1936 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico

1936 United States House election in New Mexico
	County results ; Dempsey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Brown: 50–60%
Representative; At-large before election; John J. Dempsey; Democratic	Elected Representative; At-large ; John J. Dempsey; Democratic

The 1936 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday November 3, 1936 to elect the state's at-large member to serve in the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent congressman John Dempsey ran for re-election to a second term and won by a large margin of 25.87%. This election coincided with the state's Governor election and other state and local offices. Dempsey slightly under performed Franklin D. Roosevelt in the concurrent Presidential election by about 0.3 percentage points.

Results

References

^ "Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk" (PDF).

New Mexico At-large congressional district election, 1936^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Dempsey (incumbent)	105,937	62.92	+11.10%
	Republican	M. Ralph Brown	62,375	37.05	−10.61%
	Farmer–Labor	Albert Ortiz	61	0.03	+0.03%
Majority			43,562	25.87	+21.71%
Turnout			168,373
	Democratic hold		Swing

[1] "Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk" (PDF).

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