1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for New Mexico House District 25
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
John Lee Thompson (D) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Ronald L. Chaplin (R) by 2.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John Lee ThompsonDemocrat · winner
51.2%2,972
Ronald L. ChaplinRepublican · incumbent
48.8%2,836
5,808 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET