1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for New Mexico House District BERNALILLO 1
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Raymond Sanchez (D) won with 49.5% of the vote, defeating John A. Budagher (R) by 0.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Raymond SanchezDemocrat · winner
49.5%2,869
John A. BudagherRepublican
49.2%2,855
Isabel GarciaConstitution
1.3%74
5,798 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET