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The1936 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday November 3, 1936 to elect the state's at-large member to serve in theUnited States House of Representatives. Incumbent congressmanJohn Dempsey ran for re-election to a second term and won by a large margin of 25.87%. This election coincided with the state'sGovernor election and other state and local offices. Dempsey slightly under performedFranklin D. Roosevelt in the concurrentPresidential election by about 0.3 percentage points.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | John J. Dempsey (incumbent) | 105,937 | 62.92 | +11.10% | |
| Republican | M. Ralph Brown | 62,375 | 37.05 | −10.61% | |
| Farmer–Labor | Albert Ortiz | 61 | 0.03 | +0.03% | |
| Majority | 43,562 | 25.87 | +21.71% | ||
| Turnout | 168,373 | ||||
| Democratichold | Swing | ||||
