2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for New Mexico House District 15
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Sarah Maestas Barnes (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Emily A. Kane (D) by 3.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sarah Maestas BarnesRepublican · winner
51.9%4,816
Emily A. KaneDemocrat · incumbent
48.1%4,460
9,276 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET