1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1994 election for New Mexico House District 51
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Gloria C. Vaughn (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Mariano A. Torrez (D) by 9.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gloria C. VaughnRepublican · winner
54.9%2,018
Mariano A. TorrezDemocrat · incumbent
45.1%1,660
3,678 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET