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1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election New Mexico 1912 Presidential no 1911 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1911 1918 New Mexico gubernatorial election 1918 November 7, 1916 File:Ezequiel cabeza debaca.png Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca Democratic Party (United States) 32,875 49.40% Holm O. Bursum, 1900.jpg Holm O. Bursum Republican Party (United States) 31,552 47.41% 1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 215px County resultsDe Baca: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Bursum: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #C21B18 80–90% Governor William C. McDonald Democratic Party (United States) Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca Democratic Party (United States)
The 1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.
Incumbent Democratic Governor William C. McDonald did not run for re-election but ran instead for Lieutenant Governor.
Democratic nominee Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca defeated Republican nominee Holm O. Bursum.
General election
Candidates
Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca, Democratic, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Holm O. Bursum, Republican, Republican candidate for Governor in 1911
N. A. Wells, Socialist
Results
1916 New Mexico gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=262108 NM Governor, 1916 Our Campaigns 2 October 2021Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 69 1-56802-396-0 The New Mexico Blue Book or State Official Register 1917 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015055034113&view=1up&seq=131 105 The New Mexico Blue Book or State Official Register 1919 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015055034105&view=1up&seq=287&skin=2021 281 Some sources give the result as De Baca 32,732, Bursum 31,524, Wells 2,117. These figures exclude the "absent railroad vote".Dubin Michael J. 2013 United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County https://books.google.com/books?id=ksBiaAS8jXoC Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc. 5 978-0-7864-7033-4Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 218–219 0-930466-17-9 December 8, 1916 Official Vote of New Mexico is announced https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/217589786.pdf New Mexico State Record Santa Fe, New Mexico 1 2 October 2021
Democratic Party (United States) Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca 32,875 49.40% -1.61%
Republican Party (United States) Holm O. Bursum 31,552 47.41% +1.36%
Socialist Party of America N. A. Wells 2,124 3.19% +0.25%
1,323 1.99%
66,551 100.00%
Democratic Party (United States) -2.97%
Results by county
County Ezequiel Cabeza De BacaDemocratic Holm O. BursumRepublican N. A. WellsSocialist Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Bernalillo2,35745.47%2,73952.84%881.70%-382-7.37%5,184Chaves2,12464.36%95328.88%2236.76%1,17135.48%3,300Colfax1,99651.67%1,81947.09%481.24%1774.58%3,863Curry1,03955.44%49426.36%34118.20%54529.08%1,874Doña Ana1,14742.48%1,53356.78%200.74%-386-14.30%2,700Eddy1,38672.04%43522.61%1035.35%95149.43%1,924Grant1,97846.55%2,16350.91%1082.54%-185-4.35%4,249Guadalupe1,20653.34%1,02345.25%321.42%1838.09%2,261Lincoln72140.35%1,02157.13%452.52%-300-16.79%1,787Luna75660.00%45936.43%453.57%29723.57%1,260McKinley56345.55%67054.21%30.24%-107-8.66%1,236Mora1,61052.10%1,46347.35%170.55%1474.76%3,090Otero76550.50%61840.79%1328.71%1479.70%1,515Quay1,43359.51%72830.23%24710.26%70529.28%2,408Rio Arriba1,52243.67%1,96256.30%10.03%-440-12.63%3,485Roosevelt1,08174.14%23215.91%1459.95%84958.23%1,458San Juan56653.75%43941.69%484.56%12712.06%1,053San Miguel2,54449.01%2,61550.38%320.62%-71-1.37%5,191Sandoval75456.10%59043.90%00.00%16412.20%1,344Santa Fe1,49245.85%1,74553.63%170.52%-253-7.78%3,254Sierra42744.25%51553.37%232.38%-88-9.12%965Socorro1,32237.30%2,20562.22%170.48%-883-24.92%3,544Taos1,10748.92%1,11649.32%401.77%-9-0.40%2,263Torrance66539.80%93756.07%694.13%-272-16.28%1,671Union1,89651.08%1,55341.84%2637.09%3439.24%3,712Valencia41821.33%1,52577.81%170.87%-1,107-56.48%1,960Total 32,87549.40%31,55247.41%2,1243.19%1,3231.99%66,551
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Mora
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Bernalillo
Doña Ana
Grant
Lincoln
Sierra
Notes
References
1916
New Mexico
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