1916 New Mexico gubernatorial election

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

November 7, 1916


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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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][lower-alpha 1]
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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