2022 New Mexico House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico.

The 2022 New Mexico House of Representatives election took place on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election.^[1] The election coincided with elections for other offices including the United States House of Representatives, governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. The primary election was held on June 7, 2022.

2022 New Mexico House of Representatives election

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All 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives 36 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Brian Egolf (retired) Jim Townsend Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 17, 2017 January 15, 2019 Leader's seat 47th - Santa Fe 54th - Artesia Seats before 45 24 Seats after 45 25 Seat change 1 Popular vote 355,314 266,240 Percentage 56.07% 42.02%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker before election Brian Egolf Democratic Elected Speaker Javier Martínez Democratic

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2]	Likely D	May 19, 2022

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected representative	Party
1	Rod Montoya		Rep	Rod Montoya[a]		Rep
2	James Strickler		Rep	Mark Duncan		Rep
3	Ryan Lane		Rep	Ryan Lane[a]		Rep
4	Anthony Allison		Dem	Anthony Allison		Dem
5	Doreen Wonda Johnson		Dem	Doreen Wonda Johnson[a]		Dem
6	Eliseo Alcon		Dem	Eliseo Alcon		Dem
7	Kelly Fajardo		Rep	Tanya Mirabal Moya		Rep
8	Brian Baca		Rep	Brian Baca[a]		Rep
9	Patricia Lundstrom		Dem	Patricia Lundstrom[a]		Dem
10	Andrés Romero		Dem	Andrés Romero		Dem
11	Javier Martínez		Dem	Javier Martínez		Dem
12	Art De La Cruz		Dem	Art De La Cruz[a]		Dem
13	Patricia Roybal Caballero		Dem	Patricia Roybal Caballero[a]		Dem
14	Miguel Garcia		Dem	Miguel Garcia		Dem
15	Dayan Hochman-Vigil		Dem	Dayan Hochman-Vigil		Dem
	Deborah Armstrong		Dem
16	Moe Maestas		Dem	Moe Maestas[a]		Dem
17	New Seat			Cynthia Borrego		Dem
18	Gail Chasey		Dem	Gail Chasey		Dem
19	Kay Bounkeua		Dem	Janelle Anyanonu		Dem
20	Meredith Dixon		Dem	Meredith Dixon		Dem
21	Debra Sariñana		Dem	Debra Sariñana[a]		Dem
22	Stefani Lord		Rep	Stefani Lord		Rep
23	New Seat			Alan Martinez		Rep
24	Liz Thomson		Dem	Liz Thomson[a]		Dem
25	Christine Trujillo		Dem	Christine Trujillo[a]		Dem
26	Georgene Louis		Dem	Eleanor Chavez		Dem
27	Marian Matthews		Dem	Marian Matthews		Dem
28	Pamelya Herndon		Dem	Pamelya Herndon		Dem
29	Joy Garratt		Dem	Joy Garratt		Dem
30	Natalie Figueroa		Dem	Natalie Figueroa		Dem
31	Bill Rehm		Rep	Bill Rehm		Rep
32	Candie Sweetser		Dem	Jenifer Jones		Rep
33	Micaela Lara Cadena		Dem	Micaela Lara Cadena		Dem
34	Raymundo Lara		Dem	Raymundo Lara[a]		Dem
35	Angelica Rubio		Dem	Angelica Rubio		Dem
36	Nathan Small		Dem	Nathan Small		Dem
37	Joanne Ferrary		Dem	Joanne Ferrary		Dem
38	Rebecca Dow		Rep	Tara Jaramillo		Dem
39	Luis Terrazas		Rep	Luis Terrazas		Rep
40	Roger Montoya		Dem	Joseph Sanchez		Dem
41	Susan Herrera		Dem	Susan Herrera[a]		Dem
42	Kristina Ortez		Dem	Kristina Ortez[a]		Dem
43	Christine Chandler		Dem	Christine Chandler[a]		Dem
44	Jane Powdrell-Culbert		Rep	Kathleen Cates		Dem
	Daymon Ely		Dem
45	Linda Serrato		Dem	Linda Serrato[a]		Dem
46	Andrea Romero		Dem	Andrea Romero		Dem
47	Brian Egolf		Dem	Reena Szczepanski[a]		Dem
48	Tara Lujan		Dem	Tara Lujan[a]		Dem
49	Gail Armstrong		Rep	Gail Armstrong[a]		Rep
50	Matthew McQueen		Dem	Matthew McQueen[a]		Dem
51	Rachel Black		Rep	John Block		Rep
52	Doreen Gallegos		Dem	Doreen Gallegos		Dem
53	Willie Madrid		Dem	Willie Madrid		Dem
54	Jim Townsend		Rep	Jim Townsend[a]		Rep
55	Cathrynn Brown		Rep	Cathrynn Brown[a]		Rep
56	Zachary Cook		Rep	Harlan Vincent		Rep
57	Jason Harper		Rep	Jason Harper		Rep
58	Candy Ezzell		Rep	Candy Ezzell[a]		Rep
59	Greg Nibert		Rep	Greg Nibert[a]		Rep
60	Joshua Hernandez		Rep	Joshua Hernandez[a]		Rep
61	Randall Pettigrew		Rep	Randall Pettigrew[a]		Rep
62	Larry Scott		Rep	Larry Scott[a]		Rep
63	Martin Zamora		Rep	Martin Zamora		Rep
64	Randal Crowder		Rep	Andrea Reeb		Rep
65	Derrick Lente		Dem	Derrick Lente[a]		Dem
66	Phelps Anderson		Ind	Jimmy Mason		Rep
67	Jackey Chatfield		Rep	Jackey Chatfield[a]		Rep
68	Karen Bash		Dem	Charlotte Little		Dem
69	Harry Garcia		Dem	Harry Garcia[a]		Dem
70	Ambrose Castellano		Dem	Ambrose Castellano[a]		Dem

