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2008Final results

2008 election for New Mexico House District 55

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

John A. Heaton (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Cathrynn Brown (R) by 8.3 points.

John A. HeatonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.2%5,676
Cathrynn BrownRepublican
45.8%4,805
10,481 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+6.01988D+38.31996D+18.02000D+8.32008R+4.42010R+52.12014

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