1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election
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  1978 November 2, 1982 1986  
  Toney Anaya (NM) (cropped).png 3x4.svg
Nominee Toney Anaya John B. Irick
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote215,840191,626
Percentage52.97%47.03%

1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Anaya:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Irick:     50–60%     60–70%

Governor before election

Bruce King
Democratic

Elected Governor

Toney Anaya
Democratic

The 1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982 to elect the governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Democrat Bruce King was ineligible to seek a second consecutive (and third overall) term as governor. Democrat Toney Anaya defeated Republican state senator John B. Irick by about five points. Anaya was the first Democrat to carry Harding County in a gubernatorial election since Thomas J. Mabry in 1946.

Contents

As of 2024, this is the last election in which a governor of New Mexico was succeeded by a member of the same party.

Primary election

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was won by former attorney general Toney Anaya.

Results

New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1982 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Toney Anaya 101,077 56.95%
Democratic Aubrey Dunn, Sr. 60,86634.29%
Democratic Fabian Chavez Jr. 11,8746.69%
Democratic Les Houston3,6732.07%
Total votes177,490 100.00%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was won by state senator John B. Irick.

Results

New Mexico Republican gubernatorial primary, 1982 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John B. Irick 35,789 54.56%
Republican William A. Sego27,22041.50%
Republican James A. Caudell2,5903.95%
Total votes65,599 100.00%

General election

Results

1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Toney Anaya 215,840 52.97% +2.42%
Republican John B. Irick191,62647.03%−2.42%
Majority24,2145.94%
Total votes407,466 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing +4.85%

Results by county

CountyToney Anaya
Democratic
John B. Irick
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Bernalillo 72,53952.61%65,33647.39%7,2035.22%137,875
Catron 57945.81%68554.19%-106-8.39%1,264
Chaves 6,07436.35%10,63663.65%4,56227.30%16,710
Cibola 3,66558.34%2,61741.66%1,04816.68%6,282
Colfax 2,65558.01%1,92241.99%73316.01%4,577
Curry 3,40834.75%6,39965.25%-2,991-30.50%9,807
De Baca 47245.34%56954.66%-97-9.32%1,041
Doña Ana 12,05147.47%13,33752.53%-1,286-5.07%25,388
Eddy 7,79848.69%8,21851.31%-420-2.62%16,016
Grant 5,61259.57%3,80940.43%1,80319.14%9,421
Guadalupe 1,64776.21%51423.79%1,13352.43%2,161
Harding 32853.33%28746.67%416.67%615
Hidalgo 95953.52%83346.48%1267.03%1,792
Lea 4,54836.16%8,03163.84%-3,483-27.69%12,579
Lincoln 1,36834.41%2,60865.59%-1,240-31.19%3,976
Los Alamos 3,54243.11%4,67456.89%-1,132-13.78%8,216
Luna 2,55844.74%3,15955.26%-601-10.51%5,717
McKinley 6,91163.15%4,03336.85%2,87826.30%10,944
Mora 1,58069.85%68230.15%89839.70%2,262
Otero 4,18639.18%6,49760.82%-2,311-21.63%10,683
Quay 1,57243.97%2,00356.03%-431-12.06%3,575
Rio Arriba 8,14579.97%2,04020.03%6,10559.94%10,185
Roosevelt 1,59632.34%3,33967.66%-1,743-35.32%4,935
San Juan 9,22545.41%11,09254.59%-1,867-9.19%20,317
San Miguel 5,43977.40%1,58822.60%3,85154.80%7,027
Sandoval 7,13959.57%4,84640.43%2,29319.13%11,985
Santa Fe 19,73768.80%8,95231.20%10,78537.59%28,689
Sierra 1,55044.64%1,92255.36%-372-10.71%3,472
Socorro 2,96958.36%2,11841.64%85116.73%5,087
Taos 6,12177.26%1,80222.74%4,31954.51%7,923
Torrance 1,88156.78%1,43243.22%44913.55%3,313
Union 76639.63%1,16760.37%-401-20.74%1,933
Valencia 7,22061.71%4,47938.29%2,74123.43%11,699
Total215,84052.97%191,62647.03%24,2145.94%407,466

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. "NM Governor D Primary 1982". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  2. "NM Governor R Primary 1982". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  3. New Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 2, 1982 - State of New Mexico