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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 New Mexico State Senate election results, district by district

Every New Mexico State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 42 seats

After the electionD 26 · R 16
Races42
Changed party9
Unopposed38%16 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 26 · R 16

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Raymond L. Kysar Jr. (R)11.7
SD-2Christine A. Donisthorpe (R)9.5
SD-3John Pinto (D)51.5
SD-4Gloria Howes (D)13.5FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-5Emilio Naranjo (D)Unopposed
SD-6Carlos R. Cisneros (D)Unopposed
SD-7John L. Morrow (D)12.6
SD-8Joe O. Page (D)44.6
SD-9Dennis C. Chavez (D)Unopposed
SD-10Janice D. Paster (D)12.2Flipped
SD-11Thomas R. Benavidez (D)Unopposed
SD-12Michael Alarid (D)Unopposed
SD-13Tito D. Chavez (D)Unopposed
SD-14Manny M. Aragon (D)24.3
SD-15Larry S. Vernon (R)8.5
SD-16Thomas R. Rutherford (D)Unopposed
SD-17Shannon Robinson (D)2.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-18William F. Davis (R)4.2
SD-19Les Houston (R)UnopposedFlipped
SD-20Kenneth M. Kamerman (R)Unopposed
SD-21Victor R. Marshall (R)Unopposed
SD-22James A. Caudell (R)25.8
SD-23Steve Stoddard (R)35.7
SD-24Edward J. Lopez (D)Unopposed
SD-25Roman M. Maes (D)28.6
SD-26Martin J. Chavez (D)23.0Flipped
SD-27Walter D. Bradley (R)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-28Ben D. Altamirano (D)30.0
SD-29Anthony J. Williams (R)1.4
SD-30Joseph Fidel (D)Unopposed
SD-31Stuart Ingle (R)Unopposed
SD-32Timothy Z. Jennings (D)2.3
SD-33Clifford R. Tice (D)7.4FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-34Louis M. Whitlock (D)8.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-35John Arthur Smith (D)16.4
SD-36Mary Jane M. Garcia (D)12.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-37Harold Chub Foreman (R)0.0
SD-38Fernando R. Macias (D)9.8
SD-39James Lee Martin (R)Unopposed
SD-40Maurice Hobson (R)1.9
SD-41Joseph K. Harvey (D)Unopposed
SD-42Billy J. McKibben (R)Unopposed

New Mexico State Senate

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