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1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election

← 1950 November 4, 1952 1954 →
 
Nominee Edwin L. Mechem Everett Grantham
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 129,116 111,034
Percentage 53.76% 46.24%

County results
Mechem:      50–60%      60–70%
Grantham:      50–60%

Governor before election

Edwin L. Mechem
Republican

Elected Governor

Edwin L. Mechem
Republican

The 1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Edwin L. Mechem ran for and won reelection to a second term. Mechem was the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to ever win Curry County, De Baca County, and Quay County. Moreover, Luna County and McKinley County voted Republican for the first time since 1930. Mechem was the last Republican to carry Otero County until Joe Skeen in 1974.

General election

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Results

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1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Edwin L. Mechem (incumbent) 129,116 53.76% +0.02%
Democratic Everett Grantham 111,034 46.24% −0.02%
Majority 18,082 7.53%
Total votes 240,150 100.00%
Republican hold

Results by county

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County Edwin L. Mechem
Republican
Everett Grantham
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Bernalillo 31,656 55.03% 25,866 44.97% 5,790 10.07% 57,522
Catron 768 62.44% 462 37.56% 306 24.88% 1,230
Chaves 6,637 60.65% 4,307 39.35% 2,330 21.29% 10,944
Colfax 3,591 54.12% 3,044 45.88% 547 8.24% 6,635
Curry 5,056 58.48% 3,590 41.52% 1,466 16.96% 8,646
De Baca 754 54.60% 627 45.40% 127 9.20% 1,381
Doña Ana 6,362 60.64% 4,129 39.36% 2,233 21.28% 10,491
Eddy 6,011 43.69% 7,748 56.31% -1,737 -12.62% 13,759
Grant 3,294 41.09% 4,723 58.91% -1,429 -17.82% 8,017
Guadalupe 1,525 52.14% 1,400 47.86% 125 4.27% 2,925
Harding 802 65.42% 424 34.58% 378 30.83% 1,226
Hidalgo 716 46.28% 831 53.72% -115 -7.43% 1,547
Lea 4,304 42.87% 5,735 57.13% -1,431 -14.25% 10,039
Lincoln 2,070 65.94% 1,069 34.06% 1,001 31.89% 3,139
Los Alamos 2,125 46.96% 2,400 53.04% -275 -6.08% 4,525
Luna 1,686 55.31% 1,362 44.69% 324 10.63% 3,048
McKinley 3,278 52.38% 2,980 47.62% 298 4.76% 6,258
Mora 1,849 56.80% 1,406 43.20% 443 13.61% 3,255
Otero 2,587 54.76% 2,137 45.24% 450 9.53% 4,724
Quay 2,776 53.74% 2,390 46.26% 386 7.47% 5,166
Rio Arriba 4,331 48.62% 4,576 51.38% -245 -2.75% 8,907
Roosevelt 2,993 54.38% 2,511 45.62% 482 8.76% 5,504
San Juan 3,929 68.35% 1,819 31.65% 2,110 36.71% 5,748
San Miguel 5,139 52.15% 4,715 47.85% 424 4.30% 9,854
Sandoval 1,778 51.46% 1,677 48.54% 101 2.92% 3,455
Santa Fe 8,487 53.50% 7,378 46.50% 1,109 6.99% 15,865
Sierra 1,937 59.82% 1,301 40.18% 636 19.64% 3,238
Socorro 2,199 54.69% 1,822 45.31% 377 9.38% 4,021
Taos 2,953 51.98% 2,728 48.02% 225 3.96% 5,681
Torrance 1,588 51.96% 1,468 48.04% 120 3.93% 3,056
Union 2,036 63.66% 1,162 36.34% 874 27.33% 3,198
Valencia 3,899 54.56% 3,247 45.44% 652 9.12% 7,146
Total 129,116 53.76% 111,034 46.24% 18,082 7.53% 240,150

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ New Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held November 4, 1952 - State of New Mexico
  2. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. Official Returns of the 1952 Elections. Santa Fe, New Mexico. p. 1.
  3. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.