1. Unopposed in the November general election.

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	54	355,314	56.07	45		64.29
	Republican	50	266,240	42.02	25	1	35.71
	Independent/Write-in	7	10,798	1.70	0	1	0.00
	Libertarian	1	1,319	0.21	0		0.00
Total		112	633,671	100%	70		100%

House seats Democratic   64.29% Republican   35.71%

Popular vote Democratic   56.07% Republican   42.02% Independent/Write-in   1.70% Libertarian   0.21%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 68, 0.32%
2. District 32, 0.6% gain
3. District 38, 1.38% gain
4. District 44, 2.04% gain
5. District 53, 2.1%
6. District 57, 3.64%
7. District 36, 4.16%
8. District 28, 4.64%
9. District 17, 5.6% gain
10. District 29, 6.46%
11. District 39, 6.58%
12. District 23, 7.18% gain
13. District 27, 8.2%
14. District 30, 9.74%
15. District 31, 9.86%

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

1. District 17: Deborah Armstrong retired.
2. District 19: Kay Bounkeua retired.
3. District 23: Daymon Ely retired.
4. District 26: Georgene Louis retired.
5. District 47: Brian Egolf retired.
6. District 68: Karen Bash retired.

Independents

1. District 66: Phelps Anderson retired.

Republicans

1. District 2: James Strickler retired.
2. District 7: Kelly Fajardo retired.
3. District 38: Rebecca Dow retired to run for governor of New Mexico.
4. District 56: Zachary Cook retired.
5. District 64: Randal Crowder retired.

