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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1972 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 51 · R 19
Races70
Changed party0
Unopposed30%21 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 51 · R 19

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jerry Sandel (D)30.1
HD-2H. Merrill Taylor (R)Unopposed
HD-3George Pennington (D)29.6
HD-4Leo Watchman (D)17.4Incumbent lost
HD-5Emmett Bryan Wall Jr. (D)22.5
HD-6Louis J. Romero (D)Unopposed
HD-7Walter K. Martinez (D)22.7
HD-8Fred Luna (D)24.4
HD-9Richard A. Carbajal (D)19.8
HD-10Ben Roybal (D)Unopposed
HD-11Daniel Lyon (D)27.8
HD-12Raymond Garcia (D)20.4
HD-13Bennie J. Aragon (D)27.3
HD-14Eugene R. Cinelli (D)Unopposed
HD-15Raymond Sanchez (D)19.4
HD-16Chris M. Lucero (D)19.2
HD-17Fred Chavez Jr. (D)32.4
HD-18Lenton Malry (D)27.4
HD-19Donald L. Thompson (D)6.4
HD-20Robert Jordan (R)31.8
HD-21William E. Warren (D)5.2
HD-22John M. Radosevich (D)11.6
HD-23Turner W. Branch (R)16.5
HD-24Virgil O. Rhodes (R)11.1
HD-25Ronald L. Chaplin (R)11.3Incumbent lost
HD-26Philip R. Grant Jr. (R)24.8
HD-27Thomas W. Hoover (R)Unopposed
HD-28James A. Caudell (R)25.4
HD-29Abel E. McBride (D)3.7
HD-30Charles B. Ocksrider (R)32.9
HD-31Stuart C. Hill (R)26.7
HD-32William J. Upton (D)14.1
HD-33Frank Salopek (D)Unopposed
HD-34Ralph D. Hartman (D)15.6
HD-35William B. Odonnell (D)Unopposed
HD-36John R. Tomlin (D)6.2
HD-37D. M. Provencio (D)8.9
HD-38Murray Ryan (R)Unopposed
HD-39Thomas P. Foy (D)Unopposed
HD-40Nick L. Salazar (D)43.0
HD-41Reynaldo S. Medina (D)11.4
HD-42Bobby F. Duran (D)7.0
HD-43Vernon Kerr (R)Unopposed
HD-44Richard Joseph Kloeppel Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-45Don L. King (D)Unopposed
HD-46Eloy P. Quintana (D)14.9
HD-47James H. Koch (D)25.6
HD-48Edward J. Lopez (D)21.7
HD-49Leroy Baca (D)9.0Incumbent lost
HD-50John F. Bigbee (R)11.8
HD-51John J. Mershon (D)Unopposed
HD-52Maurice Hobson (R)36.3
HD-53George Fettinger (D)Unopposed
HD-54Frank Brown (D)Unopposed
HD-55Walker Bryan (D)Unopposed
HD-56T. E. Brown Jr. (D)30.2
HD-57Colin R. McMilan (R)Unopposed
HD-58Carl Engwall (R)7.3
HD-59Max Coll (R)Unopposed
HD-60C. Gene Samberson (D)6.1
HD-61Dan C. Berry (D)Unopposed
HD-62Robert M. Moran (R)22.3Incumbent lost
HD-63Hoyt Pattison (R)19.2
HD-64H. B. Barnard (D)2.6
HD-65John Hays (D)8.0
HD-66Cecil Cook (D)Unopposed
HD-67Clifton L. Moreland (D)Unopposed
HD-68Alvino E. Castillo (D)22.3
HD-69David M. Salman (D)16.5
HD-70Samuel F. Vigil Jr. (D)17.9

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