| Election Name: | 1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Previous Election: | 1950 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1950 |
| Next Election: | 1954 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1954 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1952 |
| Nominee1: | Edwin L. Mechem |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 129,116 |
| Percentage1: | 53.76% |
| Nominee2: | Everett Grantham |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 111,034 |
| Percentage2: | 46.24% |
| Map Size: | 215px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Edwin L. Mechem |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Edwin L. Mechem |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1952, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Edwin L. Mechem ran for and won reelection to a second term. Mechem was the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to ever win Curry County, De Baca County, and Quay County. Moreover, Luna County and McKinley County voted Republican for the first time since 1930. Mechem was the last Republican to carry Otero County until Joe Skeen in 1974.
| County | Edwin L. Mechem Republican | Everett Grantham Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Bernalillo | 31,656 | 55.03% | 25,866 | 44.97% | 5,790 | 10.07% | 57,522 | ||||||||
| Catron | 768 | 62.44% | 462 | 37.56% | 306 | 24.88% | 1,230 | ||||||||
| Chaves | 6,637 | 60.65% | 4,307 | 39.35% | 2,330 | 21.29% | 10,944 | ||||||||
| Colfax | 3,591 | 54.12% | 3,044 | 45.88% | 547 | 8.24% | 6,635 | ||||||||
| Curry | 5,056 | 58.48% | 3,590 | 41.52% | 1,466 | 16.96% | 8,646 | ||||||||
| De Baca | 754 | 54.60% | 627 | 45.40% | 127 | 9.20% | 1,381 | ||||||||
| Doña Ana | 6,362 | 60.64% | 4,129 | 39.36% | 2,233 | 21.28% | 10,491 | ||||||||
| Eddy | 6,011 | 43.69% | 7,748 | 56.31% | -1,737 | -12.62% | 13,759 | ||||||||
| Grant | 3,294 | 41.09% | 4,723 | 58.91% | -1,429 | -17.82% | 8,017 | ||||||||
| Guadalupe | 1,525 | 52.14% | 1,400 | 47.86% | 125 | 4.27% | 2,925 | ||||||||
| Harding | 802 | 65.42% | 424 | 34.58% | 378 | 30.83% | 1,226 | ||||||||
| Hidalgo | 716 | 46.28% | 831 | 53.72% | -115 | -7.43% | 1,547 | ||||||||
| Lea | 4,304 | 42.87% | 5,735 | 57.13% | -1,431 | -14.25% | 10,039 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 2,070 | 65.94% | 1,069 | 34.06% | 1,001 | 31.89% | 3,139 | ||||||||
| Los Alamos | 2,125 | 46.96% | 2,400 | 53.04% | -275 | -6.08% | 4,525 | ||||||||
| Luna | 1,686 | 55.31% | 1,362 | 44.69% | 324 | 10.63% | 3,048 | ||||||||
| McKinley | 3,278 | 52.38% | 2,980 | 47.62% | 298 | 4.76% | 6,258 | ||||||||
| Mora | 1,849 | 56.80% | 1,406 | 43.20% | 443 | 13.61% | 3,255 | ||||||||
| Otero | 2,587 | 54.76% | 2,137 | 45.24% | 450 | 9.53% | 4,724 | ||||||||
| Quay | 2,776 | 53.74% | 2,390 | 46.26% | 386 | 7.47% | 5,166 | ||||||||
| Rio Arriba | 4,331 | 48.62% | 4,576 | 51.38% | -245 | -2.75% | 8,907 | ||||||||
| Roosevelt | 2,993 | 54.38% | 2,511 | 45.62% | 482 | 8.76% | 5,504 | ||||||||
| San Juan | 3,929 | 68.35% | 1,819 | 31.65% | 2,110 | 36.71% | 5,748 | ||||||||
| San Miguel | 5,139 | 52.15% | 4,715 | 47.85% | 424 | 4.30% | 9,854 | ||||||||
| Sandoval | 1,778 | 51.46% | 1,677 | 48.54% | 101 | 2.92% | 3,455 | ||||||||
| Santa Fe | 8,487 | 53.50% | 7,378 | 46.50% | 1,109 | 6.99% | 15,865 | ||||||||
| Sierra | 1,937 | 59.82% | 1,301 | 40.18% | 636 | 19.64% | 3,238 | ||||||||
| Socorro | 2,199 | 54.69% | 1,822 | 45.31% | 377 | 9.38% | 4,021 | ||||||||
| Taos | 2,953 | 51.98% | 2,728 | 48.02% | 225 | 3.96% | 5,681 | ||||||||
| Torrance | 1,588 | 51.96% | 1,468 | 48.04% | 120 | 3.93% | 3,056 | ||||||||
| Union | 2,036 | 63.66% | 1,162 | 36.34% | 874 | 27.33% | 3,198 | ||||||||
| Valencia | 3,899 | 54.56% | 3,247 | 45.44% | 652 | 9.12% | 7,146 | ||||||||
| Total | 129,116 | 53.76% | 111,034 | 46.24% | 18,082 | 7.53% | 240,150 | ||||||||