Incumbents defeated in primaries

Democrats

1. District 40: Roger Montoya lost renomination to Joseph Sanchez.

Republicans

1. District 51: Rachel Black lost renomination to John Block.

Newly created seats

• District 17 (Bernalillo County), won by Cynthia Borrego (D)
• District 23 (Sandoval County), won by Alan Martinez (R)

Detailed results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • 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 • District 58 • District 59 • District 60 • District 61 • District 62 • District 63 • District 64 • District 65 • District 66 • District 67 • District 68 • District 69 • District 70

Source for primary election results:^[3]

Source for general election results:^[4][5]

District 1

Incumbent Republican Rod Montoya had represented the 1st district since 2015.

New Mexico House of Representatives 1st District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rod Montoya (incumbent)	9,182	100%
Total votes			9,182	100%
	Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent Republican James Strickler had represented the 2nd district since 2007. Strickler did not seek re-election.

New Mexico House of Representatives 2nd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Duncan	5,468	70.20%
	Independent	Matt Dodson	2,321	29.80%
Total votes			7,789	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Ryan Lane had represented the 3rd district since 2021.

New Mexico House of Representatives 3rd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Lane (incumbent)	8,272	100%
Total votes			8,272	100%
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Anthony Allison had represented the 4th district since 2019. Christina Aspaas unsuccessfully challenged Allison for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 4th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Allison (incumbent)	817	65.15%
	Democratic	Christina Aspaas	437	34.85%
Total votes			1,254	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 4th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Allison (incumbent)	5,993	100%
Total votes			5,993	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Doreen Wonda Johnson had represented the 5th district since 2015. Kevin Mitchell unsuccessfully challenged Johnson for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 5th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doreen Wonda Johnson (incumbent)	1,752	55.25%
	Democratic	Kevin Mitchell	1,419	44.75%
Total votes			3,171	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 5th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doreen Wonda Johnson (incumbent)	7,249	100%
Total votes			7,249	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Eliseo Alcon had represented the 6th district since 2009.

New Mexico House of Representatives 6th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eliseo Alcon (incumbent)	4,925	62.67%
	Republican	Jerri D. Rowe	2,934	37.33%
Total votes			7,859	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican Kelly Fajardo had represented the 7th district since 2013. Fajardo did not seek re-election.

New Mexico House of Representatives 7th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tanya Mirabal Moya	4,621	57.53%
	Democratic	Danny M. Bernal Jr.	3,412	42.47%
Total votes			8,033	100%
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Brian Baca had represented the 8th district since his appointment in 2022.

New Mexico House of Representatives 8th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Baca (incumbent)	8,503	98.15%
	Democratic	Paul Matthew Kinzelman (write-in)	160	1.85%
Total votes			8,663	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Patricia Lundstrom had represented the 9th district since 2003.

New Mexico House of Representatives 9th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Lundstrom (incumbent)	5,293	100%
Total votes			5,293	100%
	Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Andrés Romero had represented the 10th district since 2015.

New Mexico House of Representatives 10th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrés Romero (incumbent)	4,506	58.58%
	Republican	Mary Kay Ingham	3,186	41.42%
Total votes			7,692	100%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Javier Martínez had represented the 11th district since 2015. Lisa Meyer-Hagen defeated Adrian Anthony Trujillo Sr. for the Republican nomination.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 11th District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Meyer-Hagen	375	52.59%
	Republican	Adrian Anthony Trujillo Sr.	338	47.41%
Total votes			713	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 11th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Javier Martínez (incumbent)	8,859	77.87%
	Republican	Lisa Meyer-Hagen	2,518	22.13%
Total votes			11,377	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Art De La Cruz had represented the 12th district since his appointment in 2022. Melissa Armijo and Nicole Michelle Olonovich unsuccessfully challenged Cruz for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 12th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Art De La Cruz (incumbent)	789	52.67%
	Democratic	Meliisa Armijo	446	29.77%
	Democratic	Nicole Michelle Olonovich	263	17.56%
Total votes			1,498	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 12th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Art De La Cruz (incumbent)	4,361	100%
Total votes			4,361	100%
	Democratic hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Patricia Roybal Caballero had represented the 13th district since 2013.

New Mexico House of Representatives 13th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Roybal Caballero (incumbent)	3,889	100%
Total votes			3,889	100%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Miguel Garcia had represented the 14th district since 1997.

New Mexico House of Representatives 14th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Miguel Garcia (incumbent)	5,679	73.64%
	Republican	Solomon Peña	2,033	26.36%
Total votes			7,712	100%
	Democratic hold

After losing the election to Garcia by 3,600 votes, Peña claimed he was the victim of election fraud and refused to concede. On January 16, 2023, he was charged with hiring four men to shoot at the houses of four Democratic politicians (New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez, state Senator Linda M. Lopez, and two Bernalillo County commissioners) in December 2022 and January 2023.^[6]

District 15

The new 15th district includes the homes of incumbent Democrats Dayan Hochman-Vigil, who had represented the 15th district since 2019, and Deborah Armstrong, who had represented the 17th district since 2015. Armstrong did not seek re-election, and later resigned. Linda Garcia Benavides was appointed to fill the remainder of Armstrong's term.

New Mexico House of Representatives 15th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dayan Hochman-Vigil (incumbent)	7,574	60.14%
	Republican	Kimberly Ann Kaehr-Macmillan	4,386	34.83%
	Independent	Laura E. Gutierrez	634	5.03%
Total votes			12,594	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Moe Maestas had represented the 16th district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 16th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Moe Maestas (incumbent)	7,575	100%
Total votes			7,575	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

The new 17th District was an open seat with no incumbent. Cynthia Borrego defeated Darrell Deaguero for the Democratic nomination. Ellis McMath defeated Joshua Taylor Neal for the Republican nomination. Borrego won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 17th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Borrego	1,131	59.40%
	Democratic	Darrell Deaguero	773	40.60%
Total votes			1,904	100%

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 17th District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ellis McMath	1,051	59.58%
	Republican	Joshua Taylor Neal	713	40.42%
Total votes			1,764	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 17th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cynthia Borrego	6,150	52.79%
	Republican	Ellis McMath	5,499	47.21%
Total votes			11,649	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Gail Chasey had represented the 18th district since 1997.

New Mexico House of Representatives 18th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gail Chasey (incumbent)	10,292	84.61%
	Republican	Scott Troy Cannon	1,872	15.39%
Total votes			12,164	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Incumbent Democrat Kay Bounkeua had represented the 19th district since her appointment in August 2021. Bounkeua did not seek re-election. Janelle Anyanonu defeated Colton Dean for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 19th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janelle Anyanonu	1,265	77.13%
	Democratic	Colton Dean	375	22.87%
Total votes			1,640	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 19th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Janelle Anyanonu	4,014	63.31%
	Republican	Kathleen M. Jackson	1,454	22.93%
	Independent	Enrique Jesus Cardiel	872	13.75%
Total votes			6,340	100%
	Democratic hold

District 20

Incumbent Democrat Meredith Dixon had represented the 20th district since 2021.

New Mexico House of Representatives 20th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Meredith Dixon (incumbent)	6,900	56.36%
	Republican	Robert A. Salazar	5,343	43.64%
Total votes			12,243	100%
	Democratic hold

District 21

Incumbent Democrat Debra Sariñana had represented the 21st district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 21st District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debra Sariñana (incumbent)	5,410	100%
Total votes			5,410	100%
	Democratic hold

District 22

Incumbent Republican Stefani Lord had represented the 22nd district since 2021.

New Mexico House of Representatives 22nd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stefani Lord (incumbent)	8,816	56.14%
	Democratic	Augustine Montoya	6,887	43.86%
Total votes			15,703	100%
	Republican hold

District 23

The new 23rd district was an open seat that was expected to favor Republicans. Most constituents came from the former 44th district.

New Mexico House of Representatives 23rd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Martinez	7,242	53.59%
	Democratic	Ramon Montano	6,271	46.41%
Total votes			13,513	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 24

Incumbent Democrat Liz Thomson had represented the 24th district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 24th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Thomson (incumbent)	7,545	59.28%
	Republican	Khalid Emshadi	5,183	40.72%
Total votes			12,728	100%
	Democratic hold

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Christine Trujillo had represented the 25th district since 2013.

New Mexico House of Representatives 25th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Trujillo (incumbent)	9,187	100%
Total votes			9,187	100%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Incumbent Democrat Georgene Louis had represented the 26th district since 2013. Louis did not seek re-election. Former representative Eleanor Chavez defeated Cherise Quezada for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 26th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eleanor Chavez	898	68.50%
	Democratic	Cherise Quezada	413	31.50%
Total votes			1,311	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 26th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eleanor Chavez	4,032	60.41%
	Republican	Patrick Sais	2,642	39.59%
Total votes			6,674	100%
	Democratic hold

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Marian Matthews had represented the 27th district since 2020. Robert Godshall defeated Elisa Maria Martinez for the Republican nomination.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives th District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Godshall	1,563	60.51%
	Republican	Elisa Maria Martinez	1,020	39.49%
Total votes			2,583	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 27th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marian Matthews (incumbent)	7,728	54.10%
	Republican	Robert Godshall	6,556	45.90%
Total votes			14,284	100%
	Democratic hold

District 28

Incumbent Democrat Pamelya Herndon had represented the 28th district since her appointment in June 2021.

New Mexico House of Representatives 28th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pamelya Herndon (incumbent)	7,552	52.32%
	Republican	Nicole Chavez	6,883	47.68%
Total votes			14,435	100%
	Democratic hold

District 29

Incumbent Democrat Joy Garratt had represented the 29th district since 2019. Gregory Cunningham defeated Adelious De Stith for the Republican nomination.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 29th District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory Cunningham	1,386	66.25%
	Republican	Adelious De Stith	706	33.75%
Total votes			2,092	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 29th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joy Garratt (incumbent)	7,349	53.23%
	Republican	Gregory Cunningham	6,458	46.77%
Total votes			13,807	100%
	Democratic hold

District 30

Incumbent Democrat Natalie Figueroa had represented the 30th district since 2019.

New Mexico House of Representatives 30th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natalie Figueroa (incumbent)	6,737	54.87%
	Republican	Kurstin Johnson	5,541	45.13%
Total votes			12,278	100%
	Democratic hold

District 31

Incumbent Republican Bill Rehm had represented the 31st district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 31st District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rehm (incumbent)	8,542	54.93%
	Democratic	Athena Ann Christodoulou	7,008	45.07%
Total votes			15,550	100%
	Republican hold

District 32

Incumbent Democrat Candie Sweetser had represented the 32nd district since 2017. Sweetser lost re-election to Republican Jenifer Jones.

New Mexico House of Representatives 32nd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jenifer Jones	3,789	50.31%
	Democratic	Candie Sweetser (incumbent)	3,743	49.69%
Total votes			7,532	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 33

Incumbent Democrat Micaela Lara Cadena had represented the 33rd district since 2019.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 33rd District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Richard Wendler (write-in)	52	100%
Total votes			52	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 33rd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Micaela Lara Cadena (incumbent)	4,908	59.99%
	Republican	Charles Richard Wendler	3,273	40.01%
Total votes			8,181	100%
	Democratic hold

District 34

Incumbent Democrat Raymundo Lara had represented the 34th district since 2019.

