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1956-11-06 Gubernatorial Election Results for New Mexico


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Runoff Election: No Yes
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(House elections)

Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



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County Turnout Edwin Mechem
(R)		 John Simms*
(D)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 54% 131,48852.2% 120,26347.8% 00.0% 11,225 251,751
Total R vote: 131,488 (52.2%)      Total D vote: 120,263 (47.8%)      Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   John Simms* 46,722 48.3%
2   Ingram Pickett 43,937 45.4%
3   Robert Stephens 6,067 6.3%
TOTAL VOTES 96,726