1930 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico

1930 United States House election in New Mexico
	November 4, 1930
	County results ; Chávez: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Simms: 40–50% 50–60%
Representative; At-large before election; Albert G. Simms; Republican	Elected Representative; At-large ; Dennis Chávez; Democratic

The 1930 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday November 4, 1930, to elect the states at-large representative. This election coincided with other house elections and the states Governor election. Democrat challenger Dennis Chávez defeated incumbent Albert G. Simms by a double digit margin of 11.6 percentage points.

Results

New Mexico At-large congressional district election, 1930^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Chávez	65,194	55.65
	Republican	Albert G. Simms (incumbent)	51,655	44.09
	Socialist	John Whitley	299	0.26
Total votes			117,148	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

^ "Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk" (PDF).

[1] "Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk" (PDF).

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