New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2014

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Susana Martínez, incumbent Governor^[1]

Declined

Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico, businessman and Libertarian Party nominee for President in 2012^[2]

Endorsements

Susana Martínez
Elected Officials Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the Republican Governors Association^[3] Rick Perry, Governor of Texas and candidate for President in 2012^[4]

Susana Martínez

Elected Officials

Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the Republican Governors Association^[3]
Rick Perry, Governor of Texas and candidate for President in 2012^[4]

Results

Republican primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susana Martínez	67,127	100
Total votes			67,127	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico, candidate for Governor in 1998 and 2002 and son of former Governor Bruce King^[6]
Linda M. Lopez, State Senator^[7]
Howie Morales, State Senator^[8]
Lawrence Rael, former State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency, former CAO of Albuquerque and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2010^[9]
Alan Webber, businessman^[10]

Declined

Hector Balderas, State Auditor of New Mexico and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012 (running for Attorney General)^[11]
Jeff Bingaman, former U.S. Senator^[12]
Joseph Cervantes, State Senator^[13]
Timothy M. Keller, State Senator (running for State Auditor)^[14]
Antonio Maestas, State Representative^[15]
Michael Sanchez, Majority Leader of the New Mexico Senate^[16]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gary King	Linda M. Lopez	Howie Morales	Lawrence Rael	Alan Webber	Undecided
Journal Poll	May 20–22, 2014	631	± 3.9%	22%	5%	12%	16%	16%	29%
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	327	± 5.4%	34%	13%	15%	7%	5%	27%

Endorsements

Gary King
Elected Officials Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico^[17]^[18] Tom Udall, U.S. Senator^[19] Defeated Candidates Linda M. Lopez, State Senator^[20]^[21] Howie Morales, State Senator^[22] Lawrence Rael, former State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency, former CAO of Albuquerque and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2010^[23] Alan Webber, businessman^[24] Political Activists George Lovato, Jr., radio co-host of Just Ask George Radio^[25] Organizations Pojoaque Pueblo^[26] Teamsters Local 492^[27] United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1564^[28]

Gary King

Elected Officials

Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico^[17]^[18]
Tom Udall, U.S. Senator^[19]

Defeated Candidates

Linda M. Lopez, State Senator^[20]^[21]
Howie Morales, State Senator^[22]
Lawrence Rael, former State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency, former CAO of Albuquerque and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2010^[23]
Alan Webber, businessman^[24]

Political Activists

George Lovato, Jr., radio co-host of Just Ask George Radio^[25]

Organizations

Pojoaque Pueblo^[26]
Teamsters Local 492^[27]
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1564^[28]

Linda M. Lopez
Communication Workers of America Local 706^[29] District 1199NM of the National Union of Hospital and Healthcare Employees^[30]

Howie Morales
Diane Ravitch, education historian, educational policy analyst, and former Assistant United States Secretary of Education^[31]

Lawrence Rael
Pueblo de Cochiti^[32]

Alan Webber
Publications Santa Fe New Mexican ^[33] Santa Fe Reporter ^[34] Organizations The Network for Public Education ^[35] National Education Association-NM ^[36] Progressive Leaders Fund-NM ^[37] Elected Leaders & Former Public Servants Steve Fischmann, former State Senator^[38] Carlos Gallegos, former San Miguel County Commissioner^[38] John M. Garcia, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs^[38] LeRoy Garcia, former San Miguel County Commission Chairman^[38] Eric Griego, former State Senator^[38] Joey Herrera, Las Vegas City Councilor & Mayor Pro Tem^[38] Kathy Holian, Santa Fe County Commissioner^[38] John Hooker, former Mayor of Los Ranchos^[38] Nicolas T. Leger, San Miguel County Commissioner^[38] Patricia Madrid, former New Mexico Attorney General^[38] Joseph Maestas, Santa Fe City Councilor & Former Mayor of Española^[38] John Muñoz, former Chair of the Doña Ana Hispano Chamber of Commerce^[38] John Olivas, Mora County Commission Chairman^[38] Robert Shilling, Former NM State Police Chief^[38] Nathan Small, Las Cruces City Councilor^[38] Jeff Steinborn, State Representative, District 35^[38] Mimi Stewart, State Representative, District 21^[38] Rebecca Wurzburger, former Santa Fe City Councilor^[38] Wendy York, former District Court Judge^[38]

Alan Webber

Publications

Organizations

The Network for Public Education ^[35]
National Education Association-NM ^[36]
Progressive Leaders Fund-NM ^[37]

Elected Leaders & Former Public Servants

Steve Fischmann, former State Senator^[38]
Carlos Gallegos, former San Miguel County Commissioner^[38]
John M. Garcia, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs^[38]
LeRoy Garcia, former San Miguel County Commission Chairman^[38]
Eric Griego, former State Senator^[38]
Joey Herrera, Las Vegas City Councilor & Mayor Pro Tem^[38]
Kathy Holian, Santa Fe County Commissioner^[38]
John Hooker, former Mayor of Los Ranchos^[38]
Nicolas T. Leger, San Miguel County Commissioner^[38]
Patricia Madrid, former New Mexico Attorney General^[38]
Joseph Maestas, Santa Fe City Councilor & Former Mayor of Española^[38]
John Muñoz, former Chair of the Doña Ana Hispano Chamber of Commerce^[38]
John Olivas, Mora County Commission Chairman^[38]
Robert Shilling, Former NM State Police Chief^[38]
Nathan Small, Las Cruces City Councilor^[38]
Jeff Steinborn, State Representative, District 35^[38]
Mimi Stewart, State Representative, District 21^[38]
Rebecca Wurzburger, former Santa Fe City Councilor^[38]
Wendy York, former District Court Judge^[38]

Results

Democratic primary results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary King	43,617	35.02
	Democratic	Alan Webber	28,202	22.64
	Democratic	Lawrence Rael	24,684	19.82
	Democratic	Howie Morales	17,787	14.28
	Democratic	Linda Lopez	10,238	8.22
Total votes			124,562	100

General election

Candidates

Susana Martínez (Republican), incumbent Governor of New Mexico.
Gary King (Democratic), Attorney General of New Mexico.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[39]	100 !Likely R	September 26, 2014
Daily Kos Elections^[40]	100 !Likely R	October 6, 2013
Governing^[41]	100 !Likely R	October 7, 2014
Real Clear Politics^[42]	100 !Likely R	September 14, 2014
The Rothenberg Political Report^[43]	100 !Likely R	October 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[44]	100 !Safe R	October 9, 2014

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Gary King (D)	Other	Undecided
Research & Polling Inc.*	October 21–23, 2014	614	± 4%	53%	38%	—	9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov*	October 16–23, 2014	962	± 6%	50%	38%	0%	12%
Public Opinion Strategies*	October 5–7, 2014	500	± 4.38%	55%	36%	—	9%
Gravis Marketing	September 27 – October 1, 2014	727	± 4%	48%	44%	—	8%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	September 20 – October 1, 2014	1,093	± 4%	48%	41%	2%	9%
Rasmussen Reports*	September 22–23, 2014	830	± 4%	50%	37%	6%	6%
Research & Polling Inc.*	September 9–11, 2014	603	± 4%	54%	36%	—	10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov	August 18 – September 2, 2014	1,096	± 4%	48%	43%	2%	7%
Research & Polling Inc.*	August 12–14, 2014	606	± 4%	50%	41%	—	9%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov*	July 5–24, 2014	931	± 3.6%	51%	44%	3%	2%
Rasmussen Reports	July 21–22, 2014	860	± 4%	43%	43%	7%	7%
Lake Research Partners^	July 7–10, 2014	600	± 4%	45%	39%	—	15%
Public Opinion Strategies*	June 24–26, 2014	600	± 4%	54%	38%	—	8%
BWD Global*	June 10–11, 2014	1,526	± 2.5%	53%	40%	—	7%
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	47%	42%	—	11%
Public Policy Polling	July 13–16, 2012	724	± 3.6%	51%	39%	—	10%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Hector Balderas (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	July 13–16, 2012	724	± 3.6%	50%	37%	—	13%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Diane Denish (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	June 23–26, 2011	732	± 3.6%	53%	44%	—	4%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Linda M. Lopez (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	50%	36%	—	15%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Howie Morales (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	48%	34%	—	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Lawrence Rael (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	47%	36%	—	17%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Allan Weber (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	48%	32%	—	20%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susana Martínez (R)	Walter White	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling	March 20–23, 2014	674	± 3.8%	52%	26%	—	23%

* Internal poll for Susana Martínez campaign
^ Internal poll for Gary King campaign

Results

New Mexico General Election 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susana Martinez/ John Sanchez	288,549	57.34
	Democratic	Gary King/ Debra Haaland	214,636	42.66
Total votes			503,185	100.00

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External links

New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2014 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions at FollowTheMoney.org

Official campaign websites

Susana Martínez for Governor incumbent
Howie Morales for Governor
Alan Webber for Governor

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