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1968 general · February 6, 1968

1968 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1968 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Races70
Changed party0
Unopposed9%6 races
Incumbents defeated8

Every district

D 44 · R 26

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-BERNALILLO 1Robert S. Murray (R)14.2
HD-BERNALILLO 2Bennie J. Aragon (D)29.5
HD-BERNALILLO 3Raymond Garcia (D)23.2
HD-BERNALILLO 4Ben Roybal (D)27.9
HD-BERNALILLO 5Eugene R. Cinelli (D)24.5
HD-BERNALILLO 6Robert A. Mondragon (D)42.5
HD-BERNALILLO 7Fred Chavez Jr. (D)10.1
HD-BERNALILLO 8Anselmo J. Serrano (D)28.2
HD-BERNALILLO 9Lenton Malry (D)13.7Incumbent lost
HD-BERNALILLO 10Robert Jordan (R)16.5
HD-BERNALILLO 11Jack L. Stahl (R)13.3
HD-BERNALILLO 12Bradford H. Prince (R)24.3
HD-BERNALILLO 13Turner W. Branch (R)12.2
HD-BERNALILLO 14Dennis Howe (R)13.0
HD-BERNALILLO 15Arthur L. Dow (D)4.2Incumbent lost
HD-BERNALILLO 16Eugene W. Peirce Jr. (R)28.7
HD-BERNALILLO 17Thomas W. Hoover (R)45.4
HD-BERNALILLO 18James A. Caudell (R)32.6
HD-CATRONSOCORROLee O. Coker (R)9.4
HD-CHAVES 1Stephen C. Helbing (R)53.4
HD-CHAVES 2Max Coll (R)39.1
HD-CHAVES 3Jim Garcia (R)17.8
HD-CHAVES 4Carl Engwall (R)29.2
HD-COLFAXE. Kelly Mora (D)9.3
HD-CURRY 1Hoyt Pattison (R)16.8
HD-CURRY 2Ralph E. Pruit (R)3.2
HD-CURRY 3David L. Norvell (D)8.2
HD-DEBACATORRANCEGRADALUPEThomas J. Good (D)17.7
HD-DONAANA 1Ray Gene Abbott (R)2.3
HD-DONAANA 2Ralph D. Hartman (D)Unopposed
HD-DONAANA 3William B. Odonnell (D)25.8
HD-DONAANA 4John R. Tomlin (D)4.7Incumbent lost
HD-EDDY 1T. E. Brown Jr. (D)27.5
HD-EDDY 2Frank Brown (D)38.9
HD-EDDY 3Walker Bryan (D)Unopposed
HD-EDDY 4Quentin B. Rodgers (D)10.8
HD-GRANT 1Murray Ryan (R)4.7Incumbent lost
HD-GRANT 2Robert Martin (D)49.1
HD-HARDINGMORAUNIONDavid M. Salman (D)9.6Incumbent lost
HD-HIDALGOLUNACarter W. Kirk (R)0.2
HD-LEA 1Finis Leroy Heidel (D)Unopposed
HD-LEA 2Jack Daniels (D)28.7
HD-LEA 3Robert M. Moran (R)6.5Incumbent lost
HD-LEA 4George Blocker (D)Unopposed
HD-LINCOLNSIERRARalph F. Petty Jr. (D)6.9
HD-LOSALAMOSEdward R. Grilly (R)31.5
HD-MCKINLEY 1Leo Watchman (D)12.2Incumbent lost
HD-MCKINLEY 2Paris Derizotis (D)Unopposed
HD-MCKINLEY 3Louis J. Romero (D)8.5
HD-OTERO 1John J. Mershon (D)3.6
HD-OTERO 2Deloma A. Scott (D)9.6
HD-OTERO 3George Fettinger (D)6.2
HD-QUAYClifton L. Moreland (D)17.2
HD-RIOARRIBA 1Severino E. Martinez (D)24.3
HD-RIOARRIBA 2Jose Benito Chavez (D)8.1
HD-ROOSEVELTCecil Cook (D)1.1
HD-SANDOVALErnest Miera (D)33.0
HD-SANJUAN 1Wilbert Begay (R)2.1
HD-SANJUAN 2J. Gregory Merrion (R)17.0
HD-SANJUAN 3H. Merrill Taylor (R)Unopposed
HD-SANJUAN 4George Pennington (D)25.7
HD-SANMIGUEL 1Carol W. Tinker (R)11.7Incumbent lost
HD-SANMIGUEL 2Fidel Chief Gonzales (D)20.2
HD-SANTAFE 1Eloy P. Quintana (D)5.5
HD-SANTAFE 2Edward J. Lopez (D)20.8
HD-SANTAFE 3James H. Koch (D)26.8
HD-TAOSBlas Chavez (R)1.3
HD-VALENCIA 1Frank M. Herrera (D)15.4
HD-VALENCIA 2Richard A. Carbajal (D)22.5
HD-VALENCIA 3Walter K. Martinez (D)13.0

New Mexico House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner