2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for New Mexico House District 15
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
John A. Sanchez (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Raymond Sanchez (D) by 2.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John A. SanchezRepublican · winner
51.0%5,083
Raymond SanchezDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%4,877
9,960 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET