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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.
As of 2024, this is the last election in which a governor of New Mexico was succeeded by a member of the same party.
The Democratic primary was won by former attorney general Toney Anaya.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Toney Anaya | 101,077 | 56.95% | |
Democratic | Aubrey Dunn, Sr. | 60,866 | 34.29% | |
Democratic | Fabian Chavez Jr. | 11,874 | 6.69% | |
Democratic | Les Houston | 3,673 | 2.07% | |
Total votes | 177,490 | 100.00% |
The Republican primary was won by state senator John B. Irick.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John B. Irick | 35,789 | 54.56% | |
Republican | William A. Sego | 27,220 | 41.50% | |
Republican | James A. Caudell | 2,590 | 3.95% | |
Total votes | 65,599 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Toney Anaya | 215,840 | 52.97% | +2.42% | |
Republican | John B. Irick | 191,626 | 47.03% | −2.42% | |
Majority | 24,214 | 5.94% | |||
Total votes | 407,466 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +4.85% |
County | Toney Anaya Democratic | John B. Irick Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Bernalillo | 72,539 | 52.61% | 65,336 | 47.39% | 7,203 | 5.22% | 137,875 |
Catron | 579 | 45.81% | 685 | 54.19% | -106 | -8.39% | 1,264 |
Chaves | 6,074 | 36.35% | 10,636 | 63.65% | 4,562 | 27.30% | 16,710 |
Cibola | 3,665 | 58.34% | 2,617 | 41.66% | 1,048 | 16.68% | 6,282 |
Colfax | 2,655 | 58.01% | 1,922 | 41.99% | 733 | 16.01% | 4,577 |
Curry | 3,408 | 34.75% | 6,399 | 65.25% | -2,991 | -30.50% | 9,807 |
De Baca | 472 | 45.34% | 569 | 54.66% | -97 | -9.32% | 1,041 |
Doña Ana | 12,051 | 47.47% | 13,337 | 52.53% | -1,286 | -5.07% | 25,388 |
Eddy | 7,798 | 48.69% | 8,218 | 51.31% | -420 | -2.62% | 16,016 |
Grant | 5,612 | 59.57% | 3,809 | 40.43% | 1,803 | 19.14% | 9,421 |
Guadalupe | 1,647 | 76.21% | 514 | 23.79% | 1,133 | 52.43% | 2,161 |
Harding | 328 | 53.33% | 287 | 46.67% | 41 | 6.67% | 615 |
Hidalgo | 959 | 53.52% | 833 | 46.48% | 126 | 7.03% | 1,792 |
Lea | 4,548 | 36.16% | 8,031 | 63.84% | -3,483 | -27.69% | 12,579 |
Lincoln | 1,368 | 34.41% | 2,608 | 65.59% | -1,240 | -31.19% | 3,976 |
Los Alamos | 3,542 | 43.11% | 4,674 | 56.89% | -1,132 | -13.78% | 8,216 |
Luna | 2,558 | 44.74% | 3,159 | 55.26% | -601 | -10.51% | 5,717 |
McKinley | 6,911 | 63.15% | 4,033 | 36.85% | 2,878 | 26.30% | 10,944 |
Mora | 1,580 | 69.85% | 682 | 30.15% | 898 | 39.70% | 2,262 |
Otero | 4,186 | 39.18% | 6,497 | 60.82% | -2,311 | -21.63% | 10,683 |
Quay | 1,572 | 43.97% | 2,003 | 56.03% | -431 | -12.06% | 3,575 |
Rio Arriba | 8,145 | 79.97% | 2,040 | 20.03% | 6,105 | 59.94% | 10,185 |
Roosevelt | 1,596 | 32.34% | 3,339 | 67.66% | -1,743 | -35.32% | 4,935 |
San Juan | 9,225 | 45.41% | 11,092 | 54.59% | -1,867 | -9.19% | 20,317 |
San Miguel | 5,439 | 77.40% | 1,588 | 22.60% | 3,851 | 54.80% | 7,027 |
Sandoval | 7,139 | 59.57% | 4,846 | 40.43% | 2,293 | 19.13% | 11,985 |
Santa Fe | 19,737 | 68.80% | 8,952 | 31.20% | 10,785 | 37.59% | 28,689 |
Sierra | 1,550 | 44.64% | 1,922 | 55.36% | -372 | -10.71% | 3,472 |
Socorro | 2,969 | 58.36% | 2,118 | 41.64% | 851 | 16.73% | 5,087 |
Taos | 6,121 | 77.26% | 1,802 | 22.74% | 4,319 | 54.51% | 7,923 |
Torrance | 1,881 | 56.78% | 1,432 | 43.22% | 449 | 13.55% | 3,313 |
Union | 766 | 39.63% | 1,167 | 60.37% | -401 | -20.74% | 1,933 |
Valencia | 7,220 | 61.71% | 4,479 | 38.29% | 2,741 | 23.43% | 11,699 |
Total | 215,840 | 52.97% | 191,626 | 47.03% | 24,214 | 5.94% | 407,466 |
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