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Elections / 2016 · Dem primary · NM

Clinton led New Mexico's 2016 Democratic presidential primary.

County-level returns aggregated statewide; Clinton led by 3.0 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
New Mexico 2016 Democratic presidential primary — county returns aggregated statewide.
CandidateVotesShare
Clinton111,33451.5%
Sanders104,74148.5%
By county (33)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
CountyLed byMarginVotes
Bernalillo CountySanders+1.875,676
Santa Fe CountyClinton+1.131,908
Dona Ana CountyClinton+11.116,584
Sandoval CountyClinton+3.314,498
Rio Arriba CountyClinton+20.08,403
McKinley CountyClinton+18.38,226
Taos CountySanders+13.87,663
Valencia CountyClinton+4.06,012
San Juan CountyClinton+5.15,951
San Miguel CountyClinton+18.65,808
Grant CountyClinton+0.14,544
Cibola CountyClinton+3.03,093
Eddy CountyClinton+7.92,912
Los Alamos CountyClinton+0.52,838
Otero CountyClinton+5.12,551
Chaves CountyClinton+13.12,190
Socorro CountyClinton+1.32,082
Colfax CountyClinton+12.21,692
Luna CountyClinton+12.51,632
Mora CountyClinton+24.01,587
Curry CountySanders+6.41,446
Lea CountyClinton+4.11,358
Torrance CountySanders+0.31,306
Lincoln CountySanders+1.01,044
Sierra CountySanders+14.0933
Quay CountyClinton+3.2919
Hidalgo CountyClinton+23.1840
Guadalupe CountyClinton+9.2731
Roosevelt CountySanders+16.3674
Union CountySanders+10.5344
Catron CountySanders+22.4299
De Baca CountySanders+8.6210
Harding CountyClinton+24.0121