1998 New Mexico gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1998 New Mexico gubernatorial election New Mexico presidential no 1994 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1994 2002 New Mexico gubernatorial election 2002 November 3, 1998 File:Garyjohnsonphoto.JPG 150x150px Gary Johnson Republican Party (United States) Walter Bradley 271,948 54.53% File:MartinChavez (cropped).jpg Martin Chávez Democratic Party (United States) Diane Denish 226,755 45.47% 1998 New Mexico gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 230px County resultsJohnson: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%Chávez: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Gary Johnson Republican Party (United States) Gary Johnson Republican Party (United States) The 1998 New Mexico gubernatorial election held on November 3, 1998 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of New Mexico. Republican incumbent Gary Johnson was re-elected to a second term in office over Albuquerque mayor Martin Chávez. As of , this is the last time a non-Hispanic was elected governor of New Mexico. Republican Party Candidates Gary Johnson, incumbent governor of New Mexico since 1995 Results Republican primary results Gary Johnson (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 64,669 100.00% 64,669 100.00% Democratic Party Candidates Jerry Apodaca, former governor of New Mexico (1975–79) Ben Chavez, 1994 candidate for state representative Martin Chávez, mayor of Albuquerque Reese P. Fullerton, attorney Gary King, state representative from Stanley and son of Bruce King Robert E. Vigil, New Mexico state auditor Results Democratic primary resultsCanvass of Returns of Primary Election Held on June 2, 1998 – State of New Mexico https://realfileee3072ab0d43456cb15a51f7d82c77a2.s3.amazonaws.com/b5b0a15b-d633-4876-8e5b-5b88a2cdfd18?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJBKPT2UF7EZ6B7YA&Expires=1722306363&Signature=cJpFeBctza1zxGMaMPj%2FAq5pk0s%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%2298PrimaryOffice.pdf%22&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf New Mexico Secretary of State July 29, 2024 Martin J. Chávez Democratic Party (United States) 82,147 48.11% Gary K. King Democratic Party (United States) 51,847 30.37% Jerry Apodaca Democratic Party (United States) 16,303 9.55% Robert E. Vigil Democratic Party (United States) 10,483 6.14% Reese P. Fullerton Democratic Party (United States) 5,800 3.40% Ben Chavez Democratic Party (United States) 4,127 2.42% Frances Salas (write-in) Democratic Party (United States) 29 0.02% 170,736 100.00% General election Candidates Martin Chávez, mayor of Albuquerque (Democratic) Running mate: Diane Denish, businesswoman Gary Johnson, incumbent governor since 1995 (Republican) Running mate: Walter Dwight Bradley, incumbent lieutenant governor since 1995 Campaign Johnson campaigned on the policies of his first term in office, promising to continue improvements to public education; cutting state spending, taxes, and bureaucracy; and frequent use of his veto and line-item veto power.https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/23/us/political-briefing-democrats-renew-push-in-new-mexico.html Democrats Renew Push in New Mexico Ayres B. Drummond Jr. October 23, 1998 The New York Times September 18, 2018 Chávez, a strong Hispanic candidate in a state with a 40 percent Hispanic population, was initially considered the favorite in the race.https://www.economist.com/united-states/1999/04/15/americas-boldest-governor America's boldest governor April 15, 1999 The Economist September 14, 2018 Polling Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error GaryJohnson (R) MartinChávez (D) Other / undecidedpolling Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.Research & Polling, Inc.CNN AllPolitics Election '98 - New Mexico 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/NM/polls/NM98G.html CNN 27 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250627204224/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/NM/polls/NM98G.html 27 June 2025 liveJournalOctober 27–29, 1998916 (RV)± 3.0%49%39%12% Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEight