1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for New Mexico House District 9
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Pat I. Heth (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Richard A. Carbajal (D) by 15.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pat I. HethRepublican · winner
57.7%3,518
Richard A. CarbajalDemocrat · incumbent
42.3%2,578
6,096 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