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%

County results Maestas:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Sanchez:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

State Auditor before election Brian Colón Democratic Elected State Auditor Joseph Maestas Democratic

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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

Candidates

Nominee

• Joseph Maestas, chairman of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (2021–present) and former mayor of Española (2006–2010)^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Zackary Quintero, state ombudsmen and candidate for Albuquerque City Council in 2019^[3]

Results

Libertarian primary

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

Nominee

• Travis Sanchez, territory manager^[6]

Withdrawn

• Robert Vaillancourt^[5]

Results

General election

Results

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.