Claim: During the 1948 New Mexico gubernatorial election, Thomas J. Mabry, the incumbent, earned over 100,000 votes; Republican Santa Fe mayor Manuel Lujan Sr. earned less than 90,000.
Evidence: Incumbent Democrat Thomas J. Mabry won reelection to a second term, defeating Manuel Lujan Sr., mayor of Santa Fe. Thomas J. Mabry 103,969 Republican Manuel Lujan Sr. 86,023 A Republican, he served as mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1942 until 1948.