1996Final results

1996 election for New Mexico House District 9

Name: 1996 election for New Mexico House District 9
Start: 1996-11-05
Location: New Mexico

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

Leo Watchman (D) won with 80.7% of the vote, defeating John E. Foreman (R) by 61.4 points.

Leo WatchmanDemocrat · winner · incumbent

80.7%4,503

19.3%1,077

5,580 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

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