| Election Name: | 1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Previous Election: | 1934 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1934 |
| Next Election: | 1938 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1938 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1936 |
| Nominee1: | Clyde Tingley |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 98,089 |
| Percentage1: | 57.47% |
| Nominee2: | Jaffa Miller |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 72,511 |
| Percentage2: | 42.49% |
| Map Size: | 215px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Clyde Tingley |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Clyde Tingley |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1936 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Clyde Tingley won reelection to a second term. Tingley was the first Democrat to ever carry San Miguel County and Valencia County in a gubernatorial election; the latter did not back a Democrat again until 1954. Torrance County voted Democratic for the first time since 1922 and as with Valencia County, would also not vote Democratic again until 1954.
| County | Clyde Tingley Democratic | Jaffa Miller Republican | H. G. Rauert Farmer-Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Bernalillo | 14,164 | 61.97% | 8,684 | 37.99% | 8 | 0.04% | 5,480 | 23.98% | 22,857 | ||||||||||
| Catron | 1,359 | 58.88% | 944 | 40.90% | 5 | 0.22% | 415 | 17.98% | 2,308 | ||||||||||
| Chaves | 3,993 | 55.73% | 3,167 | 44.20% | 5 | 0.07% | 826 | 11.53% | 7,165 | ||||||||||
| Colfax | 3,919 | 52.61% | 3,520 | 47.25% | 10 | 0.13% | 399 | 5.36% | 7,449 | ||||||||||
| Curry | 4,467 | 75.66% | 1,432 | 24.25% | 5 | 0.08% | 3,035 | 51.41% | 5,904 | ||||||||||
| De Baca | 960 | 63.45% | 553 | 36.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 407 | 26.90% | 1,513 | ||||||||||
| Doña Ana | 5,059 | 62.13% | 3,075 | 37.77% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,984 | 24.37% | 8,142 | ||||||||||
| Eddy | 3,999 | 72.83% | 1,492 | 27.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,507 | 45.66% | 5,491 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 2,932 | 61.33% | 1,849 | 38.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,083 | 22.65% | 4,781 | ||||||||||
| Guadalupe | 2,113 | 53.18% | 1,860 | 46.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 253 | 6.37% | 3,973 | ||||||||||
| Harding | 1,161 | 53.28% | 1,018 | 46.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 143 | 6.56% | 2,179 | ||||||||||
| Hidalgo | 1,088 | 74.32% | 376 | 25.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 712 | 48.63% | 1,464 | ||||||||||
| Lea | 3,739 | 82.78% | 775 | 17.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,964 | 65.62% | 4,517 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,816 | 49.63% | 1,841 | 50.31% | 2 | 0.05% | -25 | -0.68% | 3,659 | ||||||||||
| Luna | 1,434 | 60.10% | 950 | 39.82% | 2 | 0.08% | 484 | 20.28% | 2,386 | ||||||||||
| McKinley | 2,357 | 59.42% | 1,607 | 40.51% | 3 | 0.08% | 750 | 18.91% | 3,967 | ||||||||||
| Mora | 2,321 | 49.67% | 2,352 | 50.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -31 | -0.66% | 4,673 | ||||||||||
| Otero | 1,772 | 52.23% | 1,620 | 47.75% | 1 | 0.03% | 152 | 4.48% | 3,393 | ||||||||||
| Quay | 3,238 | 70.67% | 1,343 | 29.31% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,895 | 41.36% | 4,582 | ||||||||||
| Rio Arriba | 4,362 | 49.50% | 4,449 | 50.48% | 2 | 0.02% | -87 | -0.99% | 8,813 | ||||||||||
| Roosevelt | 2,719 | 69.43% | 1,195 | 30.52% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,524 | 38.92% | 3,916 | ||||||||||
| San Juan | 1,494 | 50.20% | 1,480 | 49.73% | 2 | 0.07% | 14 | 0.47% | 2,976 | ||||||||||
| San Miguel | 5,678 | 51.90% | 5,262 | 48.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 416 | 3.80% | 10,940 | ||||||||||
| Sandoval | 1,865 | 48.07% | 2,015 | 51.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -150 | -3.87% | 3,880 | ||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 5,720 | 51.27% | 5,426 | 48.63% | 11 | 0.10% | 294 | 2.64% | 11,157 | ||||||||||
| Sierra | 1,564 | 59.95% | 1,045 | 40.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 519 | 19.89% | 2,609 | ||||||||||
| Socorro | 2,355 | 46.69% | 2,689 | 53.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -334 | -6.62% | 5,044 | ||||||||||
| Taos | 2,768 | 46.38% | 3,200 | 53.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -432 | -7.24% | 5,968 | ||||||||||
| Torrance | 2,214 | 51.91% | 2,051 | 48.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 163 | 3.82% | 4,265 | ||||||||||
| Union | 2,226 | 51.70% | 2,079 | 48.28% | 1 | 0.02% | 147 | 3.41% | 4,306 | ||||||||||
| Valencia | 3,233 | 50.56% | 3,162 | 49.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 71 | 1.11% | 6,395 | ||||||||||
| Total | 98,089 | 57.47% | 72,511 | 42.49% | 71 | 0.04% | 25,578 | 14.99% | 170,672 | ||||||||||