Government
Governor: Gary Johnson (R) re-elected 1998.
State Legislature: New Mexico Legislature   House: 40D, 30R  Senate: 25D, 17R
Local: Cities, Counties...   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R, 1D - 1. H.Wilson (R) | 2. J.Skeen (R) | 3. T.Udall (D)
U.S. Senate: Jeff Bingaman (D) up for re-election in 2000, Pete Domenici (R) re-elected 1998.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections State Legislature: All 70 House seats and all 42 Senate seats were up.  Democrats retained majorities in both chambers although there were minor changes -- House: 42D, 28R.  Senate 24D, 18R. U.S. House: All three members re-elected. U.S. Senate: Jeff Bingaman (D) re-elected.

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Libertarian Party of NM
Natural Law Party of NM
NM Green Party
NM Reform Party
Republican Party of NM
NM Constitution Party

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1992

Clinton (Dem.)........261,617	(45.90)
Bush (Rep.)...........212,824	(37.34)
Perot (Ind.)..............91,895	(16.12)
Others (7)..................3,650	(0.64)
Total........569,986

Total Votes Cast: 615,607

Early voting started on Oct. 18, 2000 (20 days prior to the election).  110,746 such ballots were cast (18.0% of total)

Regular absentee voting started 40 prior to the election.
79,553 such ballots were cast (12.9% of total)

Early/Absentee Total: 190,299 (30.9% of total votes cast)

Although many news accounts attributed the Bernalillo counting problem to a "software glitch," in fact an administrative failure was to blame: the county clerk's office did not run the standard logic and accuracy test on the voting machines before the election.  The problem became apparent on Election Night, and the clerk's office withdrew about 67,000 early vote and absentee ballots from the tally.  On Nov. 9, workers in a warehouse in Albuquerque began the recount, hand-feeding the ballots into the voting machines.  By Nov. 11, Bush had gained a statewide lead of 17 votes, but some emergency ballots remained to be counted and totals were still fluctuating.  The State Canvassing Board finalized Gore as the winner with a plurality of 366 votes on Nov. 29.