1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election

1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election

← 1950 November 4, 1952 1954 →
 
Nominee Edwin L. Mechem Everett Grantham
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 129,116 111,034
Percentage 53.76% 46.24%

County results
Mechem:      50–60%      60–70%
Grantham:      50–60%

Governor before election

Edwin L. Mechem
Republican

Elected Governor

Edwin L. Mechem
Republican

The 1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Edwin L. Mechem ran for and won reelection to a second term. Mechem was the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to ever win Curry County, De Baca County, and Quay County. Moreover, Luna County and McKinley County voted Republican for the first time since 1930. Mechem was the last Republican to carry Otero County until Joe Skeen in 1974.


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