Gregg Hull addresses supporters

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Republican Gregg Hull did not get the win he hoped for on Tuesday night.

Democrat Deb Haaland is projected to win the governor’s race.

New Mexico Republicans were not alone in their disappointment Tuesday night. Next door in Texas, incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott lost to Democratic challenger Gina Hinajosa. Republicans also lost the senate race in Texas with James Talarico joining several other Democrats nationwide to flip control in Washington.

Hull, the former mayor of Rio Rancho, was aiming to be City of Vision’s first governor. New Mexico’s fastest-growing major city has never produced a governor.

Hull’s marks the latest in a string of troubles for New Mexico Republicans in winning statewide races over the past decade. No Republican has won a statewide race since Judith Nakamura retained her seat on the New Mexico Supreme Court in 2016.