1980Final results
1980 election for New Mexico House District 47
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Max Coll (R) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating Cletus A. Tafoya (D) by 5.7 points.
Max CollRepublican · winner
52.9%4,123
Cletus A. TafoyaDemocrat
47.1%3,677
7,800 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET