1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1970 election for New Mexico House District CURRY 3
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Robert E. Johnson (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Hugh E. Jones (D) by 8.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert E. JohnsonRepublican · winner
54.0%1,402
Hugh E. JonesDemocrat
46.0%1,194
2,596 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