1974 New Mexico Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1974 New Mexico Gubernatorial Election?

Jerry Apodaca won the 1974 New Mexico Gubernatorial Election. Jerry Apodaca received 164,172 popular votes (49.94%). The main challenger was Joe Skeen (48.8%).

See the full head-to-head between Apodaca and Skeen

Apodaca +1.1 pts · won by 3,742 votes
164,172 votes
160,430 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.3% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.