1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for New Mexico House District 56
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Ben Hall (R) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Anita Sanders (D) by 19.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ben HallRepublican · winner
59.7%4,098
Anita SandersDemocrat
40.3%2,766
6,864 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 1984
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET