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1996Final results

1996 election for New Mexico House District 8

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

Fred Luna (D) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Chris Zamora (R) by 9.9 points.

Fred LunaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.0%4,160
Chris ZamoraRepublican
45.0%3,409
7,569 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+6.41986D+15.91988D+24.21990D+9.91996D+15.21998D+3.72000

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