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1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election

← 1934 November 3, 1936 1938 →
 
Nominee Clyde Tingley Jaffa Miller
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 98,089 72,511
Percentage 57.47% 42.49%

County results
Miles:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Miller:      50-60%

Governor before election

Clyde Tingley
Democratic

Elected Governor

Clyde Tingley
Democratic

The 1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Clyde Tingley won reelection to a second term. Tingley was the first Democrat to ever carry San Miguel County and Valencia County in a gubernatorial election; the latter did not back a Democrat again until 1954. Torrance County voted Democratic for the first time since 1922 and as with Valencia County, would also not vote Democratic again until 1954.

General election

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Results

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1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Clyde Tingley (incumbent) 98,089 57.47% +2.66%
Republican Jaffa Miller 72,511 42.49% −1.70%
Farmer–Labor H. G. Rauert 71 0.04%
Scattering 1 0.00%
Majority 25,578 14.99%
Total votes 170,672 100.00%
Democratic hold

Results by county

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County Clyde Tingley
Democratic
Jaffa Miller
Republican
H. G. Rauert
Farmer-Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 14,164 61.97% 8,684 37.99% 8 0.04% 5,480 23.98% 22,857[a]
Catron 1,359 58.88% 944 40.90% 5 0.22% 415 17.98% 2,308
Chaves 3,993 55.73% 3,167 44.20% 5 0.07% 826 11.53% 7,165
Colfax 3,919 52.61% 3,520 47.25% 10 0.13% 399 5.36% 7,449
Curry 4,467 75.66% 1,432 24.25% 5 0.08% 3,035 51.41% 5,904
De Baca 960 63.45% 553 36.55% 0 0.00% 407 26.90% 1,513
Doña Ana 5,059 62.13% 3,075 37.77% 8 0.10% 1,984 24.37% 8,142
Eddy 3,999 72.83% 1,492 27.17% 0 0.00% 2,507 45.66% 5,491
Grant 2,932 61.33% 1,849 38.67% 0 0.00% 1,083 22.65% 4,781
Guadalupe 2,113 53.18% 1,860 46.82% 0 0.00% 253 6.37% 3,973
Harding 1,161 53.28% 1,018 46.72% 0 0.00% 143 6.56% 2,179
Hidalgo 1,088 74.32% 376 25.68% 0 0.00% 712 48.63% 1,464
Lea 3,739 82.78% 775 17.16% 3 0.07% 2,964 65.62% 4,517
Lincoln 1,816 49.63% 1,841 50.31% 2 0.05% -25 -0.68% 3,659
Luna 1,434 60.10% 950 39.82% 2 0.08% 484 20.28% 2,386
McKinley 2,357 59.42% 1,607 40.51% 3 0.08% 750 18.91% 3,967
Mora 2,321 49.67% 2,352 50.33% 0 0.00% -31 -0.66% 4,673
Otero 1,772 52.23% 1,620 47.75% 1 0.03% 152 4.48% 3,393
Quay 3,238 70.67% 1,343 29.31% 1 0.02% 1,895 41.36% 4,582
Rio Arriba 4,362 49.50% 4,449 50.48% 2 0.02% -87 -0.99% 8,813
Roosevelt 2,719 69.43% 1,195 30.52% 2 0.05% 1,524 38.92% 3,916
San Juan 1,494 50.20% 1,480 49.73% 2 0.07% 14 0.47% 2,976
San Miguel 5,678 51.90% 5,262 48.10% 0 0.00% 416 3.80% 10,940
Sandoval 1,865 48.07% 2,015 51.93% 0 0.00% -150 -3.87% 3,880
Santa Fe 5,720 51.27% 5,426 48.63% 11 0.10% 294 2.64% 11,157
Sierra 1,564 59.95% 1,045 40.05% 0 0.00% 519 19.89% 2,609
Socorro 2,355 46.69% 2,689 53.31% 0 0.00% -334 -6.62% 5,044
Taos 2,768 46.38% 3,200 53.62% 0 0.00% -432 -7.24% 5,968
Torrance 2,214 51.91% 2,051 48.09% 0 0.00% 163 3.82% 4,265
Union 2,226 51.70% 2,079 48.28% 1 0.02% 147 3.41% 4,306
Valencia 3,233 50.56% 3,162 49.44% 0 0.00% 71 1.11% 6,395
Total 98,089 57.47% 72,511 42.49% 71 0.04% 25,578 14.99% 170,672

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ Includes the 1 Scattering vote

References

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  1. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. The New Mexico Blue Book State Official Register 1937-1938. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  2. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.