1972Final results
1972 election for New Mexico Senate District 6
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
C. B. Trujillo (D) won with 58.4% of the vote, defeating S. Pete Sahd (R) by 16.8 points.
C. B. TrujilloDemocrat · winner
58.4%5,671
S. Pete SahdRepublican
41.6%4,039
9,710 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