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2022 New Mexico State Auditor election

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2022 New Mexico State Auditor election

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Nominee Joseph Maestas Travis Sanchez
Party Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 399,810 245,725
Percentage 61.9% 38.1%

Maestas:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Sanchez:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No votes

State Auditor before election

Brian Colón
Democratic

Elected State Auditor

Joseph Maestas
Democratic

The 2022 New Mexico State Auditor election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next New Mexico State Auditor. Incumbent Democratic Auditor Brian Colón did not seek re-election, and instead opted to unsuccessfully run for Attorney General of New Mexico.[1]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Results

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Results by county
  Maestas
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Quintero
  •   50–60%
Democratic primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Maestas 74,701 57.27%
Democratic Zackary Quintero 55,732 42.73%
Total votes 130,433 100.0%

Libertarian primary

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Vaillancourt received enough write-in votes to advance to the general election as the Libertarian nominee. However, Vaillancourt withdrew and was replaced on the ballot by Travis Sanchez, the Libertarian nominee for New Mexico Lieutenant Governor.[5]

Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Travis Sanchez, territory manager[6]

Withdrawn

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  • Robert Vaillancourt[5]

Results

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Libertarian primary results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Robert Vaillancourt (write-in) 284 100.0%
Total votes 284 100.0%

General election

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Results

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2022 New Mexico State Auditor election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph Maestas 399,810 61.93% +4.37%
Libertarian Travis Sanchez 245,725 38.07% N/A
Total votes 645,535 100.0%
Democratic hold

Maestas easily won the open seat, garnering close to 62% of the vote and overperforming the rest of the Democrats on the ballot. Maestas also was the only Democrat running statewide that obtained over 60% of the vote. This likely can be attributed to the fact that his opponent was a Libertarian, not a Republican. However, Sanchez's 38% of the vote was one of the strongest third party performances in the entire country in 2022.

By congressional district

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Maestas won all 3 congressional districts.[8]

District Maestas Sanchez Representative
1st 63% 37% Melanie Stansbury
2nd 59% 41% Yvette Herrell (117th Congress)
Gabe Vasquez (118th Congress)
3rd 63% 37% Teresa Leger Fernandez

References

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  1. ^ Clark, Carol (May 17, 2021). "Brian Colón Launches Campaign For New Mexico Attorney General; Vows To Combat Sexual, Violent & Gun Crimes". ladailypost.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ^ McKay, Dan (August 3, 2021). "PRC's Maestas announces campaign for state auditor". Albuquerque Journal.
  3. ^ D'Ammassa, Algernon (June 3, 2022). "Democratic rivals for New Mexico State Auditor compare resumes and experience". Las Cruces Sun-News.
  4. ^ a b "2022 Primary Election Candidate Summary Results Report" (PDF). New Mexico Secretary of State.
  5. ^ a b "2022 Candidates for Office". Libertarian Party of New Mexico.
  6. ^ Gilmore, Nicholas (October 18, 2022). "Candidate Q&A: Travis Sanchez for state auditor". Santa Fe New Mexican.
  7. ^ "2022 General New Mexico - Official Results". New Mexico Secretary of State.
  8. ^ "Dra 2020".
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Official campaign websites