1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1970 election for New Mexico House of Representatives: Debacatorrancegradalupe
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
John F. Bigbee (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Gerhardt (D) by 9.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
John F. BigbeeRepublican · winner
54.5%2,824
Robert J. GerhardtDemocrat
45.5%2,354
5,178 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)