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The following is a list of events of the year 2018 in New Mexico.

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May 31 – The Ute Park Fire started which burned burned 36,740 acres east of Ute Park.^[1]
June 6 – New Mexico United was founded.^[2]^[3]
August 31 – The 94th Burning of Zozobra.^[4]
October 8 – Netflix buys Albuquerque Studios.^[5]
November 3:
- In the 2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election, Michelle Lujan Grisham defeated Steve Pearce by a margin of 14.4%.^[6]
- In the 2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election, all 70 of the state's House districts were up for reelection.^[7]
- In the 2018 United States Senate election in New Mexico, Martin Heinrich defeated Mick Rich and Gary Johnson.^[8]
December 13 – VSS Unity VP-03, the first suborbital spaceflight of VSS Unity was successfully completed.^[9]^[10]

"6/11/18 Ute Park Fire Evening Update - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. United States Forest Service. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
Seligman, Noah (October 9, 2018). "USL club will be known as New Mexico United". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
"New Mexico United Unveils Official Name, Branding" (Press release). USL. October 9, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
Levin, Jennifer (August 31, 2018). "He's your puppet: Zozobra and related events". Retrieved January 14, 2026.
Chmielewski, Dawn C. (October 8, 2018). "Netflix To Open Albuquerque Production Hub In Snub To L.A." Deadline. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
Alexia, Fernández Campbell (November 7, 2018). "New Mexico elects Michelle Lujan Grisham as first Democratic Latina governor in the US". Vox. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
"New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
Coleman, Michael (November 10, 2016). "Who wants to be New Mexico's next governor?". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
"Virgin Galactic gets set for SpaceShipTwo flights that aim for space — but how high?". GeekWire. January 14, 2026. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
Malik, Tariq (December 13, 2018). "Virgin Galactic's 4th Powered Test Flight of SpaceShipTwo Unity in Twitter Posts". Space.com. Retrieved January 14, 2026.