1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for New Mexico Senate District 9
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Edward A. McGough (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Lorella Montoya Salazar (D) by 5.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Edward A. McGoughRepublican · winner
52.7%7,341
Lorella Montoya SalazarDemocrat
47.3%6,587
13,928 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