| Election Name: | 1954 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Previous Election: | 1952 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1952 |
| Next Election: | 1956 New Mexico gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1956 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1954 |
| Image1: | File:John F. Simms (New Mexico Governor).jpg |
| Nominee1: | John F. Simms |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 110,583 |
| Percentage1: | 57.01% |
| Nominee2: | Alvin Stockton |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 83,373 |
| Percentage2: | 42.99% |
| Map Size: | 230px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Edwin L. Mechem |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John F. Simms |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1954 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Republican Edwin L. Mechem was term-limited, and could not run for reelection to a third consecutive term. Democrat John F. Simms defeated Republican Alvin Stockton, winning the largest share of the vote for any candidate since Clyde Tingley in 1936. Simms was the first Democrat since Tingley in 1936 to carry Torrance County and Valencia County.
| County | John F. Simms Democratic | Alvin Stockton Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Bernalillo | 24,695 | 54.19% | 20,874 | 45.81% | 3,821 | 8.39% | 45,569 | ||||||||
| Catron | 573 | 48.60% | 606 | 51.40% | -33 | -2.80% | 1,179 | ||||||||
| Chaves | 4,291 | 52.94% | 3,815 | 47.06% | 476 | 5.87% | 8,106 | ||||||||
| Colfax | 2,751 | 51.43% | 2,598 | 48.57% | 153 | 2.86% | 5,349 | ||||||||
| Curry | 3,489 | 60.42% | 2,286 | 39.58% | 1,203 | 20.83% | 5,775 | ||||||||
| De Baca | 674 | 61.55% | 421 | 38.45% | 253 | 23.11% | 1,095 | ||||||||
| Doña Ana | 4,803 | 58.44% | 3,415 | 41.53% | 1,388 | 16.89% | 8,218 | ||||||||
| Eddy | 7,064 | 69.65% | 3,078 | 30.35% | 3,986 | 39.30% | 10,142 | ||||||||
| Grant | 3,798 | 70.73% | 1,572 | 29.27% | 2,226 | 41.45% | 5,370 | ||||||||
| Guadalupe | 1,514 | 54.64% | 1,257 | 45.36% | 257 | 9.27% | 2,771 | ||||||||
| Harding | 520 | 49.90% | 522 | 50.10% | -2 | -0.19% | 1,042 | ||||||||
| Hidalgo | 735 | 70.27% | 311 | 29.73% | 424 | 40.54% | 1,046 | ||||||||
| Lea | 4,221 | 69.81% | 1,825 | 30.19% | 2,396 | 39.63% | 6,046 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,319 | 49.27% | 1,358 | 50.73% | -39 | -1.46% | 2,677 | ||||||||
| Los Alamos | 2,051 | 59.14% | 1,417 | 40.86% | 634 | 18.28% | 3,468 | ||||||||
| Luna | 1,542 | 62.89% | 910 | 37.11% | 632 | 25.77% | 2,452 | ||||||||
| McKinley | 3,342 | 64.58% | 1,833 | 35.42% | 1,509 | 29.16% | 5,175 | ||||||||
| Mora | 1,348 | 45.51% | 1,614 | 54.49% | -266 | -8.98% | 2,962 | ||||||||
| Otero | 2,402 | 59.03% | 1,667 | 40.97% | 735 | 18.06% | 4,069 | ||||||||
| Quay | 2,396 | 64.39% | 1,325 | 35.61% | 1,071 | 28.78% | 3,721 | ||||||||
| Rio Arriba | 4,612 | 53.27% | 4,045 | 46.73% | 567 | 6.55% | 8,657 | ||||||||
| Roosevelt | 2,859 | 72.12% | 1,105 | 27.88% | 1,754 | 44.25% | 3,964 | ||||||||
| San Juan | 2,173 | 48.63% | 2,295 | 51.37% | -122 | -2.73% | 4,468 | ||||||||
| San Miguel | 4,809 | 54.19% | 4,066 | 45.81% | 743 | 8.37% | 8,875 | ||||||||
| Sandoval | 1,718 | 52.28% | 1,568 | 47.72% | 150 | 4.56% | 3,286 | ||||||||
| Santa Fe | 7,548 | 53.39% | 6,590 | 46.61% | 958 | 6.78% | 14,138 | ||||||||
| Sierra | 1,480 | 52.26% | 1,352 | 47.74% | 128 | 4.52% | 2,832 | ||||||||
| Socorro | 2,010 | 55.31% | 1,624 | 44.69% | 386 | 10.62% | 3,634 | ||||||||
| Taos | 3,246 | 58.57% | 2,296 | 41.43% | 950 | 17.14% | 5,542 | ||||||||
| Torrance | 1,479 | 52.88% | 1,318 | 47.12% | 161 | 5.76% | 2,797 | ||||||||
| Union | 1,383 | 51.66% | 1,294 | 48.34% | 89 | 3.32% | 2,677 | ||||||||
| Valencia | 3,738 | 54.54% | 3,116 | 45.46% | 622 | 9.07% | 6,854 | ||||||||
| Total | 110,583 | 57.01% | 83,373 | 42.99% | 27,210 | 14.03% | 193,956 | ||||||||