1970Final results
1970 election for New Mexico House District OTERO 3
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
George Fettinger (D) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas A. Sandenaw (R) by 16.1 points.
George FettingerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.0%1,862
Thomas A. SandenawRepublican
42.0%1,346
3,208 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