1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election

1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election

←  1926 November 6, 1928 1930  →

Nominee Richard C. Dillon Robert C. Dow Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 65,967 52,550 Percentage 55.61% 44.30%

County results Dillon:      50-60%     60–70%     70–80% Dow:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Governor before election Richard C. Dillon Republican Elected Governor Richard C. Dillon Republican

The 1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1928, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Richard C. Dillon won a second term by a wide margin, becoming the first governor of New Mexico to be reelected. Dillon was the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to ever win Chaves County and San Juan County. Conversely, this was the last election until 1950 in which Doña Ana County backed a Republican and the last until 1940 in which Bernalillo County did the same.

General election

Results

1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Richard C. Dillon (incumbent)	65,967	55.61%	+4.01%
	Democratic	Robert C. Dow	52,550	44.30%	−3.84%
	Workers	John W. Blackburn	99	0.08%
Majority			13,417	11.31%
Total votes			118,616	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing	+7.85%

Results by county

County	Richard C. Dillon Republican		Robert C. Dow Democratic		John W. Blackburn Workers		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Bernalillo	7,736	50.41%	7,601	49.53%	8	0.05%	135	0.88%	15,345
Catron	689	56.75%	524	43.16%	1	0.08%	165	13.59%	1,214
Chaves	2,682	59.34%	1,831	40.51%	7	0.15%	851	18.83%	4,520
Colfax	3,680	52.92%	3,266	46.97%	8	0.12%	414	5.95%	6,954
Curry	1,408	39.07%	2,192	60.82%	4	0.11%	-784	-21.75%	3,604
De Baca	430	42.36%	583	57.44%	2	0.20%	-153	-15.07%	1,015
Doña Ana	3,076	58.03%	2,217	41.82%	8	0.15%	859	16.20%	5,301
Eddy	1,339	47.21%	1,494	52.68%	3	0.11%	-155	-5.47%	2,836
Grant	1,833	44.87%	2,247	55.01%	5	0.12%	-414	-10.13%	4,085
Guadalupe	1,686	60.06%	1,121	39.94%	0	0.00%	565	20.13%	2,807
Harding	822	49.40%	841	50.54%	1	0.06%	-19	-1.14%	1,664
Hidalgo	444	41.07%	636	58.83%	1	0.09%	-192	-17.76%	1,081
Lea	291	28.59%	723	71.02%	4	0.39%	-432	-42.44%	1,018
Lincoln	1,357	58.12%	975	41.76%	3	0.13%	382	16.36%	2,335
Luna	980	60.53%	637	39.35%	2	0.12%	343	21.19%	1,619
McKinley	1,896	56.75%	1,439	43.07%	6	0.18%	457	13.68%	3,341
Mora	2,038	53.74%	1,754	46.26%	0	0.00%	284	7.49%	3,792
Otero	1,152	47.56%	1,258	51.94%	12	0.50%	-106	-4.38%	2,422
Quay	1,406	41.22%	2,003	58.72%	2	0.06%	-597	-17.50%	3,411
Rio Arriba	4,255	65.10%	2,279	34.87%	2	0.03%	1,976	30.23%	6,536
Roosevelt	678	30.29%	1,552	69.35%	8	0.36%	-874	-39.05%	2,238
San Juan	1,192	54.88%	980	45.12%	0	0.00%	212	9.76%	2,172
San Miguel	5,596	64.17%	3,125	35.83%	0	0.00%	2,471	28.33%	8,721
Sandoval	1,761	61.36%	1,108	38.61%	1	0.03%	653	22.75%	2,870
Santa Fe	5,103	66.54%	2,560	33.38%	6	0.08%	2,543	33.16%	7,669
Sierra	741	51.85%	688	48.15%	0	0.00%	53	3.71%	1,429
Socorro	2,127	60.75%	1,374	39.25%	0	0.00%	753	21.51%	3,501
Taos	2,584	60.40%	1,694	39.60%	0	0.00%	890	20.80%	4,278
Torrance	1,851	60.14%	1,223	39.73%	4	0.13%	628	20.40%	3,078
Union	1,672	49.73%	1,690	50.27%	0	0.00%	-18	-0.54%	3,362
Valencia	3,462	78.72%	935	21.26%	1	0.02%	2,527	57.46%	4,398
Total	65,967	55.61%	52,550	44.30%	99	0.08%	13,417	11.31%	118,616

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Chaves
• Colfax
• San Juan
• Sierra

References

1. New Mexico Secretary of State. The New Mexico Blue Book, or State Official Register 1929-1930. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2. New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.