2026 forecast

New Mexico Governor forecast

Deb Haaland vs Gregg Hull, an open seat. The model has Haaland ahead by 11.4 points, winning 97 percent of 10,000 simulated elections.

Likely DModel D +11.4Polls D +7.7Updated October 9, 2026

County simulation

33 counties
D +40R +40Hover a county for the simulated vote

Every simulated outcome

10,000 sims
D +51.6: 1 simulationsD +48.7: 0 simulationsD +45.9: 0 simulationsD +43.0: 1 simulationsD +40.2: 1 simulationsD +37.3: 0 simulationsD +34.5: 4 simulationsD +31.6: 15 simulationsD +28.8: 25 simulationsD +25.9: 80 simulationsD +23.1: 239 simulationsD +20.2: 577 simulationsD +17.4: 1134 simulationsD +14.5: 1812 simulationsD +11.7: 2054 simulationsD +8.8: 1763 simulationsD +6.0: 1183 simulationsD +3.1: 614 simulationsD +0.3: 282 simulationsR +2.6: 123 simulationsR +5.4: 46 simulationsR +8.3: 22 simulationsR +11.1: 13 simulationsR +14.0: 2 simulationsR +16.8: 1 simulationsR +19.7: 1 simulationsR +22.5: 2 simulationsR +25.4: 1 simulationsR +28.2: 0 simulationsR +31.1: 0 simulationsR +33.9: 2 simulationsR +36.8: 0 simulationsR +39.6: 0 simulationsR +42.5: 0 simulationsR +45.3: 1 simulationsR +48.2: 0 simulationsR +51.0: 0 simulationsR +53.9: 0 simulationsR +56.7: 0 simulationsR +59.6: 1 simulationsD +53.0R +61.0

80 percent of simulations fall between D +18.6 and D +4.2. Negative margins are Democratic wins.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
OnPoint averageWeighted averageD +7.7
SurveyUSA for KOB 4567 LV7dD +5.9
Research & Polling for the Albuquerque Journal516 LV42dD +6.9
BSP Research800 RV63dD +15.9
McLaughlin & Associates (R) for the Hull campaign400 LV86dD +4.1

Estimated vote by group

model crosstabs
GroupShareHaalandHull
GenderMen48%51.047.1
Women52%58.340.0
Age18 to 2914%53.644.5
30 to 4421%50.747.5
45 to 6432%53.844.4
65+33%58.939.3
RaceWhite49%44.553.8
Black2%78.519.8
Latino38%63.534.7
Asian and other11%65.432.3
Race and genderWhite men22%38.360.0
White women26%49.848.4
Black women1%81.916.4
Latino men18%60.537.7
Latino women20%66.431.9
All other races11%65.432.3