1996 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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1996 United States Senate election in New Mexico
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  1990 November 5, 1996 2002  
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Nominee Pete Domenici Art Trujillo
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote357,171164,356
Percentage64.73%29.78%

1996 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg
County results
Domenici:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Trujillo:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Pete Domenici
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pete Domenici
Republican

The 1996 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici won re-election to a fifth term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Art Trujillo 84,721 70.55%
Democratic Eric Treisman35,36329.45%
Total votes120,084 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Domenici (incumbent) 69,394 100.00%
Total votes69,394 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Pete Domenici (incumbent) 357,171 64.73% −8.19%
Democratic Art Trujillo164,35629.78%+2.75%
Green Abraham J. Gutmann24,2304.39%
Libertarian Bruce M. Bush6,0641.10%
Majority192,81534.94%−10.93%
Turnout 551,821
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30913F9345D0C768CDDAF0894DE494D81 [ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".