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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 New Mexico State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Mexico State Senate 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 · 42 seats

After the electionD 33 · R 9
Races35
Changed party6
Unopposed34%12 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 29 · R 6

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-2Raymond E. Sitta (D)15.5Flipped
SD-3John Pinto (D)42.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-4W. S. Eoff (R)8.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-5Matias L. Chacon (D)45.1
SD-6C. B. Trujillo (D)71.6
SD-7John L. Morrow (D)Unopposed
SD-8Ray Leger (D)21.0
SD-9Theodore R. Montoya (D)Unopposed
SD-10Albert Gurule (D)14.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-12Michael Alarid (D)36.0
SD-13Tito D. Chavez (D)40.6
SD-15Edmund J. Lang (D)6.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-16Thomas R. Rutherford (D)20.3
SD-17Donald L. Thompson (D)1.9
SD-18William R. Valentine (R)35.8
SD-19Les Houston (D)10.0Flipped
SD-20John B. Irick (R)12.1
SD-21Joseph H. Mercer (R)Unopposed
SD-22Paul F. Becht (R)40.1
SD-23John D. Rogers (D)Unopposed
SD-24Alex G. Martinez (D)Unopposed
SD-25Don L. King (D)Unopposed
SD-26Kenneth M. Schlientz (R)Unopposed
SD-27Caleb Chandler (D)16.2
SD-28Ben D. Altamirano (D)Unopposed
SD-30Joseph Fidel (D)22.5
SD-31Bobby E. Wood (D)7.7
SD-32R. E. Thompson (D)28.2
SD-33Lawrence Goodell (D)33.6
SD-34Joseph E. Gant (D)Unopposed
SD-36Lamar E. Gwaltney (D)Unopposed
SD-37Gladys Hansen (D)33.4
SD-38Frank O. Papen (D)23.4
SD-40Aubrey L. Dunn (D)Unopposed
SD-42Bill L. Lee (D)Unopposed

New Mexico State Senate

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