2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican governor Susana Martinez was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.

Lujan Grisham won the election by a substantial margin, which in fact was a complete and exact reversal of the 2014 gubernatorial results.

Her win also signaled a continuation of the pattern of the partisanship of the office changing every two terms, beginning with Gary Johnson's first election in 1994.

However, in 2010, then-District Attorney of New Mexico's Third Judicial District Susana Martinez won the election, becoming the first US Latina Governor, over Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish, former running mate of two-term Democrat Bill Richardson, by approximately seven points.

"[1] The 2018 primary election results show 116,311 votes for Democratic candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham and a total of 175,182 for all three Democratic candidates while Republican candidate/nominee Steve Pearce received 74,705; note that 23% of New Mexico's registered voters are third party or independents (280,000), who do not vote in the primary election.

Results by county:
Lujan Grisham—70–80%
Lujan Grisham—60–70%
Lujan Grisham—50–60%
Lujan Grisham—40–50%
Apodaca—40–50%
Results by county:
Morales—80–90%
Morales—70–80%
Morales—60–70%
Morales—50–60%
Morales—40–50%
Morales—<40%
Tie– Miera/Morales
Miera—40–50%
Garrett—40–50%