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1978 New Mexico Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1978 New Mexico Gubernatorial Election?

Bruce King won the 1978 New Mexico Gubernatorial Election. Bruce King received 174,631 popular votes (50.55%). The main challenger was Joe Skeen (49.45%).

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

King +1.1 pts · won by 3,783 votes
Bruce KingDemocraticWINNER50.55%
174,631 votes
Joe SkeenRepublican49.45%
170,848 votes
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.