1976 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

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1976 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

←  1974 November 2, 1976 (1976-11-02) 1978  →
All 2 New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change Popular vote 214,718 185,363 Percentage 53.5% 46.2% Swing 6.2% 5.0%

The 1976 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday November 2, 1976 to elect the state's two representatives to serve in the 95th 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	214,718	53.51%	1	—
	Republican	185,363	46.20%	1	—
	Raza Unida Party	1,159	0.29%	0	—
Totals		401,240	100.00%	2	—

District 1

See also: New Mexico's 1st congressional district

New Mexico's 1st congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	162,587	72.09
	Democratic	Raymond Garcia	61,800	27.40
	Raza Unida	Martin Molloy	1,159	0.51
Total votes			225,546	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

See also: New Mexico's 2nd congressional district

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harold L. Runnels (incumbent)	123,563	70.33
	Republican	Donald W. Trubey	52,131	29.67
Total votes			175,694	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

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