2022 New Mexico State Auditor election
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. Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Joseph Maestas, 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Withdrawn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. References

External links
Official campaign websites
Joseph Maestas (D) for State Auditor
Travis Sanchez (L) for State Auditor

State Audtior
New Mexico