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1938 New Mexico gubernatorial election
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1938 New Mexico gubernatorial election presidential New Mexico 1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1936 1940 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1940 no November 8, 1938 File:John E. Miles.jpg 150x150px John E. Miles Democratic Party (United States) 82,344 52.24% 3x4.svg Albert K. Mitchell Republican Party (United States) 75,017 47.59% 1938 New Mexico gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 215px County resultsMiles: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Mitchell: #E27F7F 50–60% Governor Clyde Tingley Democratic Party (United States) John E. Miles Democratic Party (United States)
The 1938 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Clyde Tingley was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term.
General election
Results
1938 New Mexico gubernatorial electionNew Mexico Secretary of State The New Mexico Blue Book State Official Register 1939-1940 Santa Fe, New Mexico New Mexico Secretary of State New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969 Santa Fe, New Mexico
Democratic Party (United States)
John E. Miles
82,344
52.24%
-5.23%
Republican Party (United States)
Albert K. Mitchell
75,017
47.59%
+5.10%
Independent
J. D. Shuster
270
0.17%
7,327
4.65%
157,631
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
-10.34%
Results by county
County John E. MilesDemocratic Albert K. MitchellRepublican J. D. ShusterIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Bernalillo10,66349.97%10,54749.43%1280.60%1160.54%21,338Catron84445.50%1,00954.39%20.11%-165-8.89%1,855Chaves2,96549.24%3,04950.63%80.13%-84-1.39%6,022Colfax2,99444.74%3,69555.22%30.04%-701-10.48%6,692Curry2,80465.09%1,48534.47%190.44%1,31930.62%4,308De Baca70658.15%50841.85%00.00%19816.31%1,214Doña Ana4,00754.61%3,31645.19%150.20%6919.42%7,338Eddy2,83466.90%1,40033.05%20.05%1,43433.85%4,236Grant2,36453.84%2,02546.12%20.05%3397.72%4,391Guadalupe2,01354.66%1,67045.34%00.00%3439.31%3,683Harding84343.95%1,07556.05%00.00%-232-12.10%1,918Hidalgo77262.01%47337.99%00.00%29924.02%1,245Lea3,35562.80%1,97536.97%120.22%1,38025.83%5,342Lincoln1,37943.79%1,77056.21%00.00%-391-12.42%3,149Luna1,16452.24%1,06247.67%20.09%1024.58%2,228McKinley2,10154.96%1,72145.02%10.03%3809.94%3,823Mora1,92244.22%2,42455.78%00.00%-502-11.55%4,346Otero1,48450.08%1,47949.92%00.00%50.17%2,963Quay2,32158.71%1,61040.73%220.56%71117.99%3,953Rio Arriba4,33650.14%4,31049.84%20.02%260.30%8,648Roosevelt1,79360.62%1,16039.22%50.17%63321.40%2,958San Juan1,14943.23%1,50356.55%60.23%-354-13.32%2,658San Miguel5,92254.52%4,94145.48%00.00%9819.03%10,863Sandoval1,82447.91%1,97851.96%50.13%-154-4.05%3,807Santa Fe6,40656.87%4,85643.11%30.03%1,55013.76%11,265Sierra1,26051.16%1,19548.52%80.32%652.64%2,463Socorro2,52652.58%2,27847.42%00.00%2485.16%4,804Taos3,12753.69%2,69546.27%20.03%4327.42%5,824Torrance1,76940.75%2,55658.88%160.37%-787-18.13%4,341Union1,63745.12%1,98854.80%30.08%-351-9.67%3,628Valencia3,06048.36%3,26451.58%40.06%-204-3.22%6,328Total82,34452.24%75,01747.59%2700.17%7,3274.65%157,631
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Rio Arriba
Socorro
Taos
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Catron
Chaves
Colfax
Harding
San Juan
Torrance
Union
Valencia
References
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