1. David Francis Cargo was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd governor of New Mexico between 1967 and 1971.
16 Facts About David Cargo
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David Cargo represented the Albuquerque area in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967, when he was elected governor at the age of thirty-seven.
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David Cargo remains one of the youngest governors elected to date in US history, along with Harold Stassen in Minnesota, Bill Clinton in Arkansas, Christopher "Kit" Bond and Matt Blunt in Missouri and, respectively, and Bobby Jindal in Louisiana.
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In 1966, David Cargo won with 17,836 to Hawley's 16,588.
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David Cargo improved his primary performance in 1968, when he defeated Hawley, 28,014 to 23,052.
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David Cargo won the general election of 1966, narrowly defeating Democrat Gene Lusk.
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David Cargo received 134,625 votes to Lusk's 125,587.
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David Cargo established ties to Hollywood and was even asked to appear in several films.
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On May 8,1970, David Cargo sent National Guard troops to the UNM campus when Jane Fonda spoke to an estimated 700 protesters.
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David Cargo ran for the US Senate in 1970, but he lost the Republican primary to Anderson "Andy" Carter.
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David Cargo ran unsuccessfully for New Mexico's other Senate seat in 1972 but again lost the primary, this time to the eventual winner, Pete Domenici.
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From 1973 to 1985, David Cargo lived in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and ran unsuccessfully for Oregon State Treasurer in 1984, placing third in the Republican primary won by appointed incumbent Bill Rutherford.
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David Cargo ran for mayor of Albuquerque in 1989 but placed third, and thus did not advance to the top-two runoff.
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David Cargo tried for a gubernatorial comeback in 1994 but finished in fourth place with 13 percent in the primary and lost to the eventual winner, Gary Johnson.
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David Cargo made his final race in 1997 when he again contested the Albuquerque mayoralty, but he finished third and lost to Jim Baca.
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David Cargo died at the age of eighty-four of complications of a stroke which he had two years earlier.