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1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1974 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 party4
Unopposed26%18 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 51 · R 19

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jerry Sandel (D)42.7
HD-2Boyd F. Scott (R)33.4
HD-3George Pennington (D)49.7
HD-4Leo Watchman (D)25.2
HD-5Stephen W. Kennedy (R)8.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-6Louis J. Romero (D)Unopposed
HD-7Walter K. Martinez (D)Unopposed
HD-8Fred Luna (D)Unopposed
HD-9Richard A. Carbajal (D)23.1
HD-10Ben Roybal (D)33.6
HD-11Daniel Lyon (D)44.0
HD-12Frank P. Gurule (D)Unopposed
HD-13Bennie J. Aragon (D)44.8
HD-14Adele P. Cinelli (D)36.9
HD-15Raymond Sanchez (D)33.1
HD-16Chris M. Lucero (D)55.2
HD-17Robert N. Garcia (D)25.1
HD-18Lenton Malry (D)9.6
HD-19Donald L. Thompson (D)12.1
HD-20Ruby V. Appelman (R)10.7
HD-21William E. Warren (D)15.9
HD-22Thomas J. Horan (D)19.0
HD-23Dennis S. Pena (D)18.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-24Joseph H. Mercer (R)38.5
HD-25Ronald L. Chaplin (R)7.9
HD-26Philip R. Grant Jr. (R)21.5
HD-27C. Brad Cates (R)46.7
HD-28James A. Caudell (R)2.9
HD-29Abel E. McBride (D)12.4
HD-30Charles B. Ocksrider (R)15.7
HD-31Stuart C. Hill (R)19.1
HD-32Vonrue Crawford (R)17.5Flipped
HD-33Frank Salopek (D)22.5
HD-34Ralph D. Hartman (D)Unopposed
HD-35William B. Odonnell (D)Unopposed
HD-36John R. Tomlin (D)31.7
HD-37Sharlyn Linard (D)15.0
HD-38Murray Ryan (R)Unopposed
HD-39Thomas P. Foy (D)50.4
HD-40Nick L. Salazar (D)Unopposed
HD-41Reynaldo S. Medina (D)35.4
HD-42Bobby F. Duran (D)21.7
HD-43Vernon Kerr (R)34.1
HD-44Richard Joseph Kloeppel Jr. (D)16.3
HD-45Ricardo A. Montoya (D)31.3
HD-46Ben Lujan (D)39.1
HD-47Julian Grace (D)7.6
HD-48Edward J. Lopez (D)35.3
HD-49Leroy Baca (D)9.2
HD-50John F. Bigbee (R)10.8
HD-51John J. Mershon (D)Unopposed
HD-52Maurice Hobson (R)5.5
HD-53George Fettinger (D)Unopposed
HD-54James K. Otts (D)65.3
HD-55Walker Bryan (D)2.1
HD-56T. E. Brown Jr. (D)33.8
HD-57Colin R. McMilan (R)17.8
HD-58Clayton Stallings Jr. (D)7.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-59Art Alello (R)12.6
HD-60C. Gene Samberson (D)Unopposed
HD-61Dan C. Berry (D)Unopposed
HD-62Robert M. Moran (R)Unopposed
HD-63Hoyt Pattison (R)Unopposed
HD-64H. B. Barnard (D)Unopposed
HD-65John Hays (D)37.9
HD-66Cecil Cook (D)Unopposed
HD-67Clifton L. Moreland (D)Unopposed
HD-68Alvino E. Castillo (D)4.4
HD-69David M. Salman (D)15.4
HD-70Samuel F. Vigil Jr. (D)Unopposed

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