1972Final results
1972 election for New Mexico House District 3
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
George Pennington (D) won with 64.8% of the vote, defeating Lois G. Crum (R) by 29.6 points.
George PenningtonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.8%2,782
Lois G. CrumRepublican
35.2%1,512
4,294 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET