Winning every county

[WMS]

What about both Dems in NM ?

Nah, Richardson and Bingaman won convincingly their last cycles around and still didn't carry every county. That's hard to do here, because you can't appeal to every political quadrant at once and that's what you'd have to do to sweep the state. That, or have an atrocious candidate. NM wasn't swept in either 1972 or 1964...or even in 1936 or 1928.

[WMS]

What about both Dems in NM ?

Nah, Richardson and Bingaman won convincingly their last cycles around and still didn't carry every county. That's hard to do here, because you can't appeal to every political quadrant at once and that's what you'd have to do to sweep the state. That, or have an atrocious candidate. NM wasn't swept in either 1972 or 1964...or even in 1936 or 1928.

Yeah I just watched the maps and there's this really conservative Catron county in the west of NM. I think they would have to win NM with 70% to carry this district

Catron = NM Mormon Country.

There's also Lincoln County...

On the Dem side, the Leftist Triumvirate of Santa Fe, Taos, and San Miguel Counties is hard to crack for a Rep (although Domenici has come close).

Just about everything else has swung at some point.

[WMS]

What about both Dems in NM ?

Nah, Richardson and Bingaman won convincingly their last cycles around and still didn't carry every county. That's hard to do here, because you can't appeal to every political quadrant at once and that's what you'd have to do to sweep the state. That, or have an atrocious candidate. NM wasn't swept in either 1972 or 1964...or even in 1936 or 1928.

Yeah I just watched the maps and there's this really conservative Catron county in the west of NM. I think they would have to win NM with 70% to carry this district

And Bingaman did.

Note my comment about atrocious candidates. The NM Reps really, really, really blew that. Either of the two other candidates who lost in the primary could've won at least Catron County. Let's see, pick the moderate "gay ponytailed Santa Fe Republican" David Pfeffer, the center-right semi-blowhard Joseph Carraro (my old State Senator ) or the definitely conservative Allen McCulloch? Great choice, NM Reps.