1918 Senatorial General Election Results

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Senatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Albert B. Fall

Republican

24,322

51.39%

William B. Walton

Democratic

22,470

47.48%

W. P. Metcalf

Socialist

531

1.12%

Scattering

0.00%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

Albert Fall would resign on March 4, 1921 to become Secretary of the Interior. A special election was held in September 1921.
The source for the canvass is New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969, compiled by the New Mexico Secretary of State in 1970 and available at the state library in Santa Fe.

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Source for Popular Vote data: New Mexico Secretary of State, "For U.S. Senator," Tabular Statement of the aggregate vote cast in the State of New Mexico (Santa Fe, 1918)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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