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The 1978 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Democrat Jerry Apodaca was ineligible to seek a second term as governor. Bruce King, a member of the Democratic Party who had previously served as governor from 1971 to 1975, won the open seat. With a margin of victory of just 1.09% this was the second closest contest of the 1978 Gubernatorial Cycle, behind only the election in Texas.
The Democratic primary was won by former Governor Bruce King.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bruce King | 92,432 | 61.31% | |
Democratic | Robert E. Ferguson | 58,334 | 38.69% | |
Total votes | 150,766 | 100.00% |
The Republican primary was won by former state senator Joe Skeen.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joe Skeen | 38,638 | 81.17% | |
Republican | Philip R. Grant | 8,966 | 18.84% | |
Total votes | 47,604 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bruce King | 174,631 | 50.55% | +0.61% | |
Republican | Joseph R. Skeen | 170,848 | 49.45% | −0.65% | |
Majority | 3,783 | 1.10% | |||
Total votes | 345,479 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | -0.04% |
County | Bruce King Democratic | Joe Skeen Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Bernalillo | 55,448 | 48.26% | 59,443 | 51.74% | -3,995 | -3.48% | 114,891 |
Catron | 649 | 49.13% | 672 | 50.87% | -23 | -1.74% | 1,321 |
Chaves | 5,134 | 33.94% | 9,991 | 66.06% | -4,857 | -32.11% | 15,125 |
Colfax | 2,187 | 53.12% | 1,930 | 46.88% | 257 | 6.24% | 4,117 |
Curry | 4,054 | 48.51% | 4,303 | 51.49% | -249 | -2.98% | 8,357 |
De Baca | 521 | 52.31% | 475 | 47.69% | 46 | 4.62% | 996 |
Doña Ana | 9,539 | 45.12% | 11,603 | 54.88% | -2,064 | -9.76% | 21,142 |
Eddy | 7,419 | 54.02% | 6,314 | 45.98% | 1,105 | 8.05% | 13,733 |
Grant | 4,624 | 59.74% | 3,116 | 40.26% | 1,508 | 19.48% | 7,740 |
Guadalupe | 1,591 | 69.72% | 691 | 30.28% | 900 | 39.44% | 2,282 |
Harding | 259 | 41.77% | 361 | 58.23% | -102 | -16.45% | 620 |
Hidalgo | 766 | 54.36% | 643 | 45.64% | 123 | 8.73% | 1,409 |
Lea | 4,665 | 44.48% | 5,824 | 55.52% | -1,159 | -11.05% | 10,489 |
Lincoln | 1,009 | 29.46% | 2,416 | 70.54% | -1,407 | -41.08% | 3,425 |
Los Alamos | 2,349 | 32.65% | 4,845 | 67.35% | -2,496 | -34.70% | 7,194 |
Luna | 2,117 | 45.29% | 2,557 | 54.71% | -440 | -9.41% | 4,674 |
McKinley | 5,244 | 59.29% | 3,600 | 40.71% | 1,644 | 18.59% | 8,844 |
Mora | 1,494 | 62.07% | 913 | 37.93% | 581 | 24.14% | 2,407 |
Otero | 4,140 | 44.43% | 5,178 | 55.57% | -1,038 | -11.14% | 9,318 |
Quay | 1,632 | 47.65% | 1,793 | 52.35% | -161 | -4.70% | 3,425 |
Rio Arriba | 7,106 | 68.78% | 3,226 | 31.22% | 3,880 | 37.55% | 10,332 |
Roosevelt | 1,793 | 36.87% | 3,070 | 63.13% | -1,277 | -26.26% | 4,863 |
San Juan | 6,866 | 44.31% | 8,631 | 55.69% | -1,765 | -11.39% | 15,497 |
San Miguel | 4,729 | 62.29% | 2,863 | 37.71% | 1,866 | 24.58% | 7,592 |
Sandoval | 5,303 | 59.77% | 3,570 | 40.23% | 1,733 | 19.53% | 8,873 |
Santa Fe | 14,080 | 60.44% | 9,217 | 39.56% | 4,863 | 20.87% | 23,297 |
Sierra | 1,486 | 47.66% | 1,632 | 52.34% | -146 | -4.68% | 3,118 |
Socorro | 2,524 | 57.39% | 1,874 | 42.61% | 650 | 14.78% | 4,398 |
Taos | 4,418 | 66.07% | 2,269 | 33.93% | 2,149 | 32.14% | 6,687 |
Torrance | 1,858 | 62.06% | 1,136 | 37.94% | 722 | 24.11% | 2,994 |
Union | 704 | 41.46% | 994 | 58.54% | -290 | -17.08% | 1,698 |
Valencia | 8,923 | 61.03% | 5,698 | 38.97% | 3,225 | 22.06% | 14,621 |
Total | 174,631 | 50.55% | 170,848 | 49.45% | 3,783 | 1.10% | 345,479 |
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