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Election 1936 Results

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1936 US Senate election in New Mexico

Carl A. Hatch (Democrat) beat Ernest W. Everly (Republican) in New Mexico in 1936, 61.7% to 38.3%, a margin of 23.4 points and 39,733 votes.

Dennis Chavez (Democrat) beat M.A. Otero Jr. (Republican) in New Mexico in 1936, 55.7% to 44.2%, a margin of 11.5 points and 19,555 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 1930, when Sam G. Bratton won.

Democrats led in 29 of the 31 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Bernalillo, cast 22,710 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.3 points. The closest was Mora, where 61 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Carl A. Hatch won	Democratic	104,550	61.7%
Ernest W. Everly	Republican	64,817	38.3%
All other candidates		76	0.0%
Total		169,443

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dennis Chavez won	Democratic	94,585	55.7%
M.A. Otero Jr.	Republican	75,030	44.2%
All other candidates		72	0.0%
Total		169,687

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Bernalillo	14,905 65.6%	7,793 34.3%	12	22,710	D+31.3
Santa Fe	6,026 54.1%	5,091 45.7%	12	11,129	D+8.4
San Miguel	5,850 53.7%	5,046 46.3%	2	10,898	D+7.4
Rio Arriba	4,542 51.6%	4,263 48.4%	3	8,808	D+3.2
Doña Ana	5,486 67.5%	2,631 32.4%	7	8,124	D+35.1
Colfax	4,631 62.0%	2,830 37.9%	10	7,471	D+24.1
Chaves	4,440 63.2%	2,582 36.7%	6	7,028	D+26.4
Valencia	3,285 52.0%	3,028 48.0%		6,313	D+4.1
Taos	2,910 48.8%	3,056 51.2%		5,966	R+2.4
Curry	4,851 82.6%	1,014 17.3%	5	5,870	D+65.4
Eddy	4,330 79.6%	1,111 20.4%		5,441	D+59.2
Socorro	2,478 49.4%	2,540 50.6%		5,018	R+1.2
Mora	2,366 50.7%	2,305 49.3%		4,671	D+1.3
Grant	3,163 67.8%	1,500 32.2%		4,663	D+35.7
Lea	3,847 86.7%	587 13.2%	3	4,437	D+73.5
Quay	3,376 77.4%	981 22.5%	2	4,359	D+54.9
Union	2,592 60.7%	1,675 39.2%	1	4,268	D+21.5
Torrance	2,364 55.6%	1,888 44.4%		4,252	D+11.2
Guadalupe	2,183 54.9%	1,794 45.1%		3,977	D+9.8
McKinley	2,434 62.1%	1,483 37.8%	2	3,919	D+24.3
Sandoval	1,970 51.0%	1,896 49.0%		3,866	D+1.9
Roosevelt	2,977 77.8%	850 22.2%	1	3,828	D+55.6
Lincoln	2,018 55.1%	1,640 44.8%	2	3,660	D+10.3
Otero	2,015 59.7%	1,361 40.3%	1	3,377	D+19.4
San Juan	1,503 51.0%	1,442 48.9%	2	2,947	D+2.1
Sierra	1,599 61.9%	986 38.1%		2,585	D+23.7
Luna	1,489 62.9%	878 37.1%	2	2,369	D+25.8
Catron	1,467 63.9%	826 36.0%	3	2,296	D+27.9
Harding	1,266 58.2%	909 41.8%		2,175	D+16.4
De Baca	1,046 66.4%	530 33.6%		1,576	D+32.7
Hidalgo	1,141 79.1%	301 20.9%		1,442	D+58.3

Counties as they stood in 1936; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Mexico Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Martin Heinrich (D)	D+10.1
2020	Ben R Lujan (D)	D+6.1
2018	Martin Heinrich (D)	D+23.6
2014	Tom Udall (D)	D+11.1
2012	Martin Heinrich (D)	D+5.7
2008	Tom Udall (D)	D+22.7
2006	Jeff Bingaman (D)	D+41.3
2002	Pete V. Domenici (R)	R+30.1
2000	Jeff Bingaman (D)	D+23.4
1996	Pete V. Domenici (R)	R+34.9
1994	Jeff Bingaman (D)	D+8.0
1990	Pete Domenici (R)	R+45.9
1988	Jeff Bingaman (D)	D+26.6
1984	Pete V. Domenici (R)	R+43.8
1982	Jeff Bingaman (D)	D+7.5
1978	Pete V. Domenici (R)	R+6.8
1976	Harrison Schmitt (R)	R+14.1
1972	Pete Domenici (R)	R+8.0
1970	Joseph Montoya (D)	D+5.7
1966	Clinton Anderson (D)	D+6.3
1964	Joseph Montoya (D)	D+9.4
1960	Clinton Anderson (D)	D+26.9
1958	Dennis Chavez (D)	D+25.4
1954	Clinton Anderson (D)	D+14.2
1952	Dennis Chavez (D)	D+2.2
1948	Clinton Anderson (D)	D+14.9
1946	Dennis Chavez (D)	D+3.0
1942	Carl A. Hatch (D)	D+18.3
1940	Dennis Chavez (D)	D+11.9
1936	Carl A. Hatch (D)	D+23.4
1934	Bronson Cutting (R)	R+0.8
1930	Sam G. Bratton (D)	D+17.5
1928	Bronson Cutting (R)	R+15.4
1924	Sam G. Bratton (D)	D+2.5
1922	Andrieus A. Jones (D)	D+11.2
1918	Albert B. Fall (R)	R+3.9
1916	Andrieus A. Jones (D)	D+5.3