1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election

The 1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.

1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election

← 1911 November 7, 1916 1918 →
 
Nominee Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca Holm O. Bursum
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 32,875 31,552
Percentage 49.40% 47.41%

County results
De Baca:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bursum:      50-60%      60–70%      80–90%

Governor before election

William C. McDonald
Democratic

Elected Governor

Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Governor William C. McDonald did not run for re-election but ran instead for Lieutenant Governor.

Democratic nominee Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca defeated Republican nominee Holm O. Bursum.

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election[1][2][3][4][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca 32,875 49.40% −1.61%
Republican Holm O. Bursum 31,552 47.41% +1.36%
Socialist N. A. Wells 2,124 3.19% +0.25%
Majority 1,323 1.99%
Total votes 66,551 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -2.97%

Results by county

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County Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
Democratic
Holm O. Bursum
Republican
N. A. Wells
Socialist
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 2,357 45.47% 2,739 52.84% 88 1.70% -382 -7.37% 5,184
Chaves 2,124 64.36% 953 28.88% 223 6.76% 1,171 35.48% 3,300
Colfax 1,996 51.67% 1,819 47.09% 48 1.24% 177 4.58% 3,863
Curry 1,039 55.44% 494 26.36% 341 18.20% 545 29.08% 1,874
Doña Ana 1,147 42.48% 1,533 56.78% 20 0.74% -386 -14.30% 2,700
Eddy 1,386 72.04% 435 22.61% 103 5.35% 951 49.43% 1,924
Grant 1,978 46.55% 2,163 50.91% 108 2.54% -185 -4.35% 4,249
Guadalupe 1,206 53.34% 1,023 45.25% 32 1.42% 183 8.09% 2,261
Lincoln 721 40.35% 1,021 57.13% 45 2.52% -300 -16.79% 1,787
Luna 756 60.00% 459 36.43% 45 3.57% 297 23.57% 1,260
McKinley 563 45.55% 670 54.21% 3 0.24% -107 -8.66% 1,236
Mora 1,610 52.10% 1,463 47.35% 17 0.55% 147 4.76% 3,090
Otero 765 50.50% 618 40.79% 132 8.71% 147 9.70% 1,515
Quay 1,433 59.51% 728 30.23% 247 10.26% 705 29.28% 2,408
Rio Arriba 1,522 43.67% 1,962 56.30% 1 0.03% -440 -12.63% 3,485
Roosevelt 1,081 74.14% 232 15.91% 145 9.95% 849 58.23% 1,458
San Juan 566 53.75% 439 41.69% 48 4.56% 127 12.06% 1,053
San Miguel 2,544 49.01% 2,615 50.38% 32 0.62% -71 -1.37% 5,191
Sandoval 754 56.10% 590 43.90% 0 0.00% 164 12.20% 1,344
Santa Fe 1,492 45.85% 1,745 53.63% 17 0.52% -253 -7.78% 3,254
Sierra 427 44.25% 515 53.37% 23 2.38% -88 -9.12% 965
Socorro 1,322 37.30% 2,205 62.22% 17 0.48% -883 -24.92% 3,544
Taos 1,107 48.92% 1,116 49.32% 40 1.77% -9 -0.40% 2,263
Torrance 665 39.80% 937 56.07% 69 4.13% -272 -16.28% 1,671
Union 1,896 51.08% 1,553 41.84% 263 7.09% 343 9.24% 3,712
Valencia 418 21.33% 1,525 77.81% 17 0.87% -1,107 -56.48% 1,960
Total 32,875 49.40% 31,552 47.41% 2,124 3.19% 1,323 1.99% 66,551

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources give the result as De Baca 32,732, Bursum 31,524, Wells 2,117. These figures exclude the "absent railroad vote".[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "NM Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 69. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  3. ^ The New Mexico Blue Book or State Official Register 1917. p. 105.
  4. ^ The New Mexico Blue Book or State Official Register 1919. p. 281.
  5. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.
  6. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 218–219. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  7. ^ "Official Vote of New Mexico is announced" (PDF). New Mexico State Record. Santa Fe, New Mexico. December 8, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2021.