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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 New Mexico State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Mexico State Senate 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 · 42 seats

After the electionD 30 · R 12
Races34
Changed party0
Unopposed21%7 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 24 · R 10

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-2Frank Lillywhite (R)8.1
SD-3Tom Lee (R)6.6
SD-4R. Wayne Radosevich (D)32.6
SD-5Matias L. Chacon (D)35.8
SD-6C. B. Trujillo (D)16.8
SD-7John L. Morrow (D)8.2
SD-8Ray Leger (D)0.5
SD-9Alfonso T. Montoya (D)8.5
SD-10R. Leo Dow (R)2.9
SD-12Douglas J. Michelson (D)5.4
SD-13Anthony A. Lucero (D)21.6
SD-15James S. Peironnet Jr. (R)4.2
SD-16Thomas R. Rutherford (D)12.1
SD-18William A. Sego (R)29.3
SD-19John M. Tannehill (R)5.1
SD-20John B. Irick (R)Unopposed
SD-21Fred A. Gross Jr. (R)34.6
SD-22Paul F. Becht (R)52.1
SD-23John D. Rogers (D)30.7
SD-24Alex G. Martinez (D)Unopposed
SD-25Connie J. Kitzers Consuelo (D)12.5
SD-26Kenneth M. Schlientz (R)11.0
SD-27Odis L. Echols Jr. (D)8.4
SD-28Ben D. Altamirano (D)Unopposed
SD-30Joseph Fidel (D)12.6
SD-31Bobby E. Wood (D)5.3Incumbent lost
SD-32R. E. Thompson (D)9.3Incumbent lost
SD-33Robert E. Ferguson (D)25.9
SD-34Joseph E. Gant (D)Unopposed
SD-36Jerry Apodaca (D)Unopposed
SD-37Gladys Hansen (D)22.0
SD-38Frank O. Papen (D)Unopposed
SD-40Aubrey L. Dunn (D)Unopposed
SD-42Bill L. Lee (D)44.3

New Mexico State Senate

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