votes			11,601	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Trujillo (incumbent)	8,076	68.92
	Republican	Joan Antoinette Marentes	3,642	31.08
Total votes			11,718	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Georgene Louis (incumbent)	3,971	100.0
Total votes			3,971	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Pratt	1,181	50.4
	Democratic	Nicholas Martin	1,163	49.6
Total votes			2,344	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Pratt	7,190	50.7
	Republican	Robert S. Godshall^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7,004	49.3
Total votes			14,194	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melanie Stansbury	7,331	53.7
	Republican	Jimmie Hall (incumbent)	6,322	46.3
Total votes			13,653	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joy Garratt	7,065	53.9
	Republican	David Adkins (incumbent)	6,046	46.1
Total votes			13,111	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natalie Figueroa	6,766	58.02
	Republican	John Jones	4,895	41.98
Total votes			11,661	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rehm (incumbent)	1,509	84.0
	Republican	Mark Boslough	288	16.0
Total votes			1,797	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rehm (incumbent)	9,669	64.3
	Libertarian	William Wiley	5,371	35.7
Total votes			15,040	100.0
	Republican hold