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The 1990 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Republican Garrey Carruthers was ineligible to seek a second term as governor.[a] Democrat Bruce King won his third and final term overall as governor, defeating Republican Frank Bond. King won the largest share of the vote out of his four gubernatorial campaigns. This is the most recent election in which Catron County has voted for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

Primary election

Democratic primary

Former Governor Bruce King won the Democratic primary, defeating former Attorney General Paul Bardacke and 2 other candidates.

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bruce King 95,884 52.90%
Democratic Paul Bardacke 70,169 38.72%
Democratic Tony Scarborough 8,931 4.93%
Democratic Bob Gold 6,256 3.45%
Total votes 181,240 100.00%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was won by Frank Bond, who defeated Les Houston, James A. Caudell, and former mayor of Albuquerque Harry E. Kinney.

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank M. Bond 44,928 55.49%
Republican Les Houston 27,053 33.44%
Republican James A. Caudell 4,681 5.78%
Republican Harry E. Kinney 4,289 5.30%
Total votes 80,971 100.00%

General election

Results

1990 New Mexico gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Bruce King 224,564 54.61% +7.66%
Republican Frank M. Bond 185,692 45.16% −7.66%
Libertarian Joseph E. Knight (write-in) 788 0.19%
Democratic Thomas S. Macaione (write-in) 192 0.05%
Majority 38,872 9.45%
Total votes 411,236 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican Swing +15.55%

Results by county

County Bruce King
Democratic 		Frank M. Bond
Republican 		Joseph E. Knight
Libertarian 		Thomas S. Macaione
Independent Democrat 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 67,965 51.11% 64,601 48.58% 375 0.28% 34 0.03% 3,364 2.53% 132,975
Catron 719 52.95% 630 46.39% 9 0.66% 0 0.00% 89 6.55% 1,358
Chaves 5,997 39.52% 9,156 60.34% 22 0.14% 0 0.00% -3,159 -20.82% 15,175
Cibola 3,658 67.23% 1,779 32.70% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 1,879 34.53% 5,441
Colfax 2,571 61.67% 1,598 38.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 973 23.34% 4,169
Curry 4,637 51.27% 4,399 48.63% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 238 2.63% 9,045
De Baca 579 50.30% 570 49.52% 0 0.00% 2 0.17% 9 0.78% 1,151
Doña Ana 15,443 50.05% 15,365 49.80% 41 0.13% 6 0.02% 78 0.25% 30,855
Eddy 7,368 52.75% 6,583 47.13% 15 0.11% 2 0.01% 785 5.62% 13,968
Grant 5,011 61.61% 3,107 38.20% 15 0.18% 1 0.01% 1,904 23.41% 8,134
Guadalupe 1,576 71.64% 624 28.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 952 43.27% 2,200
Harding 350 56.54% 269 43.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 81 13.09% 619
Hidalgo 1,085 56.81% 825 43.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 260 13.61% 1,910
Lea 5,392 41.57% 7,568 58.35% 10 0.08% 1 0.01% -2,176 -16.78% 12,971
Lincoln 1,908 41.69% 2,656 58.03% 13 0.28% 0 0.00% -748 -16.34% 4,577
Los Alamos 3,146 38.62% 4,959 60.88% 41 0.50% 0 0.00% -1,813 -22.26% 8,146
Luna 2,625 50.76% 2,526 48.85% 17 0.33% 3 0.06% 99 1.91% 5,171
McKinley 8,081 67.24% 3,937 32.76% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,144 34.48% 12,018
Mora 1,656 66.83% 822 33.17% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 834 33.66% 2,478
Otero 5,833 47.37% 6,450 52.38% 32 0.26% 0 0.00% -617 -5.01% 12,315
Quay 2,010 57.94% 1,458 42.03% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 552 15.91% 3,469
Rio Arriba 7,626 74.58% 2,599 25.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 5,027 49.16% 10,225
Roosevelt 2,318 50.21% 2,296 49.73% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 22 0.48% 4,617
San Juan 10,471 49.49% 10,610 50.14% 78 0.37% 0 0.00% -139 -0.66% 21,159
San Miguel 5,919 77.05% 1,760 22.91% 2 0.03% 1 0.01% 4,159 54.14% 7,682
Sandoval 8,841 57.47% 6,481 42.13% 0 0.00% 62 0.40% 2,360 15.34% 15,384
Santa Fe 20,025 68.80% 8,942 30.72% 70 0.24% 69 0.24% 11,083 38.08% 29,106
Sierra 1,774 48.83% 1,846 50.81% 12 0.33% 1 0.03% -72 -1.98% 3,633
Socorro 3,317 60.87% 2,123 38.96% 8 0.15% 1 0.02% 1,194 21.91% 5,449
Taos 4,625 68.60% 2,108 31.27% 6 0.09% 3 0.04% 2,517 37.33% 6,742
Torrance 2,738 71.64% 1,080 28.26% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% 1,658 43.38% 3,822
Union 906 53.04% 800 46.84% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 106 6.21% 1,708
Valencia 8,394 61.88% 5,165 38.08% 5 0.04% 0 0.00% 3,229 23.81% 13,564
Total 224,564 54.61% 185,692 45.15% 788 0.19% 192 0.05% 38,872 9.45% 411,236

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. ^ New Mexico's constitution was amended at the general election in 1986 to abolish the ban on consecutive terms for executive officers, but that amendment only applied for those elected starting in 1990.

References

  1. ^ a b "Canvass of Returns of Primary Election Held on June 5, 1990 - State of New Mexico" (pdf). New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 6, 1990 - State of New Mexico" (pdf). New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved July 29, 2024.


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