The 2022 New Mexico State Auditor election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next New Mexico State Auditor. Incumbent

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Auditor

Brian Colón Brian S. Colón is an American lawyer and politician who served as the New Mexico state auditor from 2019 to 2023. He is the former chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico. In 2010, he ran for and lost his bid for Lieutenant Governor of Ne ...

did not seek re-election, and instead opted to unsuccessfully run for Attorney General of New Mexico.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joseph Maestas Joseph Maestas (born 1960/1961) is an American politician and engineer who is a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. Elected in 2020, he assumed office on January 1, 2021, succeeding Valerie Espinoza. He announced on July 19, 202 ...

, chairman of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (2021–present) and former mayor of Española (2006–2010)

Eliminated in primary

*Zackary Quintero, state ombudsmen and candidate for Albuquerque City Council in 2019

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.

Candidates

Nominee

*Travis Sanchez, territory manager

Withdrawn

*Robert Vaillancourt

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.

By congressional district

Maestas won all 3 congressional districts.

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Joseph Maestas (D) for State AuditorTravis Sanchez (L) for State Auditor
{{2022 United States elections State Audtior New Mexico