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1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election

← 1962 November 3, 1964 1966 →
 
Nominee Jack M. Campbell Merle H. Tucker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 191,497 126,540
Percentage 60.21% 39.79%

County results
Campbell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tucker:      50–60%

Governor before election

Jack M. Campbell
Democratic

Elected Governor

David Cargo
Democratic

The 1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Jack M. Campbell ran for reelection to a second term against Republican Merle H. Tucker. Campbell defeated Tucker in a landslide, receiving the largest share of the vote by any New Mexico gubernatorial candidate to that point. Campbell's 60.21% vote share remained the largest ever in the state's history until 2006 when Bill Richardson received 68.82% of the vote. Richardson's 2006 landslide is also the only time since this election that Chaves County and San Juan County have voted for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Los Alamos County also did not vote Democratic again until 2006.

Primary election

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Democratic primary

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Incumbent governor Jack M. Campbell was unopposed in the Democratic primary.[1]

Republican primary

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Merle H. Tucker was unopposed in the Republican primary.[1]

General election

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Results

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1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jack M. Campbell (incumbent) 191,497 60.21% +7.23%
Republican Merle H. Tucker 126,540 39.79% −7.23%
Scattering 5 0.00%
Majority 64,957 20.42%
Total votes 318,042 100.00%
Democratic hold

Results by county

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County Jack M. Campbell
Democratic
Merle H. Tucker
Republican
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Bernalillo 53,047 55.65% 42,284 44.35% 10,763 11.29% 95,331
Catron 604 52.94% 537 47.06% 67 5.87% 1,141
Chaves 8,811 53.17% 7,759 46.83% 1,052 6.35% 16,570
Colfax 3,404 69.98% 1,460 30.02% 1,944 39.97% 4,864
Curry 5,936 60.84% 3,821 39.16% 2,115 21.68% 9,757
De Baca 721 61.10% 459 38.90% 262 22.20% 1,180
Doña Ana 10,710 61.32% 6,755 38.68% 3,955 22.65% 17,465
Eddy 11,460 65.44% 6,053 34.56% 5,407 30.87% 17,513
Grant 5,272 75.53% 1,707 24.46% 3,565 51.07% 6,980[a]
Guadalupe 1,629 61.75% 1,009 38.25% 620 23.50% 2,638
Harding 429 49.42% 439 50.58% -10 -1.15% 868
Hidalgo 1,105 70.56% 461 29.44% 644 41.12% 1,566
Lea 9,400 60.76% 6,070 39.23% 3,330 21.52% 15,471[a]
Lincoln 1,519 47.29% 1,693 52.71% -174 -5.42% 3,212
Los Alamos 3,450 61.07% 2,198 38.91% 1,252 22.16% 5,649[a]
Luna 2,396 63.60% 1,371 36.40% 1,025 27.21% 3,767
McKinley 6,315 67.02% 3,108 32.98% 3,207 34.03% 9,423
Mora 1,330 53.44% 1,159 46.56% 171 6.87% 2,489
Otero 5,929 63.67% 3,383 36.33% 2,546 27.34% 9,312
Quay 2,580 60.71% 1,670 39.29% 910 21.41% 4,250
Rio Arriba 6,300 66.56% 3,165 33.44% 3,135 33.12% 9,465
Roosevelt 3,149 58.54% 2,230 41.46% 919 17.08% 5,379
San Juan 7,507 56.34% 5,818 43.66% 1,689 12.68% 13,325
San Miguel 5,074 61.24% 3,212 38.76% 1,862 22.47% 8,286
Sandoval 3,226 73.14% 1,183 26.82% 2,043 46.32% 4,411[b]
Santa Fe 12,116 66.80% 6,021 33.20% 6,095 33.61% 18,137
Sierra 1,620 53.17% 1,427 46.83% 193 6.33% 3,047
Socorro 2,352 57.51% 1,738 42.49% 614 15.01% 4,090
Taos 4,036 66.23% 2,058 33.77% 1,978 32.46% 6,094
Torrance 1,439 55.37% 1,160 44.63% 279 10.73% 2,599
Union 1,291 55.98% 1,015 44.02% 276 11.97% 2,306
Valencia 7,340 64.07% 4,117 35.93% 3,223 28.13% 11,457
Total 191,497 60.21% 126,540 39.79% 64,957 20.42% 318,042

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Includes 1 write-in vote
  2. ^ Includes 2 write-in votes

References

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  1. ^ a b Richard M. Scammon. America Votes 6, A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics. p. 276. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  2. ^ New Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 3, 1964 - State of New Mexico
  3. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.