The 1990 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Republican Garrey Carruthers was ineligible to seek a second term as governor. Democrat Bruce King won his third and final term overall as governor, defeating Republican Frank Bond. King won the largest share of the vote out of his four gubernatorial campaigns. This is the most recent election in which Catron County has voted for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate.
Primary election Democratic primary Former Governor Bruce King won the Democratic primary, defeating former Attorney General Paul Bardacke and 2 other candidates.
Results
Republican primary The Republican primary was won by Frank Bond, who defeated Les Houston, James A. Caudell, and former mayor of Albuquerque Harry E. Kinney.
Results
General election
Results
Results by county County Bruce KingDemocratic Frank M. BondRepublican Joseph E. KnightLibertarian Thomas S. MacaioneIndependent Democrat Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Bernalillo67,96551.11%64,60148.58%3750.28%340.03%3,3642.53%132,975Catron71952.95%63046.39%90.66%00.00%896.55%1,358Chaves5,99739.52%9,15660.34%220.14%00.00%-3,159-20.82%15,175Cibola3,65867.23%1,77932.70%30.06%10.02%1,87934.53%5,441Colfax2,57161.67%1,59838.33%00.00%00.00%97323.34%4,169Curry4,63751.27%4,39948.63%70.08%20.02%2382.63%9,045De Baca57950.30%57049.52%00.00%20.17%90.78%1,151Doña Ana15,44350.05%15,36549.80%410.13%60.02%780.25%30,855Eddy7,36852.75%6,58347.13%150.11%20.01%7855.62%13,968Grant5,01161.61%3,10738.20%150.18%10.01%1,90423.41%8,134Guadalupe1,57671.64%62428.36%00.00%00.00%95243.27%2,200Harding35056.54%26943.46%00.00%00.00%8113.09%619Hidalgo1,08556.81%82543.19%00.00%00.00%26013.61%1,910Lea5,39241.57%7,56858.35%100.08%10.01%-2,176-16.78%12,971Lincoln1,90841.69%2,65658.03%130.28%00.00%-748-16.34%4,577Los Alamos3,14638.62%4,95960.88%410.50%00.00%-1,813-22.26%8,146Luna2,62550.76%2,52648.85%170.33%30.06%991.91%5,171McKinley8,08167.24%3,93732.76%00.00%00.00%4,14434.48%12,018Mora1,65666.83%82233.17%00.00%00.00%83433.66%2,478Otero5,83347.37%6,45052.38%320.26%00.00%-617-5.01%12,315Quay2,01057.94%1,45842.03%10.03%00.00%55215.91%3,469Rio Arriba7,62674.58%2,59925.42%00.00%00.00%5,02749.16%10,225Roosevelt2,31850.21%2,29649.73%30.06%00.00%220.48%4,617San Juan10,47149.49%10,61050.14%780.37%00.00%-139-0.66%21,159San Miguel5,91977.05%1,76022.91%20.03%10.01%4,15954.14%7,682Sandoval8,84157.47%6,48142.13%00.00%620.40%2,36015.34%15,384Santa Fe20,02568.80%8,94230.72%700.24%690.24%11,08338.08%29,106Sierra1,77448.83%1,84650.81%120.33%10.03%-72-1.98%3,633Socorro3,31760.87%2,12338.96%80.15%10.02%1,19421.91%5,449Taos4,62568.60%2,10831.27%60.09%30.04%2,51737.33%6,742Torrance2,73871.64%1,08028.26%20.05%20.05%1,65843.38%3,822Union90653.04%80046.84%10.06%10.06%1066.21%1,708Valencia8,39461.88%5,16538.08%50.04%00.00%3,22923.81%13,564Total224,56454.61%185,69245.15%7880.19%1920.05%38,8729.45%411,236
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Bernalillo Catron Curry De Baca Doña Ana Eddy Harding Hidalgo Luna Quay Roosevelt Socorro Torrance Union
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