2020Final results
2020 election for New Mexico House District 65
New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico
Derrick Lente (D) won with 76.8% of the vote, defeating Phillip D. Salazar (R) by 53.7 points.
Derrick LenteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.8%7,691
Phillip D. SalazarRepublican
23.2%2,320
10,011 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 2020
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET