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.

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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

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All 3 New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 2 1 Seats won 3 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 400,702 262,714 Percentage 58.25% 38.20% Swing 2.24% 5.79%
Democratic   50–60%   60–70%

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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.

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico by district:^[1]

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2018 New Mexico's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Deb Haaland Janice Arnold-Jones Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 147,336 90,507 Percentage 59.1% 36.3%

County results Jones:      50-60% Haaland:      50–60%      60–70%

Precinct results Haaland:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Jones:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Michelle Lujan Grisham Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Deb Haaland Democratic

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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.^[2]

New Mexico's 1st district was one of 36 Democrat-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.^[3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, former law professor and executive director of Enlace Comunitario, an anti-domestic violence non-profit^[4]
• Deb Haaland, former chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party and nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico in 2014^[5]
• Damian Lara, attorney^[6]
• Damon Martinez, former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico^[7]

Withdrew

• Pat Davis, Albuquerque city councilman^[8][9] (endorsed Haaland)
• Dennis Dinge, physicist^[10][11]
• Annie Chavez, Sandia National Laboratories government relations official^[12][13]

Declined

• Terry Brunner, USDA Rural Development state director and former state director for former U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman^[14]
• Jacob Candelaria, state senator^[14][15]
• Tanya Giddings, Bernalillo County assessor^[14]
• Javier Martinez, state representative^[14][15]
• Ken Sanchez, Albuquerque city councilman^[15]
• Michael Padilla, state senator^[14][16]
• Maggie Hart Stebbins, Bernalillo County commissioner^[14][15]

Polling

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Pat Davis	Deb Haaland	Damian Lara	Damon Martinez	Paul Moya	Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez	Other	Undecided
Albuquerque Journal	May 20–24, 2018	395	± 4.9%	5%	19%	4%	22%	3%	17%	—	29%
Lake Research Partners (D)[upper-alpha 1]	May 13–14, 2018	390	± 5.0%	—	20%	—	23%	—	25%	5%	27%
Public Policy Polling (D)[upper-alpha 2]	April 13–15, 2018	508	± 4.4	11%	15%	—	7%	—	15%	—	43%

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Endorsements

Deb Haaland

• Congressional Black Caucus PAC^[17]
• National Organization for Women (NOW PAC)^[18]
• Barack Obama, former President of the United States^[19]
• Tom Perez, Chair of the Democratic National Committee^[20]
• Terry McAuliffe, former Governor of Virginia^[21]
• Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator (D-NM)^[22]
• Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator (D-MA)^[23]
• Ben Ray Lujan, U.S. Representative (D-NM)^[23]
• James Clyburn, U.S. Representative (D-SC)^[24]
• Diane Denish, former lieutenant Governor of New Mexico^[25]
• Fred Harris, former U.S. Senator and Chair of the National Democratic Party (D-OK)^[25]
• Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Representative (D-WA)^[26]
• Gwen Moore, U.S. Representative (D-WI)^[27]

Debate

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2018 New Mexico's 1st congressional district democratic primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Annie Chavez	Pat Davis	Dennis Dinge	Deb Haaland	Damian Lara	Antoinette Sedillo Lopez	Damon Martinez	Paul Moya
1	May. 20, 2018	KOAT-TV Albuquerque Journal	Doug Fernandez	YouTube	N	P	N	P	P	P	P	P

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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.

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Candidate	Percentage of delegates won	Automatically on ballot
Pat Davis	13.55%	N
Deb Haaland	34.80%	Y
Damian Lara	12.09%	N
Damon Martinez	10.81%	N
Paul Moya	3.66%	N
Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez	25.09%	Y

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Results

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Democratic primary results^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb Haaland	25,444	40.6
	Democratic	Damon Martinez	16,182	25.8
	Democratic	Antoinette Sedillo Lopez	12,919	20.6
	Democratic	Paul Moya	3,691	5.9
	Democratic	Pat Davis (withdrawn)	2,385	3.8
	Democratic	Damian Lara	2,063	3.3
Total votes			62,687	100.0

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2018 New Mexico's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Xochitl Torres Small Yvette Herrell Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 101,489 97,767 Percentage 50.9% 49.1%

County results Precinct results Torres Small:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Herrell:      50-60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. Representative before election Steve Pearce Republican Elected U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small Democratic

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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. Pearce did not run for reelection and instead ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New Mexico.

New Mexico's 2nd district was one of the 80 Republican-held seats that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was targeting in 2018.^[32] It was successfully picked up by the Democrats.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Madeline Hildebrandt, U.S. Army veteran and history professor^[33]
• Xochitl Torres Small, water rights attorney^[34]

Withdrew

• David Baake, attorney^[35][36]
• Ronald Fitzherbert, activist^[37][36]
• Tony Martinez, former pharmaceutical industry executive^{[38][dead link][37]}
• Adolf Zubia, former Las Cruces Fire Chief^[39][40]

Disqualified

• Angel Peñas^{[41][42][43][44]}

Declined

• Joe Cervantes, state senator (running for Governor)^[45][46]
• Howie Morales, state senator and candidate for Governor of New Mexico in 2014 (running for Lieutenant Governor)^[47]

Forum

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2018 New Mexico's 2nd congressional district democratic candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					David Baake	Madeline Hildebrandt
1	Dec. 12, 2017	KRWG-TV	Fred Martino	YouTube	P	P

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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.

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Candidate	Percentage of delegates won	Automatically on ballot
Xochitl Torres Small	65.75%	Y
Madeline Hildebrandt	34.25%	Y

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Results

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Democratic primary results^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xochitl Torres Small	25,395	72.6
	Democratic	Madeline Hildebrandt	9,577	27.4
Total votes			34,972	100.0

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2018 New Mexico's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee Ben Ray Luján Jerald McFall Chris Manning Party Democratic Republican Libertarian Popular vote 155,201 76,427 13,265 Percentage 63.4% 31.2% 5.4%

County results McFall:      50-60%      60–70% Lujan:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Precinct results Lujan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% McFall:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Ben Ray Luján Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján Democratic

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The 3rd district covers Northern New Mexico, including the capital Santa Fe, as well as Farmington, Las Vegas, and Taos. The district also expands into parts of rural Eastern New Mexico, taking in Clovis and Portales. Democrat Ben Ray Luján, who had represented the district since 2009, was reelected to a fifth term with 62% of the vote in 2016.

New Mexico's 3rd district was one of 36 Democrat-held House districts targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.^[3]