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Elections / 2008 · Dem primary · NM

Clinton led New Mexico's 2008 Democratic presidential primary.

County-level returns aggregated statewide; Clinton led by 1.2 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
New Mexico 2008 Democratic presidential primary — county returns aggregated statewide.
CandidateVotesShare
Clinton72,99748.9%
Obama71,26847.8%
Other4,8553.3%
By county (33)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
CountyLed byMarginVotes
Bernalillo CountyObama+3.554,994
Santa Fe CountyObama+17.423,371
Dona Ana CountyClinton+12.210,617
Sandoval CountyObama+4.67,261
Taos CountyObama+13.24,790
San Juan CountyClinton+9.64,784
Valencia CountyClinton+19.14,678
Rio Arriba CountyClinton+22.44,368
San Miguel CountyClinton+27.93,556
Grant CountyClinton+6.03,325
McKinley CountyClinton+11.92,948
Eddy CountyClinton+23.22,631
Otero CountyClinton+15.82,332
Chaves CountyClinton+17.12,275
Los Alamos CountyObama+22.02,207
Cibola CountyClinton+22.11,917
Luna CountyClinton+22.01,727
Socorro CountyClinton+0.31,437
Lea CountyClinton+20.11,320
Curry CountyClinton+11.01,299
Torrance CountyClinton+18.01,285
Colfax CountyClinton+18.81,157
Sierra CountyClinton+15.1870
Lincoln CountyClinton+8.8777
Quay CountyClinton+24.9662
Roosevelt CountyClinton+21.8629
Guadalupe CountyClinton+34.4500
Mora CountyClinton+22.1381
Hidalgo CountyClinton+21.3352
Catron CountyObama+3.1196
De Baca CountyClinton+21.8188
Union CountyClinton+13.1183
Harding CountyClinton+56.3103