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1972Final results

1972 election for New Mexico House District 60

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

C. Gene Samberson (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Billy J. McKibben (R) by 6.1 points.

C. Gene SambersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.0%2,583
47.0%2,286
4,869 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

EvenR+15.21990D+0.91992R+11.21996D+0.12002D+3.42004D+13.92006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET