1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election
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The 1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Clyde Tingley won reelection to a second term. Tingley was the first Democrat to ever carry San Miguel County and Valencia County in a gubernatorial election; the latter did not back a Democrat again until 1954. Torrance County voted Democratic for the first time since 1922 and as with Valencia County, would also not vote Democratic again until 1954.
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General election
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Clyde Tingley (incumbent) | 98,089 | 57.47% | +2.66% | |
Republican | Jaffa Miller | 72,511 | 42.49% | −1.70% | |
Farmer–Labor | H. G. Rauert | 71 | 0.04% | ||
Scattering | 1 | 0.00% | |||
Majority | 25,578 | 14.99% | |||
Total votes | 170,672 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold |
Results by county
editCounty | Clyde Tingley Democratic |
Jaffa Miller Republican |
H. G. Rauert Farmer-Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Bernalillo | 14,164 | 61.97% | 8,684 | 37.99% | 8 | 0.04% | 5,480 | 23.98% | 22,857[a] |
Catron | 1,359 | 58.88% | 944 | 40.90% | 5 | 0.22% | 415 | 17.98% | 2,308 |
Chaves | 3,993 | 55.73% | 3,167 | 44.20% | 5 | 0.07% | 826 | 11.53% | 7,165 |
Colfax | 3,919 | 52.61% | 3,520 | 47.25% | 10 | 0.13% | 399 | 5.36% | 7,449 |
Curry | 4,467 | 75.66% | 1,432 | 24.25% | 5 | 0.08% | 3,035 | 51.41% | 5,904 |
De Baca | 960 | 63.45% | 553 | 36.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 407 | 26.90% | 1,513 |
Doña Ana | 5,059 | 62.13% | 3,075 | 37.77% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,984 | 24.37% | 8,142 |
Eddy | 3,999 | 72.83% | 1,492 | 27.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,507 | 45.66% | 5,491 |
Grant | 2,932 | 61.33% | 1,849 | 38.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,083 | 22.65% | 4,781 |
Guadalupe | 2,113 | 53.18% | 1,860 | 46.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 253 | 6.37% | 3,973 |
Harding | 1,161 | 53.28% | 1,018 | 46.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 143 | 6.56% | 2,179 |
Hidalgo | 1,088 | 74.32% | 376 | 25.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 712 | 48.63% | 1,464 |
Lea | 3,739 | 82.78% | 775 | 17.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,964 | 65.62% | 4,517 |
Lincoln | 1,816 | 49.63% | 1,841 | 50.31% | 2 | 0.05% | -25 | -0.68% | 3,659 |
Luna | 1,434 | 60.10% | 950 | 39.82% | 2 | 0.08% | 484 | 20.28% | 2,386 |
McKinley | 2,357 | 59.42% | 1,607 | 40.51% | 3 | 0.08% | 750 | 18.91% | 3,967 |
Mora | 2,321 | 49.67% | 2,352 | 50.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -31 | -0.66% | 4,673 |
Otero | 1,772 | 52.23% | 1,620 | 47.75% | 1 | 0.03% | 152 | 4.48% | 3,393 |
Quay | 3,238 | 70.67% | 1,343 | 29.31% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,895 | 41.36% | 4,582 |
Rio Arriba | 4,362 | 49.50% | 4,449 | 50.48% | 2 | 0.02% | -87 | -0.99% | 8,813 |
Roosevelt | 2,719 | 69.43% | 1,195 | 30.52% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,524 | 38.92% | 3,916 |
San Juan | 1,494 | 50.20% | 1,480 | 49.73% | 2 | 0.07% | 14 | 0.47% | 2,976 |
San Miguel | 5,678 | 51.90% | 5,262 | 48.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 416 | 3.80% | 10,940 |
Sandoval | 1,865 | 48.07% | 2,015 | 51.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -150 | -3.87% | 3,880 |
Santa Fe | 5,720 | 51.27% | 5,426 | 48.63% | 11 | 0.10% | 294 | 2.64% | 11,157 |
Sierra | 1,564 | 59.95% | 1,045 | 40.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 519 | 19.89% | 2,609 |
Socorro | 2,355 | 46.69% | 2,689 | 53.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -334 | -6.62% | 5,044 |
Taos | 2,768 | 46.38% | 3,200 | 53.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -432 | -7.24% | 5,968 |
Torrance | 2,214 | 51.91% | 2,051 | 48.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 163 | 3.82% | 4,265 |
Union | 2,226 | 51.70% | 2,079 | 48.28% | 1 | 0.02% | 147 | 3.41% | 4,306 |
Valencia | 3,233 | 50.56% | 3,162 | 49.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 71 | 1.11% | 6,395 |
Total | 98,089 | 57.47% | 72,511 | 42.49% | 71 | 0.04% | 25,578 | 14.99% | 170,672 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editNotes
edit- ^ Includes the 1 Scattering vote
References
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