1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 New Mexico election results

Every race on New Mexico's ballot in the 1980 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

Races109

Changed party16

Unopposed35%38 races

Incumbents defeated6

President

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
New Mexico	Ronald Reagan (R)	18.2

R 2 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
NM-1	Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)	2.0
NM-2	Joseph Skeen (R)	4.0	Flipped

D 18 · R 18 · 11 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
SD-2	Christine A. Donisthorpe (R)	22.4	Flipped
SD-3	John Pinto (D)	Unopposed
SD-4	W. S. Eoff (R)	25.2
SD-5	Emilio Naranjo (D)	34.2
SD-6	Francisco Gonzales (D)	19.4
SD-7	John L. Morrow (D)	18.5
SD-8	Alfred W. Nelson (D)	32.6
SD-9	Edward A. McGough (R)	5.4	Flipped
SD-10	John A. Budagher (R)	6.5	FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-12	Michael Alarid (D)	Unopposed
SD-13	Tito D. Chavez (D)	Unopposed
SD-15	Thomas E. Lewis (R)	5.3	Flipped
SD-16	Thomas R. Rutherford (D)	17.3
SD-17	Lois R. Hall (R)	2.3	FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-18	William R. Valentine (R)	Unopposed
SD-19	Les Houston (D)	Unopposed
SD-20	Jack L. Stahl (R)	17.8
SD-21	Joseph H. Mercer (R)	Unopposed
SD-22	Paul F. Becht (R)	40.9
SD-23	Steve Stoddard (R)	23.0	Flipped
SD-24	Alex G. Martinez (D)	29.5
SD-25	Charles A. Marquez (R)	4.6	FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-26	Kenneth M. Schlientz (R)	Unopposed
SD-27	Caleb Chandler (D)	Unopposed
SD-28	Ben D. Altamirano (D)	26.2
SD-30	Joseph Fidel (D)	15.1
SD-31	Mickey D. Barnett (R)	18.4	Flipped
SD-32	Timothy Z. Jennings (D)	13.0
SD-33	Bud H. Hebert (R)	1.9	Flipped
SD-34	Joseph E. Gant (D)	Unopposed
SD-36	Lamar E. Gwaltney (D)	Unopposed
SD-37	James J. Rogers (R)	6.1	Flipped
SD-38	Frank O. Papen (D)	Unopposed
SD-39	Charlie Lee (R)	20.9
SD-40	Wyatt Atkins (D)	Unopposed
SD-42	Billy J. McKibben (R)	20.0	Flipped

D 41 · R 29 · 4 changed party

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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab