1988Final results

1988 election for New Mexico Senate District 3

New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico

John Pinto (D) won with 75.7% of the vote, defeating Rena M. Yazzie (R) by 51.5 points.

John PintoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
75.7%5,496
Rena M. YazzieRepublican
24.3%1,760
7,256 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenR+6.61972D+42.11976D+51.51988D+58.61996D+55.32000D+34.82020

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET