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1966 United States Senate election in New Mexico
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The 1966 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Clinton Anderson won re-election to a fourth term. Democrats would not win this seat again until 2008.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on May 3, 1966.
Democratic primary
Candidate
Clinton Anderson, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
Democratic Party primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 139America Votes 7 262
Clinton Anderson (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) unopposed
Republican primary
Candidate
Anderson Carter, oilman and rancher Montoya Runs Hard In New Mexico https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19701021&id=5E4fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ndEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=779,5145677 Daytona Beach Morning Journal Daytona Beach, Florida October 21, 1970 22 21 August 2021 and former State RepresentativeLelyveld Joseph August 18, 1976 Anderson Carter https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/18/archives/anderson-carter.html New York Times New York City 23 21 August 2021
Results
Republican Party primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 139America Votes 7 262
Anderson Carter Republican Party (United States) unopposed
General election
Result
United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1966Congressional Quarterly 1998 92America Votes 7 257https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7071 NM US Senate, 1966 Our Campaigns 21 August 2021Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1967 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1966 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1966election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office
Democratic Party (United States) Clinton Anderson (incumbent) 137,205 53.14%
Republican Party (United States) Anderson Carter 120,988 46.86%
258,193 100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
See also
1966 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Scammon Richard M. America Votes 7: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1966 1968 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1968 https://archive.org/details/americavotes7han00scam/mode/2up America Votes 7
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