1978Final results
1978 election for New Mexico Senate District 35
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
I. M. Smalley (D) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Tommy W. Perez (R) by 3.7 points.
I. M. SmalleyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.9%4,640
Tommy W. PerezRepublican
48.1%4,308
8,948 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