1938 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico

For related races, see 1938 United States House of Representatives elections.

See also: New Mexico's at-large congressional district

The 1938 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday November 8, 1938 to elect the state's at-large member to serve in the United States House of Representatives in the 76th United States Congress. This election coincided with other state and local offices such as the Governor election. John Dempsey ran for re-election to a third term and won by 16.97 percentage points. He outperformed John E. Miles in the governor race by 12.32%.

1938 United States House election in New Mexico

← 1936 November 8, 1938 1940 →

Nominee John J. Dempsey Peace C. Rodney Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 90,608 64,281 Percentage 58.4% 41.4%

County results Dempsey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Rodney:      50–60%

Representative At-large before election John J. Dempsey Democratic Elected Representative At-large John J. Dempsey Democratic

Results

New Mexico At-large congressional district election, 1938^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. Dempsey	90,608	58.4	-4.52%
	Republican	Peace C. Rodney	64,281	41.43	+4.38%
	Independent	E. W. Fawkes	268	0.17	+0.17%
Majority			26,327	16.97	-8.9%
Turnout			155,157
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

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