1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for New Mexico House District 29
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Hal Stratton (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Abel E. McBride (D) by 14.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Hal StrattonRepublican · winner
57.3%5,063
Abel E. McBrideDemocrat · incumbent
42.7%3,778
8,841 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET