2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico

United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2012
Obama—40-50% Obama—50-60% Obama—60-70% Obama—70-80%	Romney—40-50% Romney—50-60% Romney—60-70% Romney—70-80%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. This was the 25th U.S. Presidential Election in which New Mexico participated. New Mexico voters chose five electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

President Obama and Vice President Biden carried New Mexico with 52.99% of the vote to Mitt Romney's 42.84%, a victory margin of 10.15 percentage points. Libertarian Gary Johnson, a former Republican who served two terms as Governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003, garnered 3.55% of the vote, his strongest statewide performance in the nation, and the strongest 3rd party showing in the state since 2000 (although that was easily surpassed by Johnson in 2016, when he received nearly 10% of the vote in New Mexico).

General election

Candidate Ballot Access:

Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan, Republican
Barack Obama/Joseph Biden, Democratic
Gary Johnson/James P. Gray, Libertarian
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala, Green
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer, Constitution
Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice

Results

United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2012^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	415,335	52.99%	5
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	335,788	42.84%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	27,788	3.55%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	2,691	0.34%	0
	Justice	Rocky Anderson	Luis J. Rodriguez	1,177	0.15%	0
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	983	0.13%	0
Totals				783,756	100.00%	5

By county

County	Obama	Votes	Romney	Votes	Others	Votes	Total
Bernalillo	55.55%	147,183	39.35%	104,242	5.10%	13,517	264,942
Catron	26.38%	560	70.37%	1,494	3.25%	69	2,123
Chaves	32.28%	6,641	64.77%	13,327	2.95%	607	20,575
Cibola	60.18%	4,907	36.37%	2,966	3.45%	281	8,154
Colfax	49.05%	2,828	46.83%	2,700	4.11%	237	5,765
Curry	29.51%	4,019	67.91%	9,250	2.58%	352	13,621
DeBaca	31.82%	287	64.97%	586	3.22%	29	902
Doña Ana	55.97%	36,778	41.07%	26,988	2.96%	1,946	65,712
Eddy	31.83%	6,110	65.36%	12,546	2.81%	539	19,195
Grant	55.00%	7,009	41.48%	5,286	3.52%	449	12,744
Guadalupe	69.68%	1,478	26.12%	554	4.20%	89	2,121
Harding	43.26%	260	54.41%	327	2.33%	14	601
Hidalgo	51.42%	995	46.46%	899	2.12%	41	1,935
Lea	23.98%	4,080	73.75%	12,548	2.27%	387	17,015
Lincoln	31.82%	2,940	64.51%	5,961	3.67%	339	9,240
Los Alamos	48.72%	5,191	45.02%	4,796	6.26%	667	10,654
Luna	47.77%	3,583	48.93%	3,670	3.29%	247	7,500
McKinley	72.08%	15,363	25.43%	5,420	2.49%	530	21,313
Mora	74.85%	1,952	22.81%	595	2.34%	61	2,608
Otero	34.15%	6,811	62.23%	12,412	3.62%	723	19,946
Quay	37.32%	1,384	59.39%	2,202	3.29%	122	3,708
Rio Arriba	74.74%	11,389	22.13%	3,373	3.13%	477	15,239
Roosevelt	28.92%	1,730	67.73%	4,052	3.36%	201	5,983
San Juan	34.11%	15,688	62.57%	28,779	3.32%	1,527	45,994
San Miguel	76.86%	8,751	20.04%	2,281	3.10%	353	11,385
Sandoval	50.29%	26,976	45.17%	24,228	4.53%	2,432	53,636
Santa Fe	73.37%	50,097	22.48%	15,351	4.15%	2,832	68,280
Sierra	38.49%	1,964	57.39%	2,928	4.12%	210	5,102
Socorro	56.37%	4,047	37.89%	2,720	5.74%	412	7,179
Taos	78.06%	11,855	17.84%	2,710	4.10%	623	15,188
Torrance	37.86%	2,414	55.22%	3,521	6.92%	441	6,376
Union	26.83%	472	70.27%	1,236	2.90%	51	1,759
Valencia	48.73%	13,473	46.25%	12,788	5.01%	1,386	27,647

Democratic caucuses

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Republican primary

The New Mexico Republican 2012 primary was proclaimed under state law on 30 January 2012,^[2] to take place on 5 June 2012.^[2]^[3] Under New Mexico law it is a closed primary, with only registered members of the New Mexico Republican Party being eligible to vote in the Republican primary.^[4] 20 delegates will be chosen, for a total of 23 delegates to go to the national convention.

Federal offices

President of the United States: This is a "proportional primary". The twenty delegates to the National Republican Convention are bound proportionally, according to the percentage of votes received, to presidential contenders who receive 15% or more of the primary vote statewide.^[5]
United States Senate: A single candidate to run for the seat formerly held by Jeff Bingaman.
United States House of Representatives: One candidate from each of the three congressional districts.

Statewide offices

Court of Appeals: One candidate to run for the unexpired term^[2] of Judge Robert E. Robles, currently held by appointee Judge J. Miles Hanisee.^[6]
Public Regulation Commission: One candidate for each of District 1 and District 3 for four year terms.^[2]

Results of the presidential voting

New Mexico Republican primary, 2012^[7]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Mitt Romney	65,935	73.2%	20
Rick Santorum	9,517	10.56%	0
Ron Paul	9,363	10.39%	0
Newt Gingrich	5,298	5.88%	0
Unpledged delegates:			3
Total:	90,113	100.0%	23

Key:

Withdrew prior to contest

Notes

^ "New Mexico Secretary of State". Retrieved 2012-11-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Martinez, Susana (30 January 2012) "Primary Election Proclamation", archived at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite by Webcite on 6 February 2012
^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^ "In a primary election, a voter shall not be permitted to vote for a candidate of a party different from the party designation shown on the voter's certificate of registration." New Mexico Statutes Annotated §1-12-7.2(D) (2011), archived by Webcite at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite on 6 February 2012
^ "each candidate and the uncommitted category shall be entitled to a share of the total vote allotted to the delegation that is equal to the proportion that the vote he received in the presidential primary bears to the total combined vote received by all qualified candidates; provided that no candidate shall be excluded who has received at least fifteen percent of the total vote cast for candidates for president of that party, and no candidate shall be excluded in violation of any political party rule" New Mexico Statutes Annotated §1-15A-9(C)(1) (2011), archived by Webcite at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite on 6 February 2012
^ Barbati, Duane (1 February 2012) "Appeals judge wants to retain seat" Alamogordo Daily News, archive at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite by Webcite on 6 February 2012
^ Secretary of State official election results Archived July 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. June 26, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.

External links

The Green Papers: for New Mexico
The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order

[1] "New Mexico Secretary of State". Retrieved 2012-11-11.

[Proclamation-2] Martinez, Susana (30 January 2012) "Primary Election Proclamation", archived at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite by Webcite on 6 February 2012

[3] "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.

[4] "In a primary election, a voter shall not be permitted to vote for a candidate of a party different from the party designation shown on the voter's certificate of registration." New Mexico Statutes Annotated §1-12-7.2(D) (2011), archived by Webcite at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite on 6 February 2012

[5] "each candidate and the uncommitted category shall be entitled to a share of the total vote allotted to the delegation that is equal to the proportion that the vote he received in the presidential primary bears to the total combined vote received by all qualified candidates; provided that no candidate shall be excluded who has received at least fifteen percent of the total vote cast for candidates for president of that party, and no candidate shall be excluded in violation of any political party rule" New Mexico Statutes Annotated §1-15A-9(C)(1) (2011), archived by Webcite at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite on 6 February 2012

[6] Barbati, Duane (1 February 2012) "Appeals judge wants to retain seat" Alamogordo Daily News, archive at Archived 2012-02-06 at WebCite by Webcite on 6 February 2012

[7] Secretary of State official election results Archived July 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. June 26, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012.

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