October 20, 1998 409 — 47% 43% 10% Research & Polling Inc. October 18, 1998 916 — 49% 39% 12%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 6–7, 1998412 (LV)± 5.0%45%43%12%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 15–16, 1998409 (LV)± 5.0%42%44%14%Research & Polling, Inc.Journal Poll sponsored by Albuquerque JournalSeptember 5–10, 1998909 (RV)± 3.0%42%40%18% Results Johnson won with 55 percent of the vote.http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/NM/G/index.html CNN election results 1998 July 2, 2012 This made him the first governor of New Mexico elected to two consecutive four-year terms, following the expansion of term limits in 1991.https://reason.com/archives/2001/01/01/americas-most-dangerous-politi/singlepage America's Most Dangerous Politician – Republican Governor of New Mexico Gary E. Johnson Lynch Michael W. January 2001 Reason February 7, 2011 Johnson made the school voucher system a "hallmark issue" of his second term.https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/31/us/parents-lead-way-as-states-debate-school-vouchers.html Parents Lead Way as States Debate School Vouchers Janofsky Michael January 31, 2000 The New York Times September 18, 20181998 New Mexico gubernatorial electionhttp://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/1998/98General/rsult001.HTM STATE OF NEW MEXICO Official 1998 General Election Results for GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO 1998-04-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060622013229/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/1998/98General/rsult001.HTM 2006-06-22https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/election-results/past-election-results-1998/ Election Results 1998 New Mexico Secretary of State July 29, 2024The New Mexico Secretary of State has not published the complete statewide general election canvass on its 1998 election page. The county results can be obtained from the individual county pages and the statewide total from an archived version of the Secretary of State's website Republican Party (United States) Gary Johnson (incumbent) 271,948 54.53% +4.72% Democratic Party (United States) Martin Chávez 226,755 45.47% +5.55% 45,193 9.06% 498,703 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) -0.83% Results by county County Gary JohnsonRepublican Martin ChávezDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Bernalillo96,32957.55%71,06742.45%25,26215.09%167,396Catron1,06366.73%53033.27%53333.46%1,593Chaves10,40963.55%5,96936.45%4,44027.11%16,378Cibola2,95243.69%3,80556.31%-853-12.62%6,757Colfax2,54154.36%2,13345.64%4088.73%4,674Curry7,24871.49%2,89028.51%4,35842.99%10,138De Baca71465.63%37434.38%34031.25%1,088Doña Ana16,63549.67%16,85850.33%-223-0.67%33,493Eddy8,92760.47%5,83539.53%3,09220.95%14,762Grant4,68947.14%5,25952.86%-570-5.73%9,948Guadalupe75633.80%1,48166.20%-725-32.41%2,237Harding38957.89%28342.11%10615.77%672Hidalgo1,11753.55%96946.45%1487.09%2,086Lea9,06674.12%3,16625.88%5,90048.23%12,232Lincoln3,61363.70%2,05936.30%1,55427.40%5,672Los Alamos5,72964.02%3,22035.98%2,50928.04%8,949Luna3,37557.03%2,54342.97%83214.06%5,918McKinley5,78841.72%8,08558.28%-2,297-16.56%13,873Mora69727.86%1,80572.14%-1,108-44.28%2,502Otero8,72166.38%4,41733.62%4,30432.76%13,138Quay2,26560.22%1,49639.78%76920.45%3,761Rio Arriba3,20630.26%7,38969.74%-4,183-39.48%10,595Roosevelt3,38769.12%1,51330.88%1,87438.24%4,900San Juan20,23370.53%8,45429.47%11,77941.06%28,687San Miguel2,01522.91%6,78177.09%-4,766-54.18%8,796Sandoval14,59559.94%9,75640.06%4,83919.87%24,351Santa Fe13,82133.81%27,05366.19%-13,232-32.37%40,874Sierra2,62463.54%1,50636.46%1,11827.07%4,130Socorro2,92045.21%3,53954.79%-619-9.58%6,459Taos2,71331.12%6,00568.88%-3,292-37.76%8,718Torrance2,62361.16%1,66638.84%95722.31%4,289Union1,07764.76%58635.24%49129.52%1,663Valencia9,71154.03%8,26345.97%1,4488.06%17,974Total271,94854.53%226,75545.47%45,1939.06%498,703 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Colfax De Baca Harding Torrance Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Doña Ana Notes Partisan clients References See also collapsed Governor New Mexico 1998 Category:Gary Johnson