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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 New Mexico State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Mexico State Senate 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 · 42 seats

After the electionD 22 · R 20
Races36
Changed party11
Unopposed33%12 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 18 · R 18

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

New Mexico State Senate

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