The 2022 New Mexico Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of New Mexico. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Hector Balderas was term-limited and could not seek re-election.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Raúl Torrez, Bernalillo County district attorney

Eliminated in primary Brian Colón, New Mexico State Auditor

Endorsements

Debates + 2022 New Mexico Attorney General Democratic primary debates Date Host Moderator Link Democratic DemocraticKey: Participant  Absent  Not invited  Invited Withdrawn Brian Colón Raúl Torrez1 May 9, 2022 KRQE Jessica Garate YouTube 2 May 25, 2022 KOAT-TVAlbuquerque JournalKKOB-FM Dan BoydBob ClarkRoyale Da YouTube

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error BrianColón RaúlTorrez UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSAApril 29 – May 7, 2022583 (LV)± 5.7%28%34%38%

Results

Republican primary Candidates Declared Jeremy Gay, U.S. Marine veteran

Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 3, 2022Elections DailyNovember 1, 2022

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error RaúlTorrez (D) JeremyGay (R) Other UndecidedResearch & Polling Inc.October 20–27, 2022625 (LV)± 3.9%49%39%2%10%SurveyUSASurveyUSAOctober 21–26, 2022650 (LV)± 4.9%47%37%–17%SurveyUSASurveyUSAOctober 1–6, 2022570 (LV)± 5.8%50%33%–16%Cygnal (R)Cygnal (R)September 27–29, 2022400 (LV)± 4.9%42%41%–17%SurveyUSASurveyUSASeptember 8–12, 2022558 (LV)± 5.7%49%34%–18%Research & Polling Inc.August 19–25, 2022518 (LV)± 4.3%49%33%3%15%Public Policy Polling (D)Public Policy Polling (D)June 13–14, 2022642 (V)± 3.9%44%37%–19%

Results

By county CountyRaúl Torrez DemocraticJeremy Gay RepublicanMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%Bernalillo147,61261.12%93,89538.88%53,71722.24%241,507Catron51726.05%1,46873.95% -951 -47.91%1,985Chaves4,69729.00%11,49871.00% -6,801 -41.99%16,195Cibola3,87057.36%2,87742.64%99314.72%6,747Colfax2,23846.15%2,61153.85% -373 -7.69%4,849Curry2,68026.45%7,45473.55% -4,774 -47.11%10,134De Baca21429.32%51670.68% -302 -41.37%730Doña Ana32,41956.72%24,73743.28%7,68213.44%57,156Eddy4,08524.68%12,46575.32% -8,380 -50.63%16,550Grant6,54156.59%5,01843.41%1,52313.18%11,559Guadalupe1,05962.70%63037.30%42925.40%1,689Harding15037.31%25262.69% -102 -25.37%402Hidalgo69144.78%85255.22% -161 -10.43%1,543Lea2,48417.89%11,39882.11% -8,914 -64.21%13,882Lincoln2,55930.93%5,71469.07% -3,155 -38.14%8,273Los Alamos6,25862.52%3,75237.48%2,50625.03%10,010Luna2,72847.12%3,06252.88% -334 -5.77%5,790McKinley12,49766.09%6,41333.91%6,08432.17%18,910Mora1,65770.72%68629.28%97141.44%2,343Otero6,25135.83%11,19364.17% -4,942 -28.33%17,444Quay91330.54%2,07769.46% -1,164 -38.93%2,990Rio Arriba9,05071.19%3,66328.81%5,38742.37%12,713Roosevelt1,19525.87%3,42474.13% -2,229 -48.26%4,619San Juan14,09035.71%25,36364.29% -11,273 -28.57%39,453San Miguel6,90373.84%2,44526.16%4,45847.69%9,348Sandoval32,42253.50%28,18446.50%4,2386.99%60,606Santa Fe53,24777.22%15,70922.78%37,53854.44%68,956Sierra1,98340.81%2,87659.19% -893 -18.38%4,859Socorro3,26754.46%2,73245.54%5358.92%5,999Taos10,60880.19%2,62119.81%7,98760.37%13,229Torrance1,88734.43%3,59465.57% -1,707 -31.14%5,481Union36325.05%1,08674.95% -723 -49.90%1,449Valencia11,45745.44%13,75854.56% -2,301 -9.13%25,215Totals388,59255.31%314,02344.69%74,56910.61%702,615

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Colfax (largest municipality: Raton) Harding (largest city: Roy) Hidalgo (largest municipality: Lordsburg) Luna (largest municipality: Deming) Sierra (largest city: Truth or Consequences) Torrance (largest city: Moriarty) Valencia (largest municipality: Los Lunas)

By congressional district Torrez won all three congressional districts. District Torrez Gay Representative 56% 44%Melanie Stansbury52%48%Yvette Herrell (117th Congress)Gabe Vasquez (118th Congress) 57% 43%Teresa Leger Fernandez

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links Official campaign websites Jeremy Gay (R) for Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) for Attorney General