1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for New Mexico Senate District 37
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
James J. Rogers (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Edward Fernandez (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James J. RogersRepublican · winner
53.0%5,114
Edward FernandezDemocrat
47.0%4,526
9,640 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