United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1964

November 3, 1964



Nominee	Joseph Montoya	Edwin L. Mechem
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	178,209	147,562
Percentage	54.7%	45.3%

U.S. Senator before election

Edwin L. Mechem
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph Montoya
Democratic

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The 1964 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Edwin L. Mechem sought re-election to a full term, but was defeated by Democrat Joseph Montoya.

General election

Results

General election results^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya	178,209	54.70
	Republican	Edwin L. Mechem (inc.)	147,562	45.30
Majority			30,647	9.41%
Total votes			325,771	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

↑ "NM US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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