# 2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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The 2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New Mexico was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 0.06 percent margin. It was the closest state in the entire presidential election by raw vote margin (366 votes), which was even closer than Florida. News outlets called New Mexico for Gore at approximately 10:21 p.m. (EST), but later retracted the call when it was determined to be too close to call.
Gore was not declared the winner of the state until November 17. This would be the first election in which New Mexico failed to vote for the winning candidate since 1976 and the first time since its statehood in 1912 that it voted for a different candidate than Nevada, although New Mexico did vote for the popular vote winner in this election. As of 2024, this is the last time that New Mexico voted more Republican than the nation as a whole. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying the state of New Mexico since its statehood, as well as the first to win without Bernalillo County.
In the days following the election, when the disputes and recounts began, New Mexico, despite having a razor-thin margin, went largely ignored. Its five electoral votes alone would not have changed the overall outcome in the Electoral College if it were switched from Gore to Bush. The respective campaigns ended up paying little attention to recount efforts in New Mexico, and focused their efforts solely on Florida. Likewise, the media focused very little on the New Mexico recount. After the final count was certified for Gore on November 30, the Bush campaign did not challenge the results.

## Results

2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Al GoreJoe Lieberman | 286,783 | 47.91% | −1.27 |
| | Republican | George W. BushDick Cheney | 286,417 | 47.85% | +5.99 |
| | Green | Ralph NaderWinona LaDuke | 21,251 | 3.55% | +1.17 |
| | Libertarian | Harry BrowneArt Olivier | 2,058 | 0.34% | −0.20 |
| | Reform | Pat BuchananEzola Foster | 1,392 | 0.23% | −5.57 |
| | Natural Law | John HagelinNat Goldhaber | 361 | 0.06% | −0.06 |
| | Constitution | Howard PhillipsCurtis Frazier | 343 | 0.06% | −0.07 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 598,605 | 100.00% | |
| | Democratic win | Democratic win | Democratic win | Democratic win | Democratic win |

### Results by county

| County | Al Gore Democratic | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | George W. Bush Republican | Ralph Nader Pacific Green | Ralph Nader Pacific Green | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Bernalillo | 99,461 | 48.68% | 95,249 | 46.62% | 8,274 | 4.05% | 1,335 | 0.65% | 4,212 | 2.06% | 204,319 |
| Catron | 353 | 20.63% | 1,273 | 74.40% | 57 | 3.33% | 28 | 1.64% | -920 | -53.77% | 1,711 |
| Chaves | 6,340 | 34.93% | 11,378 | 62.69% | 307 | 1.69% | 124 | 0.68% | -5,038 | -27.76% | 18,149 |
| Cibola | 4,127 | 58.23% | 2,752 | 38.83% | 164 | 2.31% | 45 | 0.64% | 1,375 | 19.40% | 7,088 |
| Colfax | 2,653 | 48.58% | 2,600 | 47.61% | 163 | 2.98% | 1,335 | 0.65% | 53 | 0.97% | 5,461 |
| Curry | 3,471 | 29.00% | 8,301 | 69.35% | 147 | 1.23% | 50 | 0.42% | -4,830 | -40.35% | 11,969 |
| De Baca | 349 | 35.54% | 612 | 62.32% | 12 | 1.22% | 9 | 0.91% | -263 | -26.78% | 982 |
| Doña Ana | 23,912 | 51.26% | 21,263 | 45.58% | 1,158 | 2.48% | 320 | 0.69% | 2,649 | 5.68% | 46,653 |
| Eddy | 7,108 | 39.96% | 10,335 | 58.10% | 256 | 1.44% | 88 | 0.49% | -3,227 | -18.14% | 17,787 |
| Grant | 5,673 | 50.47% | 4,961 | 44.13% | 530 | 4.71% | 77 | 0.68% | 712 | 6.34% | 11,241 |
| Guadalupe | 1,076 | 65.17% | 548 | 33.19% | 24 | 1.45% | 3 | 0.18% | 528 | 31.98% | 1,651 |
| Harding | 214 | 36.09% | 366 | 61.72% | 9 | 1.52% | 4 | 0.67% | -152 | -25.63% | 593 |
| Hidalgo | 839 | 45.75% | 954 | 52.02% | 28 | 1.53% | 13 | 0.71% | -115 | -6.27% | 1,834 |
| Lea | 3,855 | 27.04% | 10,157 | 71.25% | 169 | 1.19% | 75 | 0.53% | -6,302 | -44.21% | 14,256 |
| Lincoln | 2,027 | 29.93% | 4,458 | 65.83% | 168 | 2.48% | 119 | 1.76% | -2,431 | -35.90% | 6,772 |
| Los Alamos | 4,149 | 40.60% | 5,623 | 55.03% | 329 | 3.22% | 117 | 1.15% | -1,474 | -14.43% | 10,218 |
| Luna | 2,975 | 44.99% | 3,395 | 51.35% | 186 | 2.81% | 56 | 0.85% | -420 | -6.34% | 6,612 |
| McKinley | 10,281 | 64.75% | 5,070 | 31.93% | 392 | 2.47% | 136 | 0.86% | 5,211 | 32.82% | 15,879 |
| Mora | 1,456 | 66.45% | 668 | 30.49% | 49 | 2.24% | 18 | 0.82% | 788 | 35.96% | 2,191 |
| Otero | 5,465 | 33.73% | 10,258 | 63.31% | 338 | 2.09% | 143 | 0.88% | -4,793 | -29.58% | 16,204 |
| Quay | 1,471 | 38.27% | 2,292 | 59.63% | 51 | 1.33% | 30 | 0.78% | -821 | -21.36% | 3,844 |
| Rio Arriba | 8,169 | 67.53% | 3,495 | 28.89% | 377 | 3.12% | 56 | 0.46% | 4,674 | 38.64% | 12,097 |
| Roosevelt | 1,762 | 31.18% | 3,762 | 66.57% | 98 | 1.73% | 29 | 0.51% | -2,000 | -35.39% | 5,651 |
| San Juan | 11,980 | 34.57% | 21,434 | 61.85% | 923 | 2.66% | 320 | 0.92% | -9,454 | -27.28% | 34,657 |
| San Miguel | 6,540 | 71.39% | 2,215 | 24.18% | 344 | 3.76% | 62 | 0.68% | 4,325 | 47.21% | 9,161 |
| Sandoval | 14,899 | 46.92% | 15,423 | 48.57% | 1,211 | 3.81% | 222 | 0.70% | -524 | -1.65% | 31,755 |
| Santa Fe | 32,017 | 64.72% | 13,974 | 28.25% | 3,215 | 6.50% | 265 | 0.54% | 18,043 | 36.47% | 49,471 |
| Sierra | 1,689 | 36.83% | 2,721 | 59.33% | 132 | 2.88% | 44 | 0.96% | -1,032 | -22.50% | 4,586 |
| Socorro | 3,294 | 48.26% | 3,173 | 46.48% | 279 | 4.09% | 80 | 1.17% | 121 | 1.78% | 6,826 |
| Taos | 7,039 | 64.61% | 2,744 | 25.19% | 1,064 | 9.77% | 48 | 0.44% | 4,295 | 39.42% | 10,895 |
| Torrance | 1,868 | 37.66% | 2,891 | 58.29% | 163 | 3.29% | 38 | 0.77% | -1,023 | -20.63% | 4,960 |
| Union | 452 | 25.75% | 1,269 | 72.31% | 19 | 1.08% | 15 | 0.85% | -817 | -46.56% | 1,755 |
| Valencia | 9,819 | 45.93% | 10,803 | 50.54% | 615 | 2.88% | 140 | 0.65% | -984 | -4.61% | 21,377 |
| Totals | 286,783 | 47.91% | 286,417 | 47.85% | 21,251 | 3.55% | 4,154 | 0.69% | 366 | 0.06% | 598,605 |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* De Baca (Largest village: Fort Sumner)
* Eddy (Largest city: Carlsbad)
* Hidalgo (Largest city: Lordsburg)
* Luna (Largest city: Deming)
* Sandoval (Largest city: Bernalillo)
* Sierra (Largest city: Truth or Consequences)
* Valencia (Largest city: Los Lunas)

### Results by congressional district

Gore won 2 of 3 congressional districts, including one held by a Republican.
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative |
| 1st | 49% | 46% | Heather Wilson |
| 2nd | 43% | 54% | Joe Skeen |
| 3rd | 52% | 43% | Tom Udall |

## Electors

Technically the voters of New Mexico cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. New Mexico is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the most votes in the state is awarded all 5 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for Gore and Lieberman:
* Tom Atcitty
* Rick Blea
* Diane D. Denish
* Jeep Gilliland
* Mary Gail Gwaltney