The 1982 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982 to elect the governor of New Mexico. Due to term limits, incumbent Democrat Bruce King was ineligible to seek a second consecutive (and third overall) term as governor. Democrat Toney Anaya defeated Republican state senator John B. Irick by about five points. Anaya was the first Democrat to carry Harding County in a gubernatorial election since Thomas J. Mabry in 1946.
As of 2024, this is the last election in which a governor of New Mexico was succeeded by a member of the same party.
Primary election Democratic primary The Democratic primary was won by former attorney general Toney Anaya.
Results
Republican primary The Republican primary was won by state senator John B. Irick.
Results
General election
Results
Results by county County Toney AnayaDemocratic John B. IrickRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Bernalillo72,53952.61%65,33647.39%7,2035.22%137,875Catron57945.81%68554.19%-106-8.39%1,264Chaves6,07436.35%10,63663.65%4,56227.30%16,710Cibola3,66558.34%2,61741.66%1,04816.68%6,282Colfax2,65558.01%1,92241.99%73316.01%4,577Curry3,40834.75%6,39965.25%-2,991-30.50%9,807De Baca47245.34%56954.66%-97-9.32%1,041Doña Ana12,05147.47%13,33752.53%-1,286-5.07%25,388Eddy7,79848.69%8,21851.31%-420-2.62%16,016Grant5,61259.57%3,80940.43%1,80319.14%9,421Guadalupe1,64776.21%51423.79%1,13352.43%2,161Harding32853.33%28746.67%416.67%615Hidalgo95953.52%83346.48%1267.03%1,792Lea4,54836.16%8,03163.84%-3,483-27.69%12,579Lincoln1,36834.41%2,60865.59%-1,240-31.19%3,976Los Alamos3,54243.11%4,67456.89%-1,132-13.78%8,216Luna2,55844.74%3,15955.26%-601-10.51%5,717McKinley6,91163.15%4,03336.85%2,87826.30%10,944Mora1,58069.85%68230.15%89839.70%2,262Otero4,18639.18%6,49760.82%-2,311-21.63%10,683Quay1,57243.97%2,00356.03%-431-12.06%3,575Rio Arriba8,14579.97%2,04020.03%6,10559.94%10,185Roosevelt1,59632.34%3,33967.66%-1,743-35.32%4,935San Juan9,22545.41%11,09254.59%-1,867-9.19%20,317San Miguel5,43977.40%1,58822.60%3,85154.80%7,027Sandoval7,13959.57%4,84640.43%2,29319.13%11,985Santa Fe19,73768.80%8,95231.20%10,78537.59%28,689Sierra1,55044.64%1,92255.36%-372-10.71%3,472Socorro2,96958.36%2,11841.64%85116.73%5,087Taos6,12177.26%1,80222.74%4,31954.51%7,923Torrance1,88156.78%1,43243.22%44913.55%3,313Union76639.63%1,16760.37%-401-20.74%1,933Valencia7,22061.71%4,47938.29%2,74123.43%11,699Total215,84052.97%191,62647.03%24,2145.94%407,466
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Bernalillo Harding
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican De Baca Eddy
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