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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 New Mexico House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every New Mexico House of Representatives district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 70 seats

After the electionD 45 · R 25
Races70
Changed party0
Unopposed36%25 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 45 · R 25

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jerry Sandel (D)Unopposed
HD-2Boyd F. Scott (R)Unopposed
HD-3Jerry C. Walker (R)8.2
HD-4Thomas E. Atcitty (D)19.4
HD-5Stephen W. Kennedy (R)5.6
HD-6Richard B. Vanderwagen (D)5.4
HD-7Walter K. Martinez (D)48.2
HD-8Fred Luna (D)27.0
HD-9Leo Watchman (D)Unopposed
HD-10Henry Saavedra (D)Unopposed
HD-11Felix N. Nunez (D)56.5
HD-12Albert Valdez (D)43.7
HD-13Jim L. Gonzales (D)Unopposed
HD-14Alfonso Otero (D)Unopposed
HD-15Raymond Sanchez (D)29.3
HD-16Ray M. Vargas (D)Unopposed
HD-17Edward C. Sandoval (D)41.8
HD-18Judith A. Pratt (D)26.2
HD-19Robert M. Hawk (D)19.5
HD-20Martha L. Lambert (R)Unopposed
HD-21John R. Ellefson (D)4.5
HD-22Norma D. Hood (R)11.2
HD-23Don Silva (R)20.7
HD-24George Buffet (R)31.4
HD-25Dick Minzer (D)22.9
HD-26Charles Ted Asbury (D)26.1
HD-27Linda J. Tytler (R)Unopposed
HD-28Garth Simms (R)13.9
HD-29Hal Stratton (R)22.0
HD-30John McMullan (R)23.0
HD-31Stuart C. Hill (R)Unopposed
HD-32G. X. McSherry (D)24.0
HD-33Brent Westmoreland (D)18.9
HD-34Ralph D. Hartman (D)39.1
HD-35Ruben A. Smith (D)37.4
HD-36Mary L. Thompson (R)2.6
HD-37Mary Tucker (D)10.8
HD-38Murray Ryan (R)16.0
HD-39Thomas P. Foy (D)Unopposed
HD-40Nick L. Salazar (D)Unopposed
HD-41Louis Sanchez (D)69.3
HD-42Richard Carl Ledoux Jr. (D)10.6Incumbent lost
HD-43Vernon Kerr (R)40.5
HD-44Richard Joseph Kloeppel Jr. (D)24.5
HD-45Silas T. Garcia (D)19.2
HD-46Ben Lujan (D)32.0
HD-47Max Coll (R)8.1
HD-48Leo David Catanach (D)Unopposed
HD-49James Lee Martin (R)7.1
HD-50Ron Gentry (D)16.4
HD-51Leonard Sheffield Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-52Maurice Hobson (R)14.5
HD-53George Fettinger (D)Unopposed
HD-54James K. Otts (D)Unopposed
HD-55Jack Skinner (D)Unopposed
HD-56Marvin B. McGuire (D)8.3
HD-57Richard T. Knowles (R)23.3
HD-58Robert B. Corn (R)Unopposed
HD-59Tandy L. Hunt (R)23.2
HD-60C. Gene Samberson (D)Unopposed
HD-61Dan C. Berry (D)Unopposed
HD-62Robert M. Moran (R)Unopposed
HD-63Hoyt Pattison (R)Unopposed
HD-64John H. Dickson (R)20.2Incumbent lost
HD-65Robert W. Johnson (D)7.6
HD-66Gary D. Robbins (R)8.2
HD-67Clifton L. Moreland (D)Unopposed
HD-68E. Kelly Mora (D)Unopposed
HD-69Toby Michael (D)41.8
HD-70Samuel F. Vigil Jr. (D)Unopposed

New Mexico House of Representatives

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