1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for New Mexico Senate District 23
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Steve Stoddard (R) won with 61.5% of the vote, defeating Consuelo Salazar Thompson (D) by 23.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Steve StoddardRepublican · winner
61.5%7,977
Consuelo Salazar ThompsonDemocrat
38.5%4,992
12,969 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