1978 New Mexico gubernatorial election County resultsKing: 50–60% 60–70%Skeen: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
The1978 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978, in order to elect theGovernor of New Mexico . Due toterm limits , incumbent DemocratJerry Apodaca was ineligible to seek a second term as governor.Bruce King , a member of the Democratic Party who had previously served as governor from 1971 to 1975, won the open seat. With a margin of victory of just 1.09%, this was the second closest contest of the 1978 cycle, behind only the election inTexas .
The Democratic primary was won by former GovernorBruce King .
The Republican primary was won by former state senatorJoe Skeen .
New Mexico Republican gubernatorial primary, 1978[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Joe Skeen 38,638 81.17% Republican Philip R. Grant 8,966 18.84% Total votes 47,604 100.00%
County Bruce King Joe Skeen Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Bernalillo 55,448 48.26% 59,443 51.74% -3,995 -3.48% 114,891 Catron 649 49.13% 672 50.87% -23 -1.74% 1,321 Chaves 5,134 33.94% 9,991 66.06% -4,857 -32.11% 15,125 Colfax 2,187 53.12% 1,930 46.88% 257 6.24% 4,117 Curry 4,054 48.51% 4,303 51.49% -249 -2.98% 8,357 De Baca 521 52.31% 475 47.69% 46 4.62% 996 Doña Ana 9,539 45.12% 11,603 54.88% -2,064 -9.76% 21,142 Eddy 7,419 54.02% 6,314 45.98% 1,105 8.05% 13,733 Grant 4,624 59.74% 3,116 40.26% 1,508 19.48% 7,740 Guadalupe 1,591 69.72% 691 30.28% 900 39.44% 2,282 Harding 259 41.77% 361 58.23% -102 -16.45% 620 Hidalgo 766 54.36% 643 45.64% 123 8.73% 1,409 Lea 4,665 44.48% 5,824 55.52% -1,159 -11.05% 10,489 Lincoln 1,009 29.46% 2,416 70.54% -1,407 -41.08% 3,425 Los Alamos 2,349 32.65% 4,845 67.35% -2,496 -34.70% 7,194 Luna 2,117 45.29% 2,557 54.71% -440 -9.41% 4,674 McKinley 5,244 59.29% 3,600 40.71% 1,644 18.59% 8,844 Mora 1,494 62.07% 913 37.93% 581 24.14% 2,407 Otero 4,140 44.43% 5,178 55.57% -1,038 -11.14% 9,318 Quay 1,632 47.65% 1,793 52.35% -161 -4.70% 3,425 Rio Arriba 7,106 68.78% 3,226 31.22% 3,880 37.55% 10,332 Roosevelt 1,793 36.87% 3,070 63.13% -1,277 -26.26% 4,863 San Juan 6,866 44.31% 8,631 55.69% -1,765 -11.39% 15,497 San Miguel 4,729 62.29% 2,863 37.71% 1,866 24.58% 7,592 Sandoval 5,303 59.77% 3,570 40.23% 1,733 19.53% 8,873 Santa Fe 14,080 60.44% 9,217 39.56% 4,863 20.87% 23,297 Sierra 1,486 47.66% 1,632 52.34% -146 -4.68% 3,118 Socorro 2,524 57.39% 1,874 42.61% 650 14.78% 4,398 Taos 4,418 66.07% 2,269 33.93% 2,149 32.14% 6,687 Torrance 1,858 62.06% 1,136 37.94% 722 24.11% 2,994 Union 704 41.46% 994 58.54% -290 -17.08% 1,698 Valencia 8,923 61.03% 5,698 38.97% 3,225 22.06% 14,621 Total 174,631 50.55% 170,848 49.45% 3,783 1.10% 345,479
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