[9] Incumbent Democratic attorney general Gary King was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.

[1] In January 2013, former Public Regulation Commissioner Jason Marks formed an exploratory committee, but he suspended his campaign in July, citing poor fundraising.

[12][13] Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Dianna Duran won a second term in office, defeating Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver.

[1] Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer James B. Lewis was term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office.

[1] Former Bernalillo County Treasurer Patrick Padilla had been running, but he was disqualified from the ballot after he failed to collect enough petition signatures.

Wertheim raised the challenge and Padilla was disqualified after a district judge found he was 93 valid signatures short of the minimum requirement of 4,373.

[1] Incumbent Democratic State Auditor Hector Balderas was term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third term in office.

[1] District 5 Republican incumbent Ben Hall, the current chairman of the commission, was running for re-election to a second term in office.

[1] Democrats Donald L. Wolberg, Merrie Lee Soules, and Sandy R. Jones were also running.

[1] Democrat Ken Miyagishima, the Mayor of Las Cruces, had considered running for a seat on the commission, but decided not to.