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1974 New Mexico gubernatorial election

The 1974 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Democrat Bruce King was ineligible to seek a second term as governor. Democrat Jerry Apodaca narrowly defeated Republican Joe Skeen. This election saw Hidalgo County vote for a Republican gubernatorial candidate for the first time ever.

The Democratic primary was won by state senator Jerry Apodaca.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	45,477	30.58%
	Democratic	35,090	23.61%
	Democratic	25,760	17.33%
	Democratic	22,806	15.35%
	Democratic	12,707	8.55%
	Democratic	6,798	4.57%
148,636	100.00%

The Republican primary was won by former state senator Joe Skeen.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	28,227	55.43%
	Republican	15,003	29.46%
	Republican	4,758	9.34%
	Republican	2,913	5.72%
	Republican	26	0.05%
50,927	100.00%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	164,172	49.94%	−1.32%
	Republican	160,430	48.80%	+2.43%
	American Independent	4,140	1.24%
		78	0.02%
3,742	1.14%
328,742	100.00%
	Democratic hold	-3.75%

County	Jerry ApodacaDemocratic	Joe SkeenRepublican	Gene GonzalesAIP	Margin	Total votes cast
Bernalillo	49,287	45.65%	56,799	52.61%	1,820	1.69%	-7,512	-6.96%	107,960
Catron	433	40.73%	617	58.04%	13	1.22%	-184	-17.31%	1,063
Chaves	5,068	34.04%	9,744	65.44%	75	0.50%	-4,676	-31.40%	14,890
Colfax	1,909	46.87%	2,128	52.25%	34	0.83%	-219	-5.38%	4,073
Curry	2,828	35.83%	5,014	63.53%	50	0.63%	-2,186	-27.70%	7,892
De Baca	428	41.88%	588	57.53%	6	0.59%	-160	-15.66%	1,022
Doña Ana	11,511	55.49%	9,007	43.42%	225	1.08%	2,504	12.07%	20,745
Eddy	7,162	52.08%	6,517	47.39%	74	0.54%	645	4.69%	13,753
Grant	4,117	54.25%	3,395	44.74%	77	1.01%	722	9.51%	7,589
Guadalupe	1,550	71.40%	606	27.91%	15	0.69%	944	43.48%	2,171
Harding	254	41.23%	360	58.44%	2	0.32%	-106	-17.21%	616
Hidalgo	629	47.19%	688	51.61%	16	1.20%	-59	-4.43%	1,333
Lea	4,389	39.48%	6,666	59.96%	62	0.56%	-2,277	-20.48%	11,117
Lincoln	1,168	35.95%	2,049	63.07%	31	0.95%	-881	-27.12%	3,249
Los Alamos	2,640	39.41%	3,932	58.70%	126	1.88%	-1,292	-19.29%	6,699
Luna	2,005	43.25%	2,578	55.61%	53	1.14%	-573	-12.36%	4,636
McKinley	5,019	60.87%	3,021	36.64%	206	2.50%	1,998	24.23%	8,246
Mora	1,516	62.52%	902	37.20%	7	0.29%	614	25.32%	2,425
Otero	4,167	47.60%	4,478	51.15%	109	1.25%	-311	-3.55%	8,754
Quay	1,609	42.20%	2,174	57.02%	30	0.79%	-565	-14.82%	3,813
Rio Arriba	7,210	78.10%	1,974	21.38%	48	0.52%	5,236	56.72%	9,232
Roosevelt	1,912	36.44%	3,296	62.82%	39	0.74%	-1,384	-26.38%	5,247
San Juan	5,855	40.42%	8,382	57.86%	249	1.72%	-2,527	-17.44%	14,487
San Miguel	5,495	69.33%	2,354	29.70%	77	0.97%	3,141	39.63%	7,926
Sandoval	4,069	61.07%	2,476	37.16%	116	1.74%	1,593	23.91%	6,663
Santa Fe	14,154	64.15%	7,706	34.92%	193	0.87%	6,448	29.22%	22,065
Sierra	924	37.33%	1,514	61.17%	37	1.49%	-590	-23.84%	2,475
Socorro	2,420	58.41%	1,689	40.77%	34	0.82%	731	17.64%	4,143
Taos	4,618	73.30%	1,635	25.95%	47	0.75%	2,983	47.35%	6,300
Torrance	1,152	44.39%	1,415	54.53%	28	1.08%	-263	-10.13%	2,595
Union	783	38.74%	1,206	59.67%	32	1.58%	-423	-20.93%	2,021
Valencia	7,891	58.27%	5,520	40.76%	131	0.97%	2,371	17.51%	13,542

Socorro
Catron
Colfax
Curry
De Baca
Hidalgo
Lea
Luna
Otero
Quay
Roosevelt
Sierra
Torrance
Union

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