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1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election

← 1926 November 6, 1928 1930 →
 
Nominee Richard C. Dillon Robert C. Dow
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 65,967 52,550
Percentage 55.61% 44.30%

County results
Dillon:      50-60%      60–70%      70–80%
Dow:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Richard C. Dillon
Republican

Elected Governor

Richard C. Dillon
Republican

The 1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1928, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Richard C. Dillon won a second term by a wide margin, becoming the first governor of New Mexico to be reelected. Dillon was the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to ever win Chaves County and San Juan County. Conversely, this was the last election until 1950 in which Doña Ana County backed a Republican and the last until 1940 in which Bernalillo County did the same.

General election

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Results

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1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Richard C. Dillon (incumbent) 65,967 55.61% +4.01%
Democratic Robert C. Dow 52,550 44.30% −3.84%
Workers John W. Blackburn 99 0.08%
Majority 13,417 11.31%
Total votes 118,616 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +7.85%

Results by county

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County Richard C. Dillon
Republican
Robert C. Dow
Democratic
John W. Blackburn
Workers
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 7,736 50.41% 7,601 49.53% 8 0.05% 135 0.88% 15,345
Catron 689 56.75% 524 43.16% 1 0.08% 165 13.59% 1,214
Chaves 2,682 59.34% 1,831 40.51% 7 0.15% 851 18.83% 4,520
Colfax 3,680 52.92% 3,266 46.97% 8 0.12% 414 5.95% 6,954
Curry 1,408 39.07% 2,192 60.82% 4 0.11% -784 -21.75% 3,604
De Baca 430 42.36% 583 57.44% 2 0.20% -153 -15.07% 1,015
Doña Ana 3,076 58.03% 2,217 41.82% 8 0.15% 859 16.20% 5,301
Eddy 1,339 47.21% 1,494 52.68% 3 0.11% -155 -5.47% 2,836
Grant 1,833 44.87% 2,247 55.01% 5 0.12% -414 -10.13% 4,085
Guadalupe 1,686 60.06% 1,121 39.94% 0 0.00% 565 20.13% 2,807
Harding 822 49.40% 841 50.54% 1 0.06% -19 -1.14% 1,664
Hidalgo 444 41.07% 636 58.83% 1 0.09% -192 -17.76% 1,081
Lea 291 28.59% 723 71.02% 4 0.39% -432 -42.44% 1,018
Lincoln 1,357 58.12% 975 41.76% 3 0.13% 382 16.36% 2,335
Luna 980 60.53% 637 39.35% 2 0.12% 343 21.19% 1,619
McKinley 1,896 56.75% 1,439 43.07% 6 0.18% 457 13.68% 3,341
Mora 2,038 53.74% 1,754 46.26% 0 0.00% 284 7.49% 3,792
Otero 1,152 47.56% 1,258 51.94% 12 0.50% -106 -4.38% 2,422
Quay 1,406 41.22% 2,003 58.72% 2 0.06% -597 -17.50% 3,411
Rio Arriba 4,255 65.10% 2,279 34.87% 2 0.03% 1,976 30.23% 6,536
Roosevelt 678 30.29% 1,552 69.35% 8 0.36% -874 -39.05% 2,238
San Juan 1,192 54.88% 980 45.12% 0 0.00% 212 9.76% 2,172
San Miguel 5,596 64.17% 3,125 35.83% 0 0.00% 2,471 28.33% 8,721
Sandoval 1,761 61.36% 1,108 38.61% 1 0.03% 653 22.75% 2,870
Santa Fe 5,103 66.54% 2,560 33.38% 6 0.08% 2,543 33.16% 7,669
Sierra 741 51.85% 688 48.15% 0 0.00% 53 3.71% 1,429
Socorro 2,127 60.75% 1,374 39.25% 0 0.00% 753 21.51% 3,501
Taos 2,584 60.40% 1,694 39.60% 0 0.00% 890 20.80% 4,278
Torrance 1,851 60.14% 1,223 39.73% 4 0.13% 628 20.40% 3,078
Union 1,672 49.73% 1,690 50.27% 0 0.00% -18 -0.54% 3,362
Valencia 3,462 78.72% 935 21.26% 1 0.02% 2,527 57.46% 4,398
Total 65,967 55.61% 52,550 44.30% 99 0.08% 13,417 11.31% 118,616

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  1. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. The New Mexico Blue Book, or State Official Register 1929-1930. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  2. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.