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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 70 seats

After the electionD 41 · R 29
Races70
Changed party9
Unopposed39%27 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 41 · R 29

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jerry Sandel (D)Unopposed
HD-2Boyd F. Scott (R)Unopposed
HD-3D. Polk Brown (D)3.5
HD-4Leo Watchman (D)21.7
HD-5Stephen W. Kennedy (R)Unopposed
HD-6Cecelia R. Rosales (R)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-7Walter K. Martinez (D)35.7
HD-8Fred Luna (D)Unopposed
HD-9Ron Gentry (D)20.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-10Henry Saavedra (D)45.1
HD-11Felix N. Nunez (D)27.3
HD-12Frank P. Gurule (D)Unopposed
HD-13Bennie J. Aragon (D)Unopposed
HD-14Adele Cinelli Hundley (D)34.2
HD-15Raymond Sanchez (D)12.6
HD-16Fred E. Mondragon (D)Unopposed
HD-17Robert N. Garcia (D)Unopposed
HD-18Judith A. Pratt (D)10.9
HD-19Daren R. Hillery (R)9.8Flipped
HD-20Ruby V. Appelman (R)14.1
HD-21John S. Padoven (R)7.1Flipped
HD-22Frank L. Horan (D)3.2
HD-23Dennis S. Pena (D)20.3
HD-24George Buffet (R)49.2
HD-25John Lee Thompson (D)32.7
HD-26John W. Daly (R)5.9
HD-27C. Brad Cates (R)46.9
HD-28James A. Caudell (R)8.8
HD-29Hal Stratton (R)14.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-30John McMullan (R)24.5
HD-31Stuart C. Hill (R)14.8
HD-32Vonrue Crawford (R)Unopposed
HD-33Russell Autrey (D)Unopposed
HD-34Ralph D. Hartman (D)17.2
HD-35William B. Odonnell (D)33.0
HD-36Bud Hettinga (D)16.2
HD-37Randall Sabine (R)11.4Flipped
HD-38Murray Ryan (R)38.0
HD-39Thomas P. Foy (D)Unopposed
HD-40Nick L. Salazar (D)24.4
HD-41Manuel D. Trujillo (D)16.2
HD-42Celestino Romero (R)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-43Vernon Kerr (R)4.1
HD-44Richard Joseph Kloeppel Jr. (D)15.6
HD-45Silas T. Garcia (D)35.1
HD-46Ben Lujan (D)29.9
HD-47Frank M. Bond (R)22.6
HD-48Leo David Catanach (D)17.8
HD-49James Lee Martin (R)1.5
HD-50John F. Bigbee (R)18.9
HD-51John J. Mershon (D)Unopposed
HD-52Maurice Hobson (R)18.0
HD-53George Fettinger (D)24.1
HD-54James K. Otts (D)Unopposed
HD-55Jack Skinner (D)Unopposed
HD-56T. E. Brown Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-57Colin R. McMilan (R)Unopposed
HD-58Phelps Anderson (R)Unopposed
HD-59Paul J. Kelly Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-60C. Gene Samberson (D)Unopposed
HD-61Dan C. Berry (D)Unopposed
HD-62Robert M. Moran (R)Unopposed
HD-63Hoyt Pattison (R)Unopposed
HD-64H. B. Barnard (D)Unopposed
HD-65George R. Banister Jr. (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-66Gary D. Robbins (R)18.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-67Clifton L. Moreland (D)Unopposed
HD-68E. Kelly Mora (D)Unopposed
HD-69Fermin Pacheco Sr. (D)16.3
HD-70Samuel F. Vigil Jr. (D)Unopposed

New Mexico House of Representatives

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