2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico
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Turnout55.0%
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Nominee Martin Heinrich Mick Rich Gary Johnson
Party Democratic Republican Libertarian
Popular vote376,998212,813107,201
Percentage54.09%30.53%15.38%
2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg
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Heinrich:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Rich:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%
     No data
U.S. senator before election

Martin Heinrich
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Martin Heinrich
Democratic

The 2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of New Mexico, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Senator Martin Heinrich won re-election to a second term. [1] His opponents were Republican nominee and businessman Mick Rich and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, a two-term Republican Governor of New Mexico and two-time candidate for President of the United States.

The candidate filing deadline was March 13, 2018. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held June 5, 2018. [2] Johnson's results were the highest results for a Libertarian candidate in New Mexico history.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Martin Heinrich (incumbent) 152,145 100%
Total votes152,145 100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Mick Rich, businessman [4]

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mick Rich 67,502 100%
Total votes67,502 100%

Libertarian primary

On July 30, 2018, nominee Aubrey Dunn withdrew from the race. On August 4, former governor Gary Johnson was formally nominated by the Libertarian Party of New Mexico as Dunn's replacement. [8] Johnson accepted his party's nomination on August 13. [9]

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew nomination

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Aubrey Dunn 623 100%
Total votes623 100%

General election

Debates

Endorsements

Martin Heinrich (D)
U.S. Senators
Organizations
Mick Rich (R)
Governors
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Gary Johnson (L)
Governors
U.S. Senators
Statewide officials
State Representatives
Local officeholders
Journalists
Newspapers
Organizations
  • Libertarian Youth Caucus [37]
  • New Mexico Open Primaries [38]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [39] Safe DOctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [40] Safe DNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [41] Safe DNovember 1, 2018
Fox News [42] Likely DNovember 1, 2018
CNN [43] Safe DNovember 1, 2018
RealClearPolitics [44] Safe DNovember 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight [45] Safe DNovember 6, 2018

^Highest rating given

Polling

Graphical summary

Polls

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Martin
Heinrich (D)		Mick
Rich (R)		Gary
Johnson (L)		Undecided
Research Co. November 1–3, 2018450± 4.6%47%33%11%9%
Carroll Strategies Archived November 2, 2018, at the Wayback Machine November 1, 20181,202± 2.8%51%38%8%3%
Research & Polling, Inc. October 26 – November 1, 2018993± 3.1%51%31%12%6%
Emerson College October 24–26, 2018936± 3.4%48%32%16%5%
Pacific Market Research October 19–24, 2018400± 4.9%40%28%22%11%
NSON Opinion Strategy (L) September 20–24, 2018932–36%10%28%26%
In Lux Research (L-Elect Liberty PAC) September 16–17, 2018900–38%10%28%24%
Research & Polling, Inc. September 7–13, 2018966± 3.1%47%26%16%–
In Lux Research (L-Elect Liberty PAC) Archived September 27, 2018, at the Wayback Machine August 2018900–38%13%28%21%
Emerson College August 17–18, 2018500± 4.6%39%11%21%30%
GQR Research (D-TMI) Archived August 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine August 2–5, 2018500± 4.4%48%33%17%2%
GBA Strategies (D-Heinrich) August 1–5, 2018800± 3.5%47%29%22%–
The Tarrance Group (R-Rich) July 31 – August 2, 2018500± 4.5%44%30%20%6%
NSON Opinion Strategy (L) Archived September 27, 2018, at the Wayback Machine July 2018500–39%25%23%12%
Hypothetical polling
with Mick Rich
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Martin
Heinrich (D)		Mick
Rich (R)		Undecided
The Tarrance Group (R-Rich) July 31 – August 2, 2018500± 4.5%55%37%8%
NSON Opinion Strategy (L) July 2018500–47%29%–
with Gary Johnson
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Martin
Heinrich (D)		Gary
Johnson (L)		Undecided
GBA Strategies (D-Heinrich) August 1–5, 2018800± 3.5%50%38%–
In Lux Research (L) July 28–29, 2018525–40%42%–
with Aubrey Dunn
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Martin
Heinrich (D)		Mick
Rich (R)		Aubrey
Dunn (L)		Undecided
NSON Opinion Strategy (L) July 2018500–47%30%7%16%
Carroll Strategies June 15–16, 20181,199± 2.8%50%39%5%6%

Results

2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Martin Heinrich (incumbent) 376,998 54.09% +3.08%
Republican Mick Rich212,81330.53%-14.75%
Libertarian Gary Johnson 107,20115.38%N/A
Total votes697,012 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

County results

Vote breakdown by county [46]
Martin Heinrich
Democrat 		Mick Rich
Republican 		Gary Johnson
Libertarian 		Total
CountyVotes %Votes %Votes %Votes
Bernalillo 140,08258.1%61,93225.7%39,27416.3%241,288
Catron 55026.9%1,07558.4%21711.8%1,842
Chaves 5,27931.7%8,72752.4%2,66616.0%16,672
Cibola 3,92455.1%1,84225.9%1,35519.0%7,121
Colfax 2,33349.9%1,61534.5%73115.6%4,679
Curry 2,79327.4%5,89657.9%1,49814.7%10,187
De Baca 26733.2%34242.5%19624.4%805
Doña Ana 34,65157.0%18,10129.8%8,02913.2%60,781
Eddy 4,83430.7%8,82656.0%2,09513.3%15,755
Grant 6,76357.3%3,59830.5%1,44212.2%11,803
Guadalupe 1,09465.2%29217.4%29217.4%1,678
Harding 19841.2%19941.4%8417.5%481
Hidalgo 79049.5%60738.1%19812.4%1,595
Lea 3,33124.1%8,88264.2%1,62811.8%13,841
Lincoln 2,61733.3%4,12252.5%1,11114.2%7,850
Los Alamos 5,79856.3%2,57625.0%1,92618.7%10,300
Luna 3,00548.9%2,31337.7%82313.4%6,141
McKinley 12,40967.5%2,91515.9%3,04916.6%18,373
Mora 1,56467.4%37216.0%38616.6%2,322
Otero 6,37037.2%8,46049.4%2,29113.4%17,121
Quay 1,01632.9%1,53449.7%53717.4%3,087
Rio Arriba 8,77368.8%1,94515.3%2,03516.0%12,753
Roosevelt 1,27727.6%2,60656.3%75016.2%4,633
San Juan 12,48533.4%18,00248.2%6,87618.4%37,363
San Miguel 6,60971.6%1,29814.1%1,32314.3%9,230
Sandoval 28,19850.9%17,78532.1%9,39717.0%55,380
Santa Fe 49,99474.4%9,54614.2%7,64211.4%67,182
Sierra 1,91740.5%2,04843.3%76716.2%4,732
Socorro 3,40954.7%1,70027.3%1,12918.1%6,238
Taos 10,83874.7%1,55610.7%2,11214.6%14,506
Torrance 1,98236.9%2,43345.3%95117.7%5,366
Union 33422.8%87860.0%25217.2%1,464
Valencia 11,51447.1%8,79035.0%4,13916.9%24,443
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Results by congressional district

Heinrich won all 3 congressional districts. [47]

DistrictHeinrichRichJohnsonRepresentative
1st 57.55%26.28%16.17% Deb Haaland
2nd 45.56%40.17%14.27% Xochitl Torres Small
3rd 57.52%27.0%15.48% Ben Ray Luján

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