1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election
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The 1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Jack M. Campbell ran for reelection to a second term against Republican Merle H. Tucker. Campbell defeated Tucker in a landslide, receiving the largest share of the vote by any New Mexico gubernatorial candidate to that point. Campbell's 60.21% vote share remained the largest ever in the state's history until 2006 when Bill Richardson received 68.82% of the vote. Richardson's 2006 landslide is also the only time since this election that Chaves County and San Juan County have voted for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Los Alamos County also did not vote Democratic again until 2006.
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November 3, 1964
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 County results Campbell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Tucker: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary election
Democratic primary
Incumbent governor Jack M. Campbell was unopposed in the Democratic primary.[1]
Republican primary
Merle H. Tucker was unopposed in the Republican primary.[1]
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jack M. Campbell (incumbent) | 191,497 | 60.21% | +7.23% | |
| Republican | Merle H. Tucker | 126,540 | 39.79% | −7.23% | |
| Scattering | 5 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 64,957 | 20.42% | |||
| Total votes | 318,042 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
Results by county
| County | Jack M. Campbell Democratic |
Merle H. Tucker Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Bernalillo | 53,047 | 55.65% | 42,284 | 44.35% | 10,763 | 11.29% | 95,331 |
| Catron | 604 | 52.94% | 537 | 47.06% | 67 | 5.87% | 1,141 |
| Chaves | 8,811 | 53.17% | 7,759 | 46.83% | 1,052 | 6.35% | 16,570 |
| Colfax | 3,404 | 69.98% | 1,460 | 30.02% | 1,944 | 39.97% | 4,864 |
| Curry | 5,936 | 60.84% | 3,821 | 39.16% | 2,115 | 21.68% | 9,757 |
| De Baca | 721 | 61.10% | 459 | 38.90% | 262 | 22.20% | 1,180 |
| Doña Ana | 10,710 | 61.32% | 6,755 | 38.68% | 3,955 | 22.65% | 17,465 |
| Eddy | 11,460 | 65.44% | 6,053 | 34.56% | 5,407 | 30.87% | 17,513 |
| Grant | 5,272 | 75.53% | 1,707 | 24.46% | 3,565 | 51.07% | 6,980[a] |
| Guadalupe | 1,629 | 61.75% | 1,009 | 38.25% | 620 | 23.50% | 2,638 |
| Harding | 429 | 49.42% | 439 | 50.58% | -10 | -1.15% | 868 |
| Hidalgo | 1,105 | 70.56% | 461 | 29.44% | 644 | 41.12% | 1,566 |
| Lea | 9,400 | 60.76% | 6,070 | 39.23% | 3,330 | 21.52% | 15,471[a] |
| Lincoln | 1,519 | 47.29% | 1,693 | 52.71% | -174 | -5.42% | 3,212 |
| Los Alamos | 3,450 | 61.07% | 2,198 | 38.91% | 1,252 | 22.16% | 5,649[a] |
| Luna | 2,396 | 63.60% | 1,371 | 36.40% | 1,025 | 27.21% | 3,767 |
| McKinley | 6,315 | 67.02% | 3,108 | 32.98% | 3,207 | 34.03% | 9,423 |
| Mora | 1,330 | 53.44% | 1,159 | 46.56% | 171 | 6.87% | 2,489 |
| Otero | 5,929 | 63.67% | 3,383 | 36.33% | 2,546 | 27.34% | 9,312 |
| Quay | 2,580 | 60.71% | 1,670 | 39.29% | 910 | 21.41% | 4,250 |
| Rio Arriba | 6,300 | 66.56% | 3,165 | 33.44% | 3,135 | 33.12% | 9,465 |
| Roosevelt | 3,149 | 58.54% | 2,230 | 41.46% | 919 | 17.08% | 5,379 |
| San Juan | 7,507 | 56.34% | 5,818 | 43.66% | 1,689 | 12.68% | 13,325 |
| San Miguel | 5,074 | 61.24% | 3,212 | 38.76% | 1,862 | 22.47% | 8,286 |
| Sandoval | 3,226 | 73.14% | 1,183 | 26.82% | 2,043 | 46.32% | 4,411[b] |
| Santa Fe | 12,116 | 66.80% | 6,021 | 33.20% | 6,095 | 33.61% | 18,137 |
| Sierra | 1,620 | 53.17% | 1,427 | 46.83% | 193 | 6.33% | 3,047 |
| Socorro | 2,352 | 57.51% | 1,738 | 42.49% | 614 | 15.01% | 4,090 |
| Taos | 4,036 | 66.23% | 2,058 | 33.77% | 1,978 | 32.46% | 6,094 |
| Torrance | 1,439 | 55.37% | 1,160 | 44.63% | 279 | 10.73% | 2,599 |
| Union | 1,291 | 55.98% | 1,015 | 44.02% | 276 | 11.97% | 2,306 |
| Valencia | 7,340 | 64.07% | 4,117 | 35.93% | 3,223 | 28.13% | 11,457 |
| Total | 191,497 | 60.21% | 126,540 | 39.79% | 64,957 | 20.42% | 318,042 |