1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for New Mexico Senate District 42
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Billy J. McKibben (R) won with 60.0% of the vote, defeating Homer J. Kyle (D) by 20.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Billy J. McKibbenRepublican · winner
60.0%4,983
Homer J. KyleDemocrat
40.0%3,319
8,302 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