1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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November 7, 1916

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Nominee	Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca	Holm O. Bursum
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	32,875	31,552
Percentage	49.40%	47.41%

Governor before election

William C. McDonald
Democratic

Elected Governor

Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca
Democratic

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The 1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.

Incumbent Democratic Governor William C. McDonald did not run for re-election but ran instead for Lieutenant Governor.

Democratic nominee Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca defeated Republican nominee Holm O. Bursum.

General election[]

Candidates[]

Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca, Democratic, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Holm O. Bursum, Republican, Republican candidate for Governor in 1911
N. A. Wells, Socialist

Results[]

1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca	32,875	49.40%
	Republican	Holm O. Bursum	31,552	47.41%
	Socialist	N. A. Wells	2,124	3.19%
Majority			1,323	1.99%
Turnout			66,551
	Democratic hold		Swing

Notes[]

^ Some sources give the result as De Baca 32,732, Bursum 31,524, Wells 2,117. These figures exclude the "absent railroad vote".^[5]^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ "NM Governor, 1916". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 69. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
^ The New Mexico Blue Book or State Official Register 1917. p. 105.
^ The New Mexico Blue Book or State Official Register 1919. p. 281.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 218–219. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ "Official Vote of New Mexico is announced" (PDF). New Mexico State Record. Santa Fe, New Mexico. December 8, 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

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