1930 Gubernatorial General Election Results

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Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Arthur Seligman

Democratic

62,789

53.17%

Clarence M. Botts

Republican

55,026

46.60%

Sam Butler

Socialist

278

0.24%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

The 1931-1932 Blue Book gives the total for Butler as 274 with 0 votes in McKinley and Rio Arriba counties. The handwritten canvass, available at the State Archives and photocopied in New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969, credits Butler with 2 votes in each of McKinley of Rio Arriba counties and 278 statewide.

Demographic Data

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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: New Mexico Secretary of State, "Governor," Canvass of Returns of Election Held November 4, 1930 (Santa Fe, 1930)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: