1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election
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The 1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982 to elect the governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Democrat Bruce King was ineligible to seek a second consecutive (and third overall) term as governor. Democrat Toney Anaya defeated Republican state senator John B. Irick by about five points. Anaya was the first Democrat to carry Harding County in a gubernatorial election since Thomas J. Mabry in 1946.
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As of 2024, this is the last election in which a governor of New Mexico was succeeded by a member of the same party.
Primary election
editDemocratic primary
editThe Democratic primary was won by former attorney general Toney Anaya.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Toney Anaya | 101,077 | 56.95% | |
Democratic | Aubrey Dunn, Sr. | 60,866 | 34.29% | |
Democratic | Fabian Chavez Jr. | 11,874 | 6.69% | |
Democratic | Les Houston | 3,673 | 2.07% | |
Total votes | 177,490 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
editThe Republican primary was won by state senator John B. Irick.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John B. Irick | 35,789 | 54.56% | |
Republican | William A. Sego | 27,220 | 41.50% | |
Republican | James A. Caudell | 2,590 | 3.95% | |
Total votes | 65,599 | 100.00% |
General election
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Toney Anaya | 215,840 | 52.97% | +2.42% | |
Republican | John B. Irick | 191,626 | 47.03% | −2.42% | |
Majority | 24,214 | 5.94% | |||
Total votes | 407,466 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +4.85% |
Results by county
editCounty | Toney Anaya Democratic |
John B. Irick Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Bernalillo | 72,539 | 52.61% | 65,336 | 47.39% | 7,203 | 5.22% | 137,875 |
Catron | 579 | 45.81% | 685 | 54.19% | -106 | -8.39% | 1,264 |
Chaves | 6,074 | 36.35% | 10,636 | 63.65% | 4,562 | 27.30% | 16,710 |
Cibola | 3,665 | 58.34% | 2,617 | 41.66% | 1,048 | 16.68% | 6,282 |
Colfax | 2,655 | 58.01% | 1,922 | 41.99% | 733 | 16.01% | 4,577 |
Curry | 3,408 | 34.75% | 6,399 | 65.25% | -2,991 | -30.50% | 9,807 |
De Baca | 472 | 45.34% | 569 | 54.66% | -97 | -9.32% | 1,041 |
Doña Ana | 12,051 | 47.47% | 13,337 | 52.53% | -1,286 | -5.07% | 25,388 |
Eddy | 7,798 | 48.69% | 8,218 | 51.31% | -420 | -2.62% | 16,016 |
Grant | 5,612 | 59.57% | 3,809 | 40.43% | 1,803 | 19.14% | 9,421 |
Guadalupe | 1,647 | 76.21% | 514 | 23.79% | 1,133 | 52.43% | 2,161 |
Harding | 328 | 53.33% | 287 | 46.67% | 41 | 6.67% | 615 |
Hidalgo | 959 | 53.52% | 833 | 46.48% | 126 | 7.03% | 1,792 |
Lea | 4,548 | 36.16% | 8,031 | 63.84% | -3,483 | -27.69% | 12,579 |
Lincoln | 1,368 | 34.41% | 2,608 | 65.59% | -1,240 | -31.19% | 3,976 |
Los Alamos | 3,542 | 43.11% | 4,674 | 56.89% | -1,132 | -13.78% | 8,216 |
Luna | 2,558 | 44.74% | 3,159 | 55.26% | -601 | -10.51% | 5,717 |
McKinley | 6,911 | 63.15% | 4,033 | 36.85% | 2,878 | 26.30% | 10,944 |
Mora | 1,580 | 69.85% | 682 | 30.15% | 898 | 39.70% | 2,262 |
Otero | 4,186 | 39.18% | 6,497 | 60.82% | -2,311 | -21.63% | 10,683 |
Quay | 1,572 | 43.97% | 2,003 | 56.03% | -431 | -12.06% | 3,575 |
Rio Arriba | 8,145 | 79.97% | 2,040 | 20.03% | 6,105 | 59.94% | 10,185 |
Roosevelt | 1,596 | 32.34% | 3,339 | 67.66% | -1,743 | -35.32% | 4,935 |
San Juan | 9,225 | 45.41% | 11,092 | 54.59% | -1,867 | -9.19% | 20,317 |
San Miguel | 5,439 | 77.40% | 1,588 | 22.60% | 3,851 | 54.80% | 7,027 |
Sandoval | 7,139 | 59.57% | 4,846 | 40.43% | 2,293 | 19.13% | 11,985 |
Santa Fe | 19,737 | 68.80% | 8,952 | 31.20% | 10,785 | 37.59% | 28,689 |
Sierra | 1,550 | 44.64% | 1,922 | 55.36% | -372 | -10.71% | 3,472 |
Socorro | 2,969 | 58.36% | 2,118 | 41.64% | 851 | 16.73% | 5,087 |
Taos | 6,121 | 77.26% | 1,802 | 22.74% | 4,319 | 54.51% | 7,923 |
Torrance | 1,881 | 56.78% | 1,432 | 43.22% | 449 | 13.55% | 3,313 |
Union | 766 | 39.63% | 1,167 | 60.37% | -401 | -20.74% | 1,933 |
Valencia | 7,220 | 61.71% | 4,479 | 38.29% | 2,741 | 23.43% | 11,699 |
Total | 215,840 | 52.97% | 191,626 | 47.03% | 24,214 | 5.94% | 407,466 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editReferences
edit- ^ "NM Governor D Primary 1982". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ "NM Governor R Primary 1982". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ New Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 2, 1982 - State of New Mexico