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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1976 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 48 · R 22
Races70
Changed party5
Unopposed33%23 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 48 · R 22

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jerry Sandel (D)19.0
HD-2Boyd F. Scott (R)Unopposed
HD-3D. Polk Brown (D)22.6
HD-4Leo Watchman (D)46.9
HD-5Stephen W. Kennedy (R)22.3
HD-6Louis J. Romero (D)40.5
HD-7Walter K. Martinez (D)37.1
HD-8Fred Luna (D)26.2
HD-9Pat I. Heth (R)15.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-10Henry Saavedra (D)44.4
HD-11Daniel Lyon (D)48.7
HD-12Frank P. Gurule (D)Unopposed
HD-13Bennie J. Aragon (D)38.0
HD-14Adele P. Cinelli (D)Unopposed
HD-15Raymond Sanchez (D)13.9
HD-16Fred E. Mondragon (D)Unopposed
HD-17Robert N. Garcia (D)30.1
HD-18Lenton Malry (D)31.2
HD-19David P. Rusk (D)30.8
HD-20Ruby V. Appelman (R)Unopposed
HD-21William E. Warren (D)35.5
HD-22Thomas J. Horan (D)34.3
HD-23Dennis S. Pena (D)15.8
HD-24Jim McGee Jr. (R)13.7
HD-25John Lee Thompson (D)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-26Philip R. Grant Jr. (R)30.2
HD-27C. Brad Cates (R)53.0
HD-28James A. Caudell (R)11.8
HD-29Abel E. McBride (D)10.4
HD-30John McMullan (R)6.6
HD-31Stuart C. Hill (R)17.5
HD-32Vonrue Crawford (R)23.0
HD-33Russell Autrey (D)26.9
HD-34Benny G. Trujillo (D)14.5
HD-35William B. Odonnell (D)Unopposed
HD-36Walter R. Parr (D)1.1
HD-37Sharlyn Linard (D)0.7
HD-38Murray Ryan (R)Unopposed
HD-39Thomas P. Foy (D)Unopposed
HD-40Nick L. Salazar (D)46.3
HD-41Manuel D. Trujillo (D)16.5
HD-42Bobby F. Duran (D)4.6
HD-43Vernon Kerr (R)7.3
HD-44Richard Joseph Kloeppel Jr. (D)22.1
HD-45Silas T. Garcia (D)27.8
HD-46Ben Lujan (D)Unopposed
HD-47Frank M. Bond (R)16.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-48Edward J. Lopez (D)Unopposed
HD-49James Lee Martin (R)0.6Flipped
HD-50John F. Bigbee (R)22.1
HD-51John J. Mershon (D)Unopposed
HD-52Maurice Hobson (R)42.3
HD-53George Fettinger (D)Unopposed
HD-54James K. Otts (D)Unopposed
HD-55Jack Skinner (D)Unopposed
HD-56T. E. Brown Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-57Colin R. McMilan (R)Unopposed
HD-58Phelps Anderson (R)11.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-59Paul J. Kelly Jr. (R)45.8
HD-60C. Gene Samberson (D)Unopposed
HD-61Dan C. Berry (D)Unopposed
HD-62Robert M. Moran (R)49.3
HD-63Hoyt Pattison (R)Unopposed
HD-64H. B. Barnard (D)Unopposed
HD-65John Hays (D)35.0
HD-66Cecil Cook (D)Unopposed
HD-67Clifton L. Moreland (D)Unopposed
HD-68E. Kelly Mora (D)Unopposed
HD-69David M. Salman (D)14.5
HD-70Samuel F. Vigil Jr. (D)39.5

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