New Mexico House of Representatives 34th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raymundo Lara (incumbent)	3,604	95.70%
	Republican	Mark W. Vieth (write-in)	162	4.30%
Total votes			3,766	100%
	Democratic hold

District 35

Incumbent Democrat Angelica Rubio had represented the 35th district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 35th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angelica Rubio (incumbent)	4,879	59.37%
	Republican	Richelle Peugh-Swafford	3,339	40.63%
Total votes			8,218	100%
	Democratic hold

District 36

Incumbent Democrat Nathan Small had represented the 36th district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 36th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nathan Small (incumbent)	5,098	52.08%
	Republican	Kimberly Skaggs	4,690	47.92%
Total votes			9,788	100%
	Democratic hold

District 37

Incumbent Democrat Joanne Ferrary had represented the 37th district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 37th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joanne Ferrary (incumbent)	5,557	57.25%
	Republican	Rene Ezequiel Rodriguez	4,150	42.75%
Total votes			9,707	100%
	Democratic hold

District 38

Incumbent Republican Rebecca Dow had represented the 38th district since 2017. Dow was retiring to run for governor of New Mexico. The district had been drawn to be much more Democratic-leaning than its predecessor. Tara Jaramillo defeated Ravi Bhasker for the Democratic nomination. Sandra Kay Hammack defeated Melba Aguilar for the Republican nomination. Jaramillo won the general election.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 38th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tara Jaramillo	1,232	64.60%
	Democratic	Ravi Bhasker	675	35.40%
Total votes			1,907	100%

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 38th District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sandra Kay Hammack	1,339	74.31%
	Republican	Melba Aguilar	463	25.69%
Total votes			1,802	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 38th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tara Jaramillo	4,500	50.69%
	Republican	Sandra Kay Hammack	4,377	49.31%
Total votes			8,877	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 39

Incumbent Republican Luis Terrazas had represented the 39th district since 2021. Former representative Rodolpho Martinez defeated Karen Whitlock for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 39th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rodolpho Martinez	1,770	51.27%
	Democratic	Karen Whitlock	1,682	48.73%
Total votes			3,452	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 39th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luis Terrazas (incumbent)	6,415	53.29%
	Democratic	Rodolpho Martinez	5,622	46.71%
Total votes			12,037	100%
	Republican hold

District 40

Incumbent Democrat Roger Montoya had represented the 40th district since 2021. Montoya lost re-nomination to Joseph Sanchez, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 40th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Sanchez	2,761	57.10%
	Democratic	Roger Montoya (incumbent)	2,074	42.90%
Total votes			4,835	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 40th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Sanchez	7,342	72.77%
	Republican	Jerald Steve McFall	2,747	27.23%
Total votes			10,089	100%
	Democratic hold

District 41

Incumbent Democrat Susan Herrera had represented the 41st district since 2019. Marlo Martinez unsuccessfully challenged Herrera for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 41st District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Herrera (incumbent)	2,658	58.53%
	Democratic	Marlo Martinez	1,883	41.47%
Total votes			4,541	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 41st District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Herrera (incumbent)	7,521	100%
Total votes			7,521	100%
	Democratic hold

District 42

Incumbent Democrat Kristina Ortez had represented the 42nd district since 2021. Florence Miera unsuccessfully challenged Ortez for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 42nd District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristina Ortez (incumbent)	2,855	60.04%
	Democratic	Florence Miera	1,900	39.96%
Total votes			4,755	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 42nd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristina Ortez (incumbent)	9,267	100%
Total votes			9,267	100%
	Democratic hold

District 43

Incumbent Democrat Christine Chandler had represented the 43rd district since 2019.

New Mexico House of Representatives 43rd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Chandler (incumbent)	9,173	100%
Total votes			9,173	100%
	Democratic hold

District 44

The new 44th district includes the home of incumbent Republican Jane Powdrell-Culbert, who had represented the 44th district since 2003, and incumbent Democrat Daymon Ely, who had represented the 23rd district since 2017. Ely did not seek re-election. Frida Susana Vazquez unsuccessfully challenged Powdrell-Culbert for the Republican nomination. Powdrell-Culbert lost the general election to Democrat Kathleen Cates.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 44th District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jane Powdrell-Culbert (incumbent)	1,461	61.88%
	Republican	Frida Susana Vasquez	900	38.12%
Total votes			2,361	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 44th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathleen Cates	7,415	51.02%
	Republican	Jane Powdrell-Culbert (incumbent)	7,118	48.98%
Total votes			14,533	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 45

Incumbent Democrat Linda Serrato had represented the 45th district since 2020.

New Mexico House of Representatives 45th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Serrato (incumbent)	9,124	100%
Total votes			9,124	100%
	Democratic hold

District 46

Incumbent Democrat Andrea Romero had represented the 46th district since 2019. Henry Roybal and Ryan Erik Salazar unsuccessfully challenged Romero for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 46th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Romero (incumbent)	3,151	61.58%
	Democratic	Henry Roybal	1,704	33.30%
	Democratic	Ryan Erik Salazar	262	5.12%
Total votes			5,117	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 46th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Romero (incumbent)	10,921	77.32%
	Republican	Jay Groseclose	3,203	22.68%
Total votes			14,124	100%
	Democratic hold

District 47

Incumbent Democratic House Speaker Brian Egolf had represented the 47th district since 2009. Egolf did not seek re-election.

New Mexico House of Representatives 47th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reena Szczepanski	14,538	100%
Total votes			14,538	100%
	Democratic hold

District 48

Incumbent Democrat Tara Lujan had represented the 48th district since 2020.

New Mexico House of Representatives 48th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tara Lujan (incumbent)	9,251	100%
Total votes			9,251	100%
	Democratic hold

District 49

Incumbent Republican Gail Armstrong had represented the 49th district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 49th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gail Armstrong (incumbent)	8,774	100%
Total votes			8,774	100%
	Republican hold

District 50

Incumbent Democrat Matthew McQueen had represented the 50th district since 2015.

New Mexico House of Representatives 50th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew McQueen (incumbent)	11,986	100%
Total votes			11,986	100%
	Democratic hold

District 51

Incumbent Republican Rachel Black had represented the 51st district since 2019. Black lost re-nomination to fellow Republican John Block, who went on to win the general election.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 51st District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Block	1,545	50.81%
	Republican	Rachel Black (incumbent)	1,496	49.19%
Total votes			3,041	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 51st District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Block	5,856	63.04%
	Democratic	Sharonlee Cummins	3,434	36.96%
Total votes			9,290	100%
	Republican hold

District 52

Incumbent Democrat Doreen Gallegos had represented the 52nd district since 2013.

New Mexico House of Representatives 52nd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doreen Gallegos (incumbent)	4,208	60.88%
	Republican	John Foreman	2,704	39.12%
Total votes			6,912	100%
	Democratic hold

District 53

Incumbent Democrat Willie Madrid had represented the 53rd district since 2019.

New Mexico House of Representatives 53rd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Willie Madrid (incumbent)	3,238	51.05%
	Republican	Elizabeth Lee Winterrowd	3,105	48.95%
Total votes			6,343	100%
	Democratic hold

District 54

Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Jim Townsend had represented the 54th district since 2015.

New Mexico House of Representatives 54th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Townsend (incumbent)	7,038	100%
Total votes			7,038	100%
	Republican hold

District 55

Incumbent Republican Cathrynn Brown had represented the 55th district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 55th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cathrynn Brown (incumbent)	7,428	100%
Total votes			7,428	100%
	Republican hold

District 56

Incumbent Republican Zachary Cook had represented the 56th district since 2009. Cook did not seek re-election.

New Mexico House of Representatives 56th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harlan Vincent	7,761	67.17%
	Independent	Elaine Allen	3,793	32.83%
Total votes			11,554	100%
	Republican hold

District 57

Incumbent Republican Jason Harper had represented the 57th district since 2013.

New Mexico House of Representatives 57th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Harper (incumbent)	6,082	51.82%
	Democratic	Michelle Eleanor Sandoval	5,654	48.18%
Total votes			11,736	100%
	Republican hold

District 58

Incumbent Republican Candy Ezzell had represented the 58th district since 2005.

New Mexico House of Representatives 58th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Candy Ezzell (incumbent)	4,100	100%
Total votes			4,100	100%
	Republican hold

District 59

Incumbent Republican Greg Nibert had represented the 59th district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 59th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Nibert (incumbent)	7,667	100%
Total votes			7,667	100%
	Republican hold

District 60

Incumbent Republican Joshua Hernandez had represented the 60th district since 2021.

New Mexico House of Representatives 60th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua Hernandez (incumbent)	7,359	100%
Total votes			7,359	100%
	Republican hold

District 61

Incumbent Republican Randall Pettigrew had represented the 61st district since 2021. Rebecca Jill Jones unsuccessfully challenged Pettigrew for the Republican nomination.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 61st District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randall Pettigrew (incumbent)	635	64.08%
	Republican	Rebecca Jill Jones	356	35.92%
Total votes			991	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 61st District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randall Pettigrew (incumbent)	3,090	100%
Total votes			3,090	100%
	Republican hold

District 62

Incumbent Republican Larry Scott had represented the 62nd district since 2015. Elaine Sena Cortez unsuccessfully challenged Scott for the Republican nomination.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 62nd District Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Scott (incumbent)	1,694	63.92%
	Republican	Elaine Sena Cortez	956	36.08%
Total votes			2,650	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 62nd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Scott (incumbent)	6,484	100%
Total votes			6,484	100%
	Republican hold

District 63

Incumbent Republican Martin Zamora had represented the 63rd district since 2019.

New Mexico House of Representatives 63rd District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martin Zamora (incumbent)	4,787	100%
Total votes			4,787	100%
	Republican hold

District 64

Incumbent Republican Randal Crowder had represented the 64th district since 2015. Crowder did not seek re-election.

New Mexico House of Representatives 64th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrea Reeb	5,889	67.34%
	Independent	David Lansford	2,856	32.66%
Total votes			8,745	100%
	Republican hold

District 65

Incumbent Democrat Derrick Lente had represented the 65th district since 2017.

New Mexico House of Representatives 65th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derrick Lente (incumbent)	6,230	100%
Total votes			6,230	100%
	Democratic hold

District 66

Incumbent Independent Phelps Anderson had represented the 66th district since 2019. Anderson did not seek re-election.

New Mexico House of Representatives 66th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Mason	5,571	80.86%
	Libertarian	Andrew Kennedy	1,319	19.14%
Total votes			6,890	100%
	Republican gain from Independent

District 67

Incumbent Republican Jackey Chatfield had represented the 68th district since 2019.

New Mexico House of Representatives 67th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackey Chatfield (incumbent)	8,455	100%
Total votes			8,455	100%
	Republican hold

District 68

Incumbent Democrat Karen Bash had represented the 68th district since 2019. Bash did not seek re-election.

New Mexico House of Representatives 68th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlotte Little	5,651	50.16%
	Republican	Robert Henry Moss	5,616	49.84%
Total votes			11,267	100%
	Democratic hold

District 69

Incumbent Democrat Harry Garcia had represented the district since 2016.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry Garcia (incumbent)	1,159	80.54%
	Democratic	Martin Anthony Trujillo (write-in)	280	19.46%
Total votes			1,439	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 69th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry Garcia (incumbent)	5,075	100%
Total votes			5,075	100%
	Democratic hold

District 70

Incumbent Democrat Ambrose Castellano had represented the 70th district since 2021. Anita Amalia Gonzales unsuccessfully challenged Castellano for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 70th District Democratic primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ambrose Castellano (incumbent)	2,061	50.96%
	Democratic	Anita Amalia Gonzales	1,983	49.04%
Total votes			4,044	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 70th District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ambrose Castellano (incumbent)	7,237	100%
Total votes			7,237	100%
	Democratic hold

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