1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for New Mexico House District 9
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Ron Gentry (D) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Pat I. Heth (R) by 20.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ron GentryDemocrat · winner
60.4%3,284
Pat I. HethRepublican · incumbent
39.6%2,155
5,439 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