NEW MEXICO 5 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Mexico Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 2004 est. 1,903,289
Total Registration, Nov. 2, 2004 > 1,105,372 
Dem. 550,519 (49.80%)   Rep. 359,563 (32.53%)   Other Party 20,580 (1.86%)   Grn. 9,724 (0.88%)   No Party 164,986 (14.93%)
New Mexico has: 33 counties.
Largest counties: Bernalillo, Dona Ana, Santa Fe, San Juan.
Five largest cities: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Roswell, Rio Rancho.

Government
Governor: Bill Richardson (D) elected Nov. 2002.
State Legislature: New Mexico Legislature   House: 70 seats  Senate: 42 seats
Local: Cities and Counties   NACO Counties
Native American: NM Indian Nations
U.S. House: 2R, 1D - 1. H.Wilson (R) | 2. J.Skeen (R) | 3. T.Udall (D)
U.S. Senate: Jeff Bingaman (D) re-elected in 2000, Pete Domenici (R) re-elected in 2002.

 Land of Enchantment
 

State of New Mexico
Secretary of State
NAEIP

Democratic Party of NM
Libertarian Party of NM
NM Green Party
Republican Party of NM
Natural Law Party-NM
Constitution Party-NM
Reform Party-NM

Albuquerque Journal
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-NM
 

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
-Voter registration closes Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
-Absentee voting begins Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004 continues through Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004.
-Early in-person voting begins Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004 continues through Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004.
 
Voters voting at regular precincts -  382,941  (49.39%)
Voters voting by absentee -  156,020  (20.12%)
Voters voting by early voting -  236,340  (30.48%)
Total voters -  775,301
Results 
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
370,942
(49.05)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
376,930
(49.84)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.) 1,226
(0.16)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.) 771
(0.10)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 2,382
(0.31)
Nader/Camejo (Indep.) 4,053
(0.54)
Total.......756,304
 
2004 Overview
New Mexico flipped to Bush.  The state, which in 2000 went to Gore with the narrowest vote margin, was again close; in the end Bush won with a plurality of 5,988 votes (0.79 percentage points).  Bush carried 21 counties to 12 for Kerry (results by county).  New Mexico Democratic Party state chair John V. Wertheim stated, "We got crushed in Southeast New Mexico and in the Four Corners area."
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04

[State Primary June 1, 2004]
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.)........273,495
(49.18)
Dole (Rep.)............232,751
(41.86)
Perot (Ref.).............32,257
(5.80)
Nader (Grn.)............13,218
(2.38)
Others (3).................4,353
(0.79)
Total........556,074

1992
Clinton (Dem.)........261,617
(45.90)
Bush (Rep.)...........212,824
(37.34)
Perot (Ind.)..............91,895
(16.12)
Others (7)..................3,650 
(0.64)
Total........569,986

2000
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
21,251
 (3.55)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
286,783
(47.91)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
286,417
(47.85)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
2,058
(0.34)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
343
(0.06)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
361
(0.06)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
1,392
 (0.23)
Total........598,605

Total Votes Cast: 615,607

Early voting started on Oct. 18, 2000 (20 days prior to the election).  110,746 such ballots were cast (18.0% of total)

Regular absentee voting started 40 days prior to the election.  79,553 such ballots were cast (12.9% of total)

Early/Absentee Total: 190,299 (30.9% of total votes cast)

2000 Overview
Problems with the count in Bernalillo county left the outcome in New Mexico uncertain for days after the election, but Gore ultimately won the state's five electoral votes by a razor thin margin of 366 votes (0.06 percentage points).  Bush carried 20 counties to 13 for Gore.
General Election Activity

Although many news accounts attributed the Bernalillo counting problem to a "software glitch," in fact an administrative failure was to blame: the county clerk's office did not run the standard logic and accuracy test on the voting machines before the election.  The problem became apparent on Election Night, and the clerk's office withdrew about 67,000 early vote and absentee ballots from the tally.  On Nov. 9, workers in a warehouse in Albuquerque began the recount, hand-feeding the ballots into the voting machines.  By Nov. 11, Bush had gained a statewide lead of 17 votes, but some emergency ballots remained to be counted and totals were still fluctuating.  The State Canvassing Board finalized Gore as the winner with a plurality of 366 votes on Nov. 29.


Democratic Precinct Caucuses -- Tuesday, February 3, 2004
 37 Delegates (Pledged 26, Unpledged 11) and 4 Alternates.

Overview
 

Voted absentee: 23,128.

ballot

February 3, 2004 Precinct Caucus Results
final, official, including provisional votes
Votes in Caucuses
Absentee
Provisional Total Percent
Joe Lieberman
1,845
634
(2.56%)
101
2,580 %
John Edwards
8,702
2,174
(11.22%)
552
11,428 %
Dick Gephardt w
324
518
7
849
%
John Kerry
34,936
6,287
(42.52%)
2,232
43,455
%
Wesley Clark
13,931
5,875
(20.43%)
1,011
20,817
%
Howard Dean
9,648
6,139
(16.28%)
875
16,662
%
Dennis Kucinich
3,947
1,298
(5.38%)
318
5,563
%
Fern Penna
67
13
5
85
%
Uncommitted
313
154
(0.48%)
13
480
%
Write In
130
36
11
177
Total Cast
73,713
 23,128
 5,125
102,096
Congressional District Conventions -- April 17, 2004
 

Republican - Primary: Tuesday, June 1, 2004.  State Convention: June 10, 2004. 24 Delegates and 21 Alternates.
 

2000 page, including primary information>>
 

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