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2004 election for New Mexico House District 58

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

Candy Ezzell (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Pauline J. Ponce (D) by 12.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Candy EzzellRepublican · winner
54.6%3,632
Pauline J. PonceDemocrat · incumbent
42.4%2,823
3.0%198
6,653 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 2004

Races before and after

EvenR+10.71998D+0.42000D+4.62002R+12.22004R+8.12006R+23.22008

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

The candidates

Candy Ezzell (R)Pauline J. Ponce (D)

Also on the ballot: George G. Peterson (Libertarian), 3.0%