| Election Name: | 1946 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Previous Election: | 1944 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1948 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1948 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1946 |
| Nominee1: | Thomas J. Mabry |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 70,055 |
| Percentage1: | 52.82% |
| Nominee2: | Edward L. Safford |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 62,575 |
| Percentage2: | 47.18% |
| Map Size: | 215px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | John J. Dempsey |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Thomas J. Mabry |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1946 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat John J. Dempsey was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. Former lieutenant governor William Duckworth unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination. Sandoval County voted for a Democratic candidate for the first time since 1916. This was the last gubernatorial election until 1982 in which the Democratic candidate carried Harding County.
| County | Thomas J. Mabry Democratic | Edward L. Safford Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Bernalillo | 10,702 | 49.39% | 10,967 | 50.61% | -265 | -1.22% | 21,669 | ||||||||
| Catron | 614 | 54.63% | 510 | 45.37% | 104 | 9.25% | 1,124 | ||||||||
| Chaves | 2,559 | 51.38% | 2,422 | 48.62% | 137 | 2.75% | 4,981 | ||||||||
| Colfax | 2,269 | 50.97% | 2,183 | 49.03% | 86 | 1.93% | 4,452 | ||||||||
| Curry | 2,802 | 58.14% | 2,017 | 41.86% | 785 | 16.29% | 4,819 | ||||||||
| De Baca | 499 | 58.98% | 347 | 41.02% | 152 | 17.97% | 846 | ||||||||
| Doña Ana | 3,248 | 55.29% | 2,626 | 44.71% | 622 | 10.59% | 5,874 | ||||||||
| Eddy | 3,723 | 64.78% | 2,024 | 35.22% | 1,699 | 29.56% | 5,747 | ||||||||
| Grant | 3,004 | 61.46% | 1,884 | 38.54% | 1,120 | 22.91% | 4,888 | ||||||||
| Guadalupe | 1,348 | 49.13% | 1,396 | 50.87% | -48 | -1.75% | 2,744 | ||||||||
| Harding | 610 | 53.42% | 532 | 46.58% | 78 | 6.83% | 1,142 | ||||||||
| Hidalgo | 505 | 62.35% | 305 | 37.65% | 200 | 24.69% | 810 | ||||||||
| Lea | 1,968 | 67.47% | 949 | 32.53% | 1,019 | 34.93% | 2,917 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,113 | 43.92% | 1,421 | 56.08% | -308 | -12.15% | 2,534 | ||||||||
| Luna | 1,198 | 57.02% | 903 | 42.98% | 295 | 14.04% | 2,101 | ||||||||
| McKinley | 1,869 | 56.08% | 1,464 | 43.92% | 405 | 12.15% | 3,333 | ||||||||
| Mora | 1,359 | 49.63% | 1,379 | 50.37% | -20 | -0.73% | 2,738 | ||||||||
| Otero | 1,353 | 50.69% | 1,316 | 49.31% | 37 | 1.39% | 2,669 | ||||||||
| Quay | 1,960 | 63.66% | 1,119 | 36.34% | 841 | 27.31% | 3,079 | ||||||||
| Rio Arriba | 4,173 | 52.78% | 3,733 | 47.22% | 440 | 5.57% | 7,906 | ||||||||
| Roosevelt | 1,585 | 56.35% | 1,228 | 43.65% | 357 | 12.69% | 2,813 | ||||||||
| San Juan | 1,243 | 46.69% | 1,419 | 53.31% | -176 | -6.61% | 2,662 | ||||||||
| San Miguel | 3,976 | 54.32% | 3,343 | 45.68% | 633 | 8.65% | 7,319 | ||||||||
| Sandoval | 1,520 | 55.78% | 1,205 | 44.22% | 315 | 11.56% | 2,725 | ||||||||
| Santa Fe | 4,927 | 46.53% | 5,662 | 53.47% | -735 | -6.94% | 10,589 | ||||||||
| Sierra | 909 | 46.98% | 1,026 | 53.02% | -117 | -6.05% | 1,935 | ||||||||
| Socorro | 1,672 | 45.86% | 1,974 | 54.14% | -302 | -8.28% | 3,646 | ||||||||
| Taos | 2,562 | 50.89% | 2,472 | 49.11% | 90 | 1.79% | 5,034 | ||||||||
| Torrance | 1,110 | 48.37% | 1,185 | 51.63% | -75 | -3.27% | 2,295 | ||||||||
| Union | 1,157 | 53.64% | 1,000 | 46.36% | 157 | 7.28% | 2,157 | ||||||||
| Valencia | 2,518 | 49.55% | 2,564 | 50.45% | -46 | -0.91% | 5,082 | ||||||||
| Total | 70,055 | 52.82% | 62,575 | 47.18% | 7,480 | 5.64% | 132,630 | ||||||||