1976Final resultsSpecial election
1976 special election for New Mexico Senate District 17
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Donald L. Thompson (D) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating John R. Earnshaw (R) by 1.9 points.
Donald L. ThompsonDemocrat · winner
50.9%4,250
John R. EarnshawRepublican
49.1%4,095
8,345 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)