1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election presidential New Mexico 1962 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1962 1966 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1966 no November 3, 1964 125px Jack M. Campbell Democratic Party (United States) 191,497 60.21% 125px Merle H. Tucker Republican Party (United States) 126,540 39.79% 1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 230px County resultsCampbell: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Tucker: #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Jack M. Campbell Democratic Party (United States) David Cargo Democratic Party (United States) 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 Democratic primary Incumbent governor Jack M. Campbell was unopposed in the Democratic primary.Richard M. Scammon America Votes 6, A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics 276 https://archive.org/details/americavotes6han00scam/page/276/mode/2up?view=theater July 28, 2024 Republican primary Merle H. Tucker was unopposed in the Republican primary. General election Results 1964 New Mexico gubernatorial electionNew Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 3, 1964 - State of New MexicoNew Mexico Secretary of State New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969 Santa Fe, New Mexico Democratic Party (United States) Jack M. Campbell (incumbent) 191,497 60.21% +7.23% Republican Party (United States) Merle H. Tucker 126,540 39.79% -7.23% Scattering 5 0.00% 64,957 20.42% 318,042 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) +14.46% Results by county County Jack M. CampbellDemocratic Merle H. TuckerRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Bernalillo53,04755.65%42,28444.35%10,76311.29%95,331Catron60452.94%53747.06%675.87%1,141Chaves8,81153.17%7,75946.83%1,0526.35%16,570Colfax3,40469.98%1,46030.02%1,94439.97%4,864Curry5,93660.84%3,82139.16%2,11521.68%9,757De Baca72161.10%45938.90%26222.20%1,180Doña Ana10,71061.32%6,75538.68%3,95522.65%17,465Eddy11,46065.44%6,05334.56%5,40730.87%17,513Grant5,27275.53%1,70724.46%3,56551.07%6,980"one" Includes 1 write-in voteGuadalupe1,62961.75%1,00938.25%62023.50%2,638Harding42949.42%43950.58%-10-1.15%868Hidalgo1,10570.56%46129.44%64441.12%1,566Lea9,40060.76%6,07039.23%3,33021.52%15,471"one"Lincoln1,51947.29%1,69352.71%-174-5.42%3,212Los Alamos3,45061.07%2,19838.91%1,25222.16%5,649"one"Luna2,39663.60%1,37136.40%1,02527.21%3,767McKinley6,31567.02%3,10832.98%3,20734.03%9,423Mora1,33053.44%1,15946.56%1716.87%2,489Otero5,92963.67%3,38336.33%2,54627.34%9,312Quay2,58060.71%1,67039.29%91021.41%4,250Rio Arriba6,30066.56%3,16533.44%3,13533.12%9,465Roosevelt3,14958.54%2,23041.46%91917.08%5,379San Juan7,50756.34%5,81843.66%1,68912.68%13,325San Miguel5,07461.24%3,21238.76%1,86222.47%8,286Sandoval3,22673.14%1,18326.82%2,04346.32%4,411Includes 2 write-in votesSanta Fe12,11666.80%6,02133.20%6,09533.61%18,137Sierra1,62053.17%1,42746.83%1936.33%3,047Socorro2,35257.51%1,73842.49%61415.01%4,090Taos4,03666.23%2,05833.77%1,97832.46%6,094Torrance1,43955.37%1,16044.63%27910.73%2,599Union1,29155.98%1,01544.02%27611.97%2,306Valencia7,34064.07%4,11735.93%3,22328.13%11,457Total191,49760.21%126,54039.79%64,95720.42%318,042 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Catron Chaves Curry De Baca Mora Roosevelt Notes References 1964 gubernatorial New Mexico Category:November 1964 in the United States