DemocratNot in office · last served 1982Last on a ballot: Nov 1978
Bruce King
Last held office: Governor of New Mexico (1978–1982). Ran in 1 election in 1978, winning 1.
- Last margin
- +1.1
- Won 1978
- Elections
- 1
- 1978
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time King was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race King has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means King won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Governor of New Mexico | General | Won | Joseph Skeen (R) | 50.5% | D+1.1 | R+2.5 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats King has held
- Governor of New Mexico · 1978–1982
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who King has run against
- Joseph Skeen (R) · 1978 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive