The 2010 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Democratic

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Bill Richardson William Blaine Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary ...

was term limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. On June 1, 2010, the Republicans nominated Susana Martínez, the district attorney for

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, and the Democrats nominated Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish. While it was initially thought that Richardson would resign early to become Secretary of Commerce in the Obama administration, Richardson withdrew from the position due to allegations of corruption that were later cleared and he remained governor until the conclusion of his term. Susana Martínez won the election on November 2, 2010, and became New Mexico's first elected female governor, as well as the first Latina governor of any state.

Democratic nomination

The Democratic primary election was held on June 1, 2010.

Candidate

* Diane Denish, lieutenant governor

Results

Republican nomination

The Republican primary was held on June 1, 2010.

Susana Martinez Susana Martinez (born July 14, 1959) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 31st governor of New Mexico from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, she served as chair of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) from 2015 to 2016. She ...

won the Republican nomination by getting over 50 percent of the vote in the primary. A pre-primary convention was held on March 13 and Martinez received 47 percent of the pre-primary Republican vote.

Candidates

Declared

* Janice Arnold-Jones, state representative * Pete Domenici, Jr., attorney and son of former U.S. Senator

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* Susana Martínez, Doña Ana County district attorney *

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, former chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico

Declined

* Steve Pearce, former U.S. representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in

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(ran for Congress) * Heather Wilson, former U.S. representative and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2008 *

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, former

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Republican Party chair and New Mexico National Guard

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Convention

A pre-primary nominating convention was held on March 13, 2010. Susana Martinez was victorious, winning the support of 46.65 percent of delegates, while Allen Weh received 26.32%, Janice Arnold-Jones received 13.16%, Doug Turner won 9.43%, and Pete Domenici, Jr. won 4.61%. Candidates who receive less than 20% of the convention vote are required to collect twice as many signatures as those who received 20% in order to appear on the primary ballot. Nonetheless, Arnold-Jones, Turner and Domenici all signaled their intention to remain in the race.

Polling

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

;With Arnold-Jones ;With Domenici, Jr. ;With Turner ;With Weh

Results

References

External links

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Democratic nomination

Candidate

Results

Republican nomination

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Convention

Polling

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

See also

References

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