2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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The 2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New Mexico was won by Vice President Al Gore by a 0.06 percent margin. It was the closest state in the entire presidential election by raw vote margin (366 votes), which was even closer than Florida. News outlets called New Mexico for Gore at approximately 10:21 p.m. (EST), but later retracted the call when it was determined to be too close to call. Gore was not declared the winner of the state until November 17. This would be the first election in which New Mexico did not vote for the winning candidate since 1976 and the first time since its statehood in 1912 that it voted for a different candidate than Nevada, although New Mexico did vote for the popular vote winner in this election. As of 2024, this is the last time that New Mexico voted...

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