1990 New Mexico gubernatorial election
The 1990 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Republican Garrey Carruthers was ineligible to seek a second term as governor.[a] Democrat Bruce King won his third and final term overall as governor, defeating Republican Frank Bond. King won the largest share of the vote out of his four gubernatorial campaigns. This is the most recent election in which Catron County has voted for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
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Primary election
editDemocratic primary
editFormer Governor Bruce King won the Democratic primary, defeating former Attorney General Paul Bardacke and 2 other candidates.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bruce King | 95,884 | 52.90% | |
Democratic | Paul Bardacke | 70,169 | 38.72% | |
Democratic | Tony Scarborough | 8,931 | 4.93% | |
Democratic | Bob Gold | 6,256 | 3.45% | |
Total votes | 181,240 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
editThe Republican primary was won by Frank Bond, who defeated Les Houston, James A. Caudell, and former mayor of Albuquerque Harry E. Kinney.
Results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Frank M. Bond | 44,928 | 55.49% | |
Republican | Les Houston | 27,053 | 33.44% | |
Republican | James A. Caudell | 4,681 | 5.78% | |
Republican | Harry E. Kinney | 4,289 | 5.30% | |
Total votes | 80,971 | 100.00% |
General election
editResults
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bruce King | 224,564 | 54.61% | +7.66% | |
Republican | Frank M. Bond | 185,692 | 45.16% | −7.66% | |
Libertarian | Joseph E. Knight (write-in) | 788 | 0.19% | ||
Democratic | Thomas S. Macaione (write-in) | 192 | 0.05% | ||
Majority | 38,872 | 9.45% | |||
Total votes | 411,236 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +15.55% |
Results by county
editCounty | Bruce King Democratic |
Frank M. Bond Republican |
Joseph E. Knight Libertarian |
Thomas S. Macaione Independent Democrat |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Bernalillo | 67,965 | 51.11% | 64,601 | 48.58% | 375 | 0.28% | 34 | 0.03% | 3,364 | 2.53% | 132,975 |
Catron | 719 | 52.95% | 630 | 46.39% | 9 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 89 | 6.55% | 1,358 |
Chaves | 5,997 | 39.52% | 9,156 | 60.34% | 22 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,159 | -20.82% | 15,175 |
Cibola | 3,658 | 67.23% | 1,779 | 32.70% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,879 | 34.53% | 5,441 |
Colfax | 2,571 | 61.67% | 1,598 | 38.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 973 | 23.34% | 4,169 |
Curry | 4,637 | 51.27% | 4,399 | 48.63% | 7 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.02% | 238 | 2.63% | 9,045 |
De Baca | 579 | 50.30% | 570 | 49.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.78% | 1,151 |
Doña Ana | 15,443 | 50.05% | 15,365 | 49.80% | 41 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.02% | 78 | 0.25% | 30,855 |
Eddy | 7,368 | 52.75% | 6,583 | 47.13% | 15 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.01% | 785 | 5.62% | 13,968 |
Grant | 5,011 | 61.61% | 3,107 | 38.20% | 15 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,904 | 23.41% | 8,134 |
Guadalupe | 1,576 | 71.64% | 624 | 28.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 952 | 43.27% | 2,200 |
Harding | 350 | 56.54% | 269 | 43.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 81 | 13.09% | 619 |
Hidalgo | 1,085 | 56.81% | 825 | 43.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 260 | 13.61% | 1,910 |
Lea | 5,392 | 41.57% | 7,568 | 58.35% | 10 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,176 | -16.78% | 12,971 |
Lincoln | 1,908 | 41.69% | 2,656 | 58.03% | 13 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -748 | -16.34% | 4,577 |
Los Alamos | 3,146 | 38.62% | 4,959 | 60.88% | 41 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,813 | -22.26% | 8,146 |
Luna | 2,625 | 50.76% | 2,526 | 48.85% | 17 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.06% | 99 | 1.91% | 5,171 |
McKinley | 8,081 | 67.24% | 3,937 | 32.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,144 | 34.48% | 12,018 |
Mora | 1,656 | 66.83% | 822 | 33.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 834 | 33.66% | 2,478 |
Otero | 5,833 | 47.37% | 6,450 | 52.38% | 32 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -617 | -5.01% | 12,315 |
Quay | 2,010 | 57.94% | 1,458 | 42.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 552 | 15.91% | 3,469 |
Rio Arriba | 7,626 | 74.58% | 2,599 | 25.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,027 | 49.16% | 10,225 |
Roosevelt | 2,318 | 50.21% | 2,296 | 49.73% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 22 | 0.48% | 4,617 |
San Juan | 10,471 | 49.49% | 10,610 | 50.14% | 78 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -139 | -0.66% | 21,159 |
San Miguel | 5,919 | 77.05% | 1,760 | 22.91% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,159 | 54.14% | 7,682 |
Sandoval | 8,841 | 57.47% | 6,481 | 42.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 0.40% | 2,360 | 15.34% | 15,384 |
Santa Fe | 20,025 | 68.80% | 8,942 | 30.72% | 70 | 0.24% | 69 | 0.24% | 11,083 | 38.08% | 29,106 |
Sierra | 1,774 | 48.83% | 1,846 | 50.81% | 12 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.03% | -72 | -1.98% | 3,633 |
Socorro | 3,317 | 60.87% | 2,123 | 38.96% | 8 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,194 | 21.91% | 5,449 |
Taos | 4,625 | 68.60% | 2,108 | 31.27% | 6 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,517 | 37.33% | 6,742 |
Torrance | 2,738 | 71.64% | 1,080 | 28.26% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,658 | 43.38% | 3,822 |
Union | 906 | 53.04% | 800 | 46.84% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 106 | 6.21% | 1,708 |
Valencia | 8,394 | 61.88% | 5,165 | 38.08% | 5 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,229 | 23.81% | 13,564 |
Total | 224,564 | 54.61% | 185,692 | 45.15% | 788 | 0.19% | 192 | 0.05% | 38,872 | 9.45% | 411,236 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editNotes
edit- ^ New Mexico's constitution was amended at the general election in 1986 to abolish the ban on consecutive terms for executive officers, but that amendment only applied for those elected starting in 1990.
References
edit- ^ a b "Canvass of Returns of Primary Election Held on June 5, 1990 - State of New Mexico" (pdf). New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 6, 1990 - State of New Mexico" (pdf). New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved July 29, 2024.