1946 New Mexico gubernatorial election County resultsMabry : 50–60% 60–70%Safford : 50-60%
The 1946 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico . Incumbent Democrat John J. Dempsey was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. Former lieutenant governor William Duckworth unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination. Sandoval County voted for a Democratic candidate for the first time since 1916 . This was the last gubernatorial election until 1982 in which the Democratic candidate carried Harding County .
County Thomas J. Mabry Democratic Edward L. Safford Republican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Bernalillo 10,702 49.39% 10,967 50.61% -265 -1.22% 21,669 Catron 614 54.63% 510 45.37% 104 9.25% 1,124 Chaves 2,559 51.38% 2,422 48.62% 137 2.75% 4,981 Colfax 2,269 50.97% 2,183 49.03% 86 1.93% 4,452 Curry 2,802 58.14% 2,017 41.86% 785 16.29% 4,819 De Baca 499 58.98% 347 41.02% 152 17.97% 846 Doña Ana 3,248 55.29% 2,626 44.71% 622 10.59% 5,874 Eddy 3,723 64.78% 2,024 35.22% 1,699 29.56% 5,747 Grant 3,004 61.46% 1,884 38.54% 1,120 22.91% 4,888 Guadalupe 1,348 49.13% 1,396 50.87% -48 -1.75% 2,744 Harding 610 53.42% 532 46.58% 78 6.83% 1,142 Hidalgo 505 62.35% 305 37.65% 200 24.69% 810 Lea 1,968 67.47% 949 32.53% 1,019 34.93% 2,917 Lincoln 1,113 43.92% 1,421 56.08% -308 -12.15% 2,534 Luna 1,198 57.02% 903 42.98% 295 14.04% 2,101 McKinley 1,869 56.08% 1,464 43.92% 405 12.15% 3,333 Mora 1,359 49.63% 1,379 50.37% -20 -0.73% 2,738 Otero 1,353 50.69% 1,316 49.31% 37 1.39% 2,669 Quay 1,960 63.66% 1,119 36.34% 841 27.31% 3,079 Rio Arriba 4,173 52.78% 3,733 47.22% 440 5.57% 7,906 Roosevelt 1,585 56.35% 1,228 43.65% 357 12.69% 2,813 San Juan 1,243 46.69% 1,419 53.31% -176 -6.61% 2,662 San Miguel 3,976 54.32% 3,343 45.68% 633 8.65% 7,319 Sandoval 1,520 55.78% 1,205 44.22% 315 11.56% 2,725 Santa Fe 4,927 46.53% 5,662 53.47% -735 -6.94% 10,589 Sierra 909 46.98% 1,026 53.02% -117 -6.05% 1,935 Socorro 1,672 45.86% 1,974 54.14% -302 -8.28% 3,646 Taos 2,562 50.89% 2,472 49.11% 90 1.79% 5,034 Torrance 1,110 48.37% 1,185 51.63% -75 -3.27% 2,295 Union 1,157 53.64% 1,000 46.36% 157 7.28% 2,157 Valencia 2,518 49.55% 2,564 50.45% -46 -0.91% 5,082 Total 70,055 52.82% 62,575 47.18% 7,480 5.64% 132,630
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ]