1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for New Mexico House District 5
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Stephen W. Kennedy (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Emmett Bryan Wall Jr. (D) by 8.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Stephen W. KennedyRepublican · winner
54.0%1,628
Emmett Bryan Wall Jr.Democrat · incumbent
46.0%1,385
3,013 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET