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2018Final results

2018 election for New Mexico House District 40

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

Joseph Sanchez (D) won with 80.8% of the vote, defeating T. Blancett (Ind) by 61.5 points.

Joseph SanchezDemocrat · winner
80.8%8,277
T. BlancettIndependent
19.2%1,973
10,250 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 2018

Races before and after

EvenD+24.41978D+31.92012D+33.52014D+13.82020D+45.62022D+21.52024

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