The 1962 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1962, to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Edwin L. Mechem ran for reelection for a sixth term against Democrat Jack Campbell. Campbell defeated Mechem by a decisive six point margin.

Primary election Democratic primary The Democratic primary was won by state representative Jack M. Campbell.

Results

Republican primary Incumbent governor Edwin L. Mechem was unopposed in the Republican primary.

General election

Results

Results by county County Jack M. CampbellDemocratic Edwin L. MechemRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Bernalillo34,38350.86%33,21049.12%1,1731.74%67,605Catron44440.36%65669.64%-212-19.27%1,100Chaves5,13440.99%7,39159.01%-2,257-18.02%12,526Colfax2,75458.60%1,94641.40%80817.19%4,700Curry3,41147.49%3,77152.51%-360-5.01%7,182De Baca55749.91%55950.09%-2-0.18%1,116Doña Ana6,34350.19%6,29649.81%470.37%12,639Eddy8,55761.76%5,29538.22%3,26223.54%13,855Grant3,28858.29%2,35341.71%93516.58%5,641Guadalupe1,44856.70%1,10643.30%34213.39%2,554Harding39643.66%51156.34%-115-12.68%907Hidalgo77157.20%57742.80%19414.39%1,348Lea6,16756.50%4,74843.50%1,41913.00%10,915Lincoln1,34944.92%1,65455.08%-305-10.16%3,003Los Alamos2,35655.34%1,90144.66%45510.69%4,257Luna1,53753.95%1,31246.05%2257.90%2,849McKinley3,69456.79%2,81143.21%88313.57%6,505Mora1,16645.30%1,40854.70%-242-9.40%2,574Otero3,36050.47%3,29649.50%640.96%6,658Quay1,97252.38%1,79347.62%1794.75%3,765Rio Arriba5,33462.91%3,14537.09%2,18925.82%8,479Roosevelt1,92145.88%2,26654.12%-345-8.24%4,187San Juan5,19353.23%4,56246.77%6316.47%9,755San Miguel4,54156.87%3,44443.13%1,09713.74%7,985Sandoval2,31765.03%1,24634.97%1,07130.06%3,563Santa Fe8,81255.16%7,16244.84%1,65010.33%15,974Sierra1,33750.74%1,29849.26%391.48%2,635Socorro1,88854.28%1,59045.72%2988.57%3,478Taos2,94253.80%2,52646.20%4167.61%5,468Torrance1,26150.66%1,22849.34%331.33%2,489Union1,20750.71%1,17349.29%341.43%2,380Valencia5,09356.32%3,95043.68%1,14312.64%9,043Total130,93352.98%116,81447.01%14,7495.97%247,135

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Bernalillo Doña Ana Los Alamos Quay San Juan Santa Fe Union

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Roosevelt

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