1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for New Mexico House District 49
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Don Tripp (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Michael Olguin (D) by 2.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don TrippRepublican · winner
51.4%5,356
Michael OlguinDemocrat · incumbent
48.6%5,065
10,421 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET