1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for New Mexico Senate District 10
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Albert Gurule (D) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating R. Leo Dow (R) by 14.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Albert GuruleDemocrat · winner
57.4%5,784
R. Leo DowRepublican · incumbent
42.6%4,295
10,079 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