| Election Name: | 1950 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Previous Election: | 1948 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1948 |
| Next Election: | 1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1950 |
| Nominee1: | Edwin L. Mechem |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 96,846 |
| Percentage1: | 53.74% |
| Nominee2: | John E. Miles |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 83,359 |
| Percentage2: | 46.26% |
| Map Size: | 215px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Thomas J. Mabry |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Edwin L. Mechem |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1950 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1950, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Thomas J. Mabry was term-limited, and could not run for a third consecutive term. David Chávez unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination.
This was the first gubernatorial election ever in which Roosevelt County backed a Republican. Additionally, Grant County and Otero County voted Republican for the first time since 1920. No Republican candidate would carry the former again until 2014. Doña Ana County also voted Republican for the first time since 1928.
| County | Edwin L. Mechem Republican | John E. Miles Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Bernalillo | 22,241 | 61.91% | 13,682 | 38.09% | 8,559 | 23.83% | 35,923 | ||||||||
| Catron | 588 | 51.17% | 561 | 48.83% | 27 | 2.35% | 1,149 | ||||||||
| Chaves | 4,589 | 60.97% | 2,938 | 39.03% | 1,651 | 21.93% | 7,527 | ||||||||
| Colfax | 3,261 | 53.77% | 2,804 | 46.23% | 457 | 7.54% | 6,065 | ||||||||
| Curry | 3,169 | 49.93% | 3,178 | 50.07% | -9 | -0.14% | 6,347 | ||||||||
| De Baca | 628 | 49.06% | 652 | 50.94% | -24 | -1.88% | 1,280 | ||||||||
| Doña Ana | 5,679 | 63.21% | 3,305 | 36.79% | 2,374 | 26.42% | 8,984 | ||||||||
| Eddy | 3,622 | 40.83% | 5,250 | 59.17% | -1,628 | -18.35% | 8,872 | ||||||||
| Grant | 3,249 | 54.91% | 2,668 | 45.09% | 581 | 9.82% | 5,917 | ||||||||
| Guadalupe | 1,401 | 49.93% | 1,405 | 50.07% | -4 | -0.14% | 2,806 | ||||||||
| Harding | 701 | 58.56% | 496 | 41.44% | 205 | 17.13% | 1,197 | ||||||||
| Hidalgo | 415 | 38.60% | 660 | 61.40% | -245 | -22.79% | 1,075 | ||||||||
| Lea | 1,974 | 43.34% | 2,581 | 56.66% | -607 | -13.33% | 4,555 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,546 | 55.75% | 1,227 | 44.25% | 319 | 11.50% | 2,773 | ||||||||
| Los Alamos | 1,343 | 68.45% | 619 | 31.55% | 724 | 36.90% | 1,962 | ||||||||
| Luna | 1,261 | 48.50% | 1,339 | 51.50% | -78 | -3.00% | 2,600 | ||||||||
| McKinley | 1,166 | 34.35% | 2,228 | 65.65% | -1,062 | -31.29% | 3,394 | ||||||||
| Mora | 1,789 | 53.18% | 1,575 | 46.82% | 214 | 6.36% | 3,364 | ||||||||
| Otero | 1,586 | 50.85% | 1,533 | 49.15% | 53 | 1.70% | 3,119 | ||||||||
| Quay | 1,961 | 47.48% | 2,169 | 52.52% | -208 | -5.04% | 4,130 | ||||||||
| Rio Arriba | 4,108 | 47.66% | 4,512 | 52.34% | -404 | -4.69% | 8,620 | ||||||||
| Roosevelt | 2,081 | 54.56% | 1,733 | 45.44% | 348 | 9.12% | 3,814 | ||||||||
| San Juan | 2,177 | 62.02% | 1,333 | 37.98% | 844 | 24.05% | 3,510 | ||||||||
| San Miguel | 4,536 | 49.92% | 4,551 | 50.08% | -15 | -0.17% | 9,087 | ||||||||
| Sandoval | 1,502 | 48.30% | 1,608 | 51.70% | -106 | -3.41% | 3,110 | ||||||||
| Santa Fe | 7,110 | 51.31% | 6,747 | 48.69% | 363 | 2.62% | 13,857 | ||||||||
| Sierra | 1,778 | 58.22% | 1,276 | 41.78% | 502 | 16.44% | 3,054 | ||||||||
| Socorro | 1,854 | 49.35% | 1,903 | 50.65% | -49 | -1.30% | 3,757 | ||||||||
| Taos | 2,598 | 46.50% | 2,989 | 53.50% | -391 | -7.00% | 5,587 | ||||||||
| Torrance | 1,877 | 56.55% | 1,442 | 43.45% | 435 | 13.11% | 3,319 | ||||||||
| Union | 1,629 | 57.89% | 1,185 | 42.11% | 444 | 15.78% | 2,814 | ||||||||
| Valencia | 3,427 | 51.63% | 3,210 | 48.37% | 217 | 3.27% | 6,637 | ||||||||
| Total | 96,846 | 53.74% | 83,359 | 46.26% | 13,487 | 7.48% | 180,205 | ||||||||