1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for New Mexico Senate District 19
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Les Houston (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas F. McKenna (R) by 10.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Les HoustonDemocrat · winner
55.0%7,112
Thomas F. McKennaRepublican
45.0%5,817
12,929 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