Bruce King Democratic Toney Anaya Democratic The 1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982 to elect the governor of New Mexico.

Democrat Toney Anaya defeated Republican state senator John B. Irick by about five points.

Anaya was the first Democrat to carry Harding County in a gubernatorial election since Thomas J. Mabry in 1946.

The Democratic primary was won by former attorney general Toney Anaya.

The Republican primary was won by state senator John B. Irick.