1974 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico
All 2 New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives
Democratic 60–70%	Republican 50–60%

The 1974 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday November 5, 1974 to elect the state's two representatives to serve in the 94th United States Congress.

Both districts retained their partisan control with The Democrats retaining the 2nd district and Republicans holding on to the 1st District. This made the state's delegation stay evenly split as it had been since 1970.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 1974^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	162,095	51.24%	1	—
	Republican	149,313	47.20%	1	—
	American Independent	4,929	1.56%	0	—
Totals		316,337	100.00%	2	—

District 1

New Mexico's 1st congressional district election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	106,268	58.61
	Democratic	Roberto Mondragón	71,968	39.70
	American Independent	Martin Molloy	3,069	1.69
Total votes			181,305	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold L. Runnels (incumbent)	90,127	66.74
	Republican	Donald W. Trubey	43,045	31.88
	American Independent	Hub Horton	1,860	1.38
Total votes			135,032	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF).

[1] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF).

[1]

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

Overview

District 1

District 2

References

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