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1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 70 seats

After the electionD 48 · R 22
Races70
Changed party10
Unopposed20%14 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 48 · R 22

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-BERNALILLO 1Raymond Sanchez (D)0.2Flipped
HD-BERNALILLO 2Bennie J. Aragon (D)45.1
HD-BERNALILLO 3Buddy Joe L. Romero (D)30.7
HD-BERNALILLO 4Ben Roybal (D)34.0
HD-BERNALILLO 5Eugene R. Cinelli (D)35.9
HD-BERNALILLO 6Rudolph L. Baca (D)22.2
HD-BERNALILLO 7Fred Chavez Jr. (D)15.2
HD-BERNALILLO 8Daniel Lyon (D)35.9
HD-BERNALILLO 9Lenton Malry (D)10.3
HD-BERNALILLO 10Robert Jordan (R)0.9
HD-BERNALILLO 11William E. Warren (D)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-BERNALILLO 12John M. Radosevich (D)2.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-BERNALILLO 13Turner W. Branch (R)35.2
HD-BERNALILLO 14Virgil O. Rhodes (R)11.8
HD-BERNALILLO 15Arthur L. Dow (D)9.0
HD-BERNALILLO 16Don L. Allen (R)15.8
HD-BERNALILLO 17Thomas W. Hoover (R)35.6
HD-BERNALILLO 18James A. Caudell (R)Unopposed
HD-CATRONSOCORROLee O. Coker (R)5.9
HD-CHAVES 1Colin R. McMilan (R)14.7
HD-CHAVES 2Max Coll (R)Unopposed
HD-CHAVES 3Jim Garcia (R)Unopposed
HD-CHAVES 4Carl Engwall (R)4.3
HD-COLFAXAlvino E. Castillo (D)26.9
HD-CURRY 1Hoyt Pattison (R)Unopposed
HD-CURRY 2Ralph E. Pruit (R)6.7
HD-CURRY 3Robert E. Johnson (R)8.0Flipped
HD-DEBACATORRANCEGRADALUPEJohn F. Bigbee (R)9.1Flipped
HD-DONAANA 1Frank Salopek (D)3.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-DONAANA 2Ralph D. Hartman (D)25.1
HD-DONAANA 3William B. Odonnell (D)32.2
HD-DONAANA 4John R. Tomlin (D)31.7
HD-EDDY 1T. E. Brown Jr. (D)38.3
HD-EDDY 2Frank Brown (D)50.4
HD-EDDY 3Walker Bryan (D)Unopposed
HD-EDDY 4Quentin B. Rodgers (D)30.3
HD-GRANT 1Murray Ryan (R)7.7
HD-GRANT 2Thomas P. Foy (D)41.9
HD-HARDINGMORAUNIONDavid M. Salman (D)22.4
HD-HIDALGOLUNAWilliam J. Upton (D)11.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-LEA 1C. Gene Samberson (D)14.1
HD-LEA 2Muriel Terry McNeil (D)Unopposed
HD-LEA 3Robert M. Moran (R)Unopposed
HD-LEA 4George Blocker (D)Unopposed
HD-LINCOLNSIERRARalph F. Petty Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-LOSALAMOSVernon Kerr (R)18.1
HD-MCKINLEY 1Leo Watchman (D)Unopposed
HD-MCKINLEY 2Paris Derizotis (D)29.2
HD-MCKINLEY 3Louis J. Romero (D)Unopposed
HD-OTERO 1John J. Mershon (D)34.5
HD-OTERO 2Maurice Hobson (R)18.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-OTERO 3George Fettinger (D)16.1
HD-QUAYClifton L. Moreland (D)Unopposed
HD-RIOARRIBA 1Severino E. Martinez (D)35.0
HD-RIOARRIBA 2Jose Benito Chavez (D)16.0
HD-ROOSEVELTCecil Cook (D)11.8
HD-SANDOVALPedro Trujillo Sr. (D)30.3
HD-SANJUAN 1Edwin L. Foutz (R)16.1
HD-SANJUAN 2Jerry Sandel (D)1.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-SANJUAN 3H. Merrill Taylor (R)Unopposed
HD-SANJUAN 4George Pennington (D)42.5
HD-SANMIGUEL 1Carol W. Tinker (R)4.5
HD-SANMIGUEL 2Samuel F. Vigil Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-SANTAFE 1Eloy P. Quintana (D)18.0
HD-SANTAFE 2Edward J. Lopez (D)35.5
HD-SANTAFE 3James H. Koch (D)38.2
HD-TAOSAlfonso F. Vigil (D)14.8Flipped
HD-VALENCIA 1Fred Luna (D)13.1
HD-VALENCIA 2Richard A. Carbajal (D)25.7
HD-VALENCIA 3Walter K. Martinez (D)28.9

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