1930 Senatorial General Election Results

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Senatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Sam G. Bratton

Democratic

69,362

58.62%

Herbert B. Holt

Republican

48,699

41.16%

R. B. Cochran

Socialist

256

0.22%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

Sam Bratton would resign on June 24, 1933 to become a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. A special election was held in 1934 to fill the vacancy.
The 1931-1932 Blue Book gives the total for Cochran as 254 with 0 votes in McKinley County. The handwritten canvass, available at the State Archives and photocopied in New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969, credits Cochran with 2 votes in McKinley County and 256 statewide. This latter total is also given by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Demographic Data

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Data Sources:

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

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