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2000Final results

2000 election for New Mexico House District 49

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

Don Tripp (R) won with 61.3% of the vote, defeating Michael Olguin (D) by 22.6 points.

Don TrippRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.3%6,847
38.7%4,326
11,173 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

EvenD+22.31992D+22.01996R+2.81998R+22.62000R+31.42002R+21.22004

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