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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1980 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 party4
Unopposed37%26 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 41 · R 29

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jerry Sandel (D)Unopposed
HD-2Boyd F. Scott (R)34.1
HD-3Jerry C. Walker (R)18.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-4Thomas E. Atcitty (D)Unopposed
HD-5Stephen W. Kennedy (R)38.4
HD-6Cecelia R. Rosales (R)47.6
HD-7Walter K. Martinez (D)16.8
HD-8Fred Luna (D)27.2
HD-9Ron Gentry (D)36.7
HD-10Henry Saavedra (D)Unopposed
HD-11Felix N. Nunez (D)14.7
HD-12Albert Valdez (D)Unopposed
HD-13Robert J. Aragon (D)40.3
HD-14Adele Cinelli Hundley (D)19.8
HD-15Raymond Sanchez (D)Unopposed
HD-16Fred E. Mondragon (D)Unopposed
HD-17Robert N. Garcia (D)2.2
HD-18Judith A. Pratt (D)9.9
HD-19Robert M. Hawk (D)0.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-20Martha L. Lambert (R)38.8
HD-21John S. Padoven (R)18.0
HD-22Frank L. Horan (D)4.0
HD-23Dick Minzer (D)0.3
HD-24George Buffet (R)32.6
HD-25John Lee Thompson (D)3.3
HD-26Charles Ted Asbury (D)19.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-27C. Brad Cates (R)51.7
HD-28James A. Caudell (R)27.5
HD-29Hal Stratton (R)29.9
HD-30John McMullan (R)29.6
HD-31Stuart C. Hill (R)40.7
HD-32Vonrue Crawford (R)Unopposed
HD-33Brent Westmoreland (D)16.4
HD-34Ralph D. Hartman (D)Unopposed
HD-35William B. Odonnell (D)Unopposed
HD-36Mary L. Thompson (R)0.5Flipped
HD-37Randall Sabine (R)18.0
HD-38Murray Ryan (R)43.8
HD-39Thomas P. Foy (D)48.0
HD-40Nick L. Salazar (D)Unopposed
HD-41Manuel D. Trujillo (D)Unopposed
HD-42Celestino Romero (R)2.9
HD-43Vernon Kerr (R)46.9
HD-44Richard Joseph Kloeppel Jr. (D)0.4
HD-45Silas T. Garcia (D)Unopposed
HD-46Ben Lujan (D)32.1
HD-47Max Coll (R)5.7
HD-48Leo David Catanach (D)Unopposed
HD-49James Lee Martin (R)18.1
HD-50John F. Bigbee (R)15.1
HD-51John J. Mershon (D)Unopposed
HD-52Maurice Hobson (R)Unopposed
HD-53George Fettinger (D)Unopposed
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-58Robert B. Corn (R)17.4
HD-59Tandy L. Hunt (R)23.2
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)20.3
HD-66Gary D. Robbins (R)25.5
HD-67Clifton L. Moreland (D)Unopposed
HD-68E. Kelly Mora (D)34.3
HD-69Fermin Pacheco Sr. (D)6.6
HD-70Samuel F. Vigil Jr. (D)39.4

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