The 1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Edwin L. Mechem ran for and won reelection to a second term. Mechem was the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to ever win Curry County, De Baca County, and Quay County. Moreover, Luna County and McKinley County voted Republican for the first time since 1930. Mechem was the last Republican to carry Otero County until Joe Skeen in 1974.

General election

Results

Results by county County Edwin L. MechemRepublican Everett GranthamDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Bernalillo31,65655.03%25,86644.97%5,79010.07%57,522Catron76862.44%46237.56%30624.88%1,230Chaves6,63760.65%4,30739.35%2,33021.29%10,944Colfax3,59154.12%3,04445.88%5478.24%6,635Curry5,05658.48%3,59041.52%1,46616.96%8,646De Baca75454.60%62745.40%1279.20%1,381Doña Ana6,36260.64%4,12939.36%2,23321.28%10,491Eddy6,01143.69%7,74856.31%-1,737-12.62%13,759Grant3,29441.09%4,72358.91%-1,429-17.82%8,017Guadalupe1,52552.14%1,40047.86%1254.27%2,925Harding80265.42%42434.58%37830.83%1,226Hidalgo71646.28%83153.72%-115-7.43%1,547Lea4,30442.87%5,73557.13%-1,431-14.25%10,039Lincoln2,07065.94%1,06934.06%1,00131.89%3,139Los Alamos2,12546.96%2,40053.04%-275-6.08%4,525Luna1,68655.31%1,36244.69%32410.63%3,048McKinley3,27852.38%2,98047.62%2984.76%6,258Mora1,84956.80%1,40643.20%44313.61%3,255Otero2,58754.76%2,13745.24%4509.53%4,724Quay2,77653.74%2,39046.26%3867.47%5,166Rio Arriba4,33148.62%4,57651.38%-245-2.75%8,907Roosevelt2,99354.38%2,51145.62%4828.76%5,504San Juan3,92968.35%1,81931.65%2,11036.71%5,748San Miguel5,13952.15%4,71547.85%4244.30%9,854Sandoval1,77851.46%1,67748.54%1012.92%3,455Santa Fe8,48753.50%7,37846.50%1,1096.99%15,865Sierra1,93759.82%1,30140.18%63619.64%3,238Socorro2,19954.69%1,82245.31%3779.38%4,021Taos2,95351.98%2,72848.02%2253.96%5,681Torrance1,58851.96%1,46848.04%1203.93%3,056Union2,03663.66%1,16236.34%87427.33%3,198Valencia3,89954.56%3,24745.44%6529.12%7,146Total129,11653.76%111,03446.24%18,0827.53%240,150

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Curry De Baca Guadalupe Luna McKinley Quay San Miguel Sandoval Socorro Taos

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Grant Los Alamos

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