The 1940 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1940, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat John E. Miles won reelection to a second term. Former governor Clyde Tingley unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination. This was the first gubernatorial election since 1924 in which Bernalillo County backed the losing candidate. This was the last election until 2006 in which Lincoln County backed a Democrat and San Juan County did not vote Democratic again until 1962.
General election
Results
Results by county County John E. MilesDemocratic Mauricio F. MieraRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Bernalillo12,68747.24%14,17152.76%-1,484-5.53%26,858Catron1,04952.11%96447.89%854.22%2,013Chaves5,15369.48%2,26430.52%2,88938.95%7,417Colfax4,36355.98%3,43144.02%93211.96%7,794Curry5,00778.42%1,37821.58%3,62956.84%6,385De Baca1,01569.14%45330.86%56238.28%1,468Doña Ana4,96354.88%4,08045.12%8839.76%9,043Eddy5,29779.11%1,39920.89%3,89858.21%6,696Grant3,86364.39%2.13635.61%1,72728.79%5,999Guadalupe1,97850.73%1,92149.27%571.46%3,899Harding99649.33%1,02350.67%-27-1.34%2,019Hidalgo1,23877.76%35422.24%88455.53%1,592Lea4,69982.15%1,02117.85%3,67864.30%5,720Lincoln1,87352.20%1,71547.80%1584.40%3,588Luna1,53661.96%94338.04%59323.92%2,479McKinley2,66262.75%1,58037.25%1,08225.51%4,242Mora1,73339.47%2,65860.53%-925-21.07%4,391Otero1,89855.06%1,54944.94%34910.12%3,447Quay3,44572.66%1,29627.34%2,14945.33%4,741Rio Arriba4,27346.12%4,99153.88%-718-7.75%9,264Roosevelt3,61078.05%1,01521.95%2,59556.11%4,625San Juan1,76654.19%1,49345.81%2738.38%3,259San Miguel5,53850.02%5,53449.98%40.04%11,072Sandoval1,75742.79%2,34957.21%-592-14.42%4,106Santa Fe6,41749.85%6,45650.15%-39-0.30%12,873Sierra1,50450.83%1,45549.17%491.66%2,959Socorro2,36145.37%2,84354.63%-482-9.26%5,204Taos3,21247.02%3,61952.98%-407-5.96%6,831Torrance2,00744.31%2,52255.69%-515-11.37%4,529Union2,24456.34%1,73943.66%50512.68%3,983Valencia2,89142.24%3,95457.76%-1,063-15.53%6,845Total103,03555.59%82,30644.41%20,72911.18%185,341
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Catron Chaves Colfax Lincoln San Juan Union
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Bernalillo Rio Arriba Santa Fe Socorro Taos
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