1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for New Mexico Senate District 4
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Gloria Howes (D) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating W. S. Eoff (R) by 13.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gloria HowesDemocrat · winner
56.8%4,981
W. S. EoffRepublican · incumbent
43.2%3,796
8,777 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET