1934 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico

1934 United States House election in New Mexico
	County results ; Dempsey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Miera: 50–60% 60–70%
Representative; At-large before election; Dennis Chávez; Democratic	Elected Representative; At-large ; John J. Dempsey; Democratic

The 1934 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday November 6, 1934 to elect the state's at-large representative. Incumbent Dennis Chávez decided not to run for re-election and instead opted to run in the concurrent Senate election. This was the first open seat since 1922. Dempsey prevailed in this open seat by a narrow 4 point margin.

Results[edit]

New Mexico At-large congressional district election, 1934^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Dempsey	76,833	51.82	-11.54%
	Republican	Maurecio F. Miera	70,659	47.66	+12.29%
	Socialist	Frank Edwards	643	0.43	-0.47%
	Communist	H. Turnbaugh	133	0.09	+0.00%
Majority			6,174	4.16	-23.83%
Turnout			148,268
	Democratic hold		Swing

References[edit]

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

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

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