2012 New Mexico House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico.

2012 New Mexico House of Representatives election

November 6, 2012
All 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives 36 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ben Luján (retired) Donald Bratton Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 46th - Nambé 62nd - Hobbs Last election 37 33 Seats before 36 33 Seats won 38 32 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 337,158 325,276 Percentage 50.41% 48.63%
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Speaker of the House before election Ben Luján Democratic Elected Speaker of the House Ken Martinez Democratic

The 2012 New Mexico House of Representatives election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Mexico voters elected state representatives in all 70 of the state house's districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the New Mexico House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and State Senate. A primary election held on June 5, 2012, determined which candidates appear on the November 6th general election ballot.

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected representative	Party
1st	Tom Taylor		Rep	Tom Taylor		Rep
2nd	James Strickler		Rep	James Strickler		Rep
3rd	Paul Bandy		Rep	Paul Bandy		Rep
4th	Ray Begaye		Dem	Sharon Clahchischilliage		Rep
5th	Sandra Jeff		Dem	Sandra Jeff		Dem
6th	Eliseo Alcon		Dem	Eliseo Alcon		Dem
7th	David Chavez		Rep	Kelly Fajardo		Rep
8th	Alonzo Baldonado		Rep	Alonzo Baldonado		Rep
9th	Patricia Lundstrom		Dem	Patricia Lundstrom		Dem
10th	Henry Saavedra		Dem	Henry Saavedra		Dem
11th	Rick Miera		Dem	Rick Miera		Dem
12th	Ernest Chavez		Dem	Ernest Chavez		Dem
13th	Eleanor Chavez		Dem	Patricia Roybal Caballero		Dem
14th	Miguel Garcia		Dem	Miguel Garcia		Dem
15th	Bill O'Neill		Dem	Emily Kane		Dem
16th	Moe Maestas		Dem	Moe Maestas		Dem
17th	Edward Sandoval		Dem	Edward Sandoval		Dem
18th	Gail Chasey		Dem	Gail Chasey		Dem
19th	Sheryl Williams Stapleton		Dem	Sheryl Williams Stapleton		Dem
20th	James White		Rep	James White		Rep
21st	Mimi Stewart		Dem	Mimi Stewart		Dem
22nd	James Smith		Rep	James Smith		Rep
23rd	David Doyle		Rep	Paul Pacheco		Rep
24th	Conrad James		Rep	Liz Thomson		Dem
25th	Danice Picraux		Dem	Christine Trujillo		Dem
26th	Al Park		Dem	Georgene Louis		Dem
27th	Larry Larrañaga		Rep	Larry Larrañaga		Rep
28th	Jimmie Hall		Rep	Jimmie Hall		Rep
29th	Thomas Anderson		Rep	Thomas Anderson		Rep
30th	Nate Gentry		Rep	Nate Gentry		Rep
31st	Bill Rehm		Rep	Bill Rehm		Rep
32nd	Dona Irwin		Dem	Dona Irwin		Dem
33rd	Joni Gutierrez		Dem	Bill McCamley		Dem
34th	Mary Helen Garcia		Dem	Mary Helen Garcia		Dem
35th	Antonio Luján		Dem	Jeff Steinborn		Dem
36th	Andy Nuñez		Ind	Phillip Archuleta		Dem
37th	Terry McMillan		Rep	Terry McMillan		Rep
38th	Dianne Hamilton		Rep	Dianne Hamilton		Rep
39th	Rodolpho Martinez		Dem	Rodolpho Martinez		Dem
40th	Nick Salazar		Dem	Nick Salazar		Dem
	Thomas Garcia		Dem
41st	Debbie Rodella		Dem	Debbie Rodella		Dem
42nd	Roberto Gonzales		Dem	Roberto Gonzales		Dem
43rd	James Hall		Rep	Stephanie Garcia Richard		Dem
44th	Jane Powdrell-Culbert		Rep	Jane Powdrell-Culbert		Rep
45th	Jim Trujillo		Dem	Jim Trujillo		Dem
46th	Ben Luján		Dem	Carl Trujillo		Dem
47th	Brian Egolf		Dem	Brian Egolf		Dem
48th	Lucky Varela		Dem	Lucky Varela		Dem
49th	Don Tripp		Rep	Don Tripp		Rep
50th	Rhonda Sue King		Dem	Stephen Easley		Dem
51st	Yvette Herrell		Rep	Yvette Herrell		Rep
52nd	Joe Cervantes		Dem	Doreen Gallegos		Dem
53rd	Ricky Little		Rep	Nate Cote		Dem
54th	Bill Gray		Rep	Bill Gray		Rep
55th	Cathrynn Brown		Rep	Cathrynn Brown		Rep
56th	Zachary Cook		Rep	Zachary Cook		Rep
57th	New Seat			Jason Harper		Rep
58th	Candy Ezzell		Rep	Candy Ezzell		Rep
59th	Nora Espinoza		Rep	Nora Espinoza		Rep
60th	Tim Lewis		Rep	Tim Lewis		Rep
61st	Shirley Tyler		Rep	David Gallegos		Rep
62nd	Donald Bratton		Rep	Donald Bratton		Rep
63rd	George Dodge Jr.		Dem	George Dodge Jr.		Dem
64th	Anna Crook		Rep	Anna Crook		Rep
65th	James Madalena		Dem	James Madalena		Dem
66th	Bob Wooley		Rep	Bob Wooley		Rep
	Dennis Kintigh		Rep
67th	Dennis Roch		Rep	Dennis Roch		Rep
68th	New Seat			Monica Youngblood		Rep
69th	Ken Martinez		Dem	Ken Martinez		Dem
70th	Richard Vigil		Dem	Tomás Salazar		Dem

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	52	337,158	50.41	38	2	54.29
	Republican	53	325,276	48.63	32	1	45.71
	Libertarian	1	2,477	0.37	0		0.00
	Independent/write-in	3	3,902	0.58	0	1	0.00
Total		109	668,813	100%	70		100%

House seats Democratic   54.29% Republican   45.71%

Popular vote Democratic   50.41% Republican   48.63% Independent/write-in   0.58% Libertarian   0.37%

Incumbents defeated in the primary election

• Antonio Luján (D-District 35), defeated by Jeff Steinborn (D)
• Dennis Kintigh (R-District 66), lost a redistricting race to Bob Wooley (R)
• Richard Vigil (D-District 70), defeated by Tomás Salazar (D)

Incumbents defeated in the general election

• Ray Begaye (D-District 4), defeated by Sharon Clahchischilliage (R)
• Conrad James (R-District 24), defeated by Liz Thomson (D)
• Andy Nuñez (I-District 36), defeated by Phillip Archuleta (D)
• James Hall (R-District 43), defeated by Stephanie Garcia Richard (D)
• Ricky Little (R-District 53), defeated by Nate Cote (D)

Newly created seats

• District 57, won by Jason Harper (R)
• District 68, won by Monica Youngblood (R)

Detailed results

Source for primary election results:New Mexico Secretary of State Source for general election results:New Mexico Secretary of State

District 1

Incumbent Republican Tom Taylor has represented the 1st district and its predecessors since 1999.

New Mexico House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Taylor (incumbent)	10,776	100%
Total votes			10,776	100%
	Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent Republican James Strickler has represented the 2nd district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 2nd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Strickler (incumbent)	6,924	100%
Total votes			6,924	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

Incumbent Republican Paul Bandy has represented the 3rd district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 3rd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Bandy (incumbent)	7,775	100%
Total votes			7,775	100%
	Republican hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Ray Begaye has represented the 4th district since 1999. Begaye lost re-election to Republican Sharon Clahchischilliage.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 4th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray Begaye (incumbent)	1,081	69.83%
	Democratic	Gary Montoya	467	30.17%
Total votes			1,548	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Clahchischilliage	5,856	61.44%
	Democratic	Ray Begaye (incumbent)	3,675	38.56%
Total votes			9,531	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Sandra Jeff has represented the 5th district since 2009.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 5th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Jeff (incumbent)	1,867	60.25%
	Democratic	Charles Long	1,232	39.75%
Total votes			3,099	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Jeff (incumbent)	7,464	100%
Total votes			7,464	100%
	Democratic hold

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Eliseo Alcon has represented the 6th district since 2009.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 6th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eliseo Alcon (incumbent)	1,584	55.17%
	Democratic	Billy Moore	1,287	44.83%
Total votes			2,871	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eliseo Alcon (incumbent)	6,672	100%
Total votes			6,672	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

Incumbent Republican David Chavez has represented the 7th district since 2011. Chavez retired to run for the State Senate and fellow Republican Kelly Fajardo won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 7th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Barreras	738	48.02%
	Democratic	LeRoy Baca	406	26.42%
	Democratic	Michelle Mares	393	25.57%
Total votes			1,537	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 7th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Fajardo	4,522	50.43%
	Democratic	Andrew Barreras	4,445	49.57%
Total votes			8,967	100%
	Republican hold

District 8

Incumbent Republican Alonzo Baldonado has represented the 8th district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alonzo Baldonado (incumbent)	6,191	53.02%
	Democratic	Frank Otero	5,486	46.98%
Total votes			11,677	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Patricia Lundstrom has represented the 9th district since 2003.

New Mexico House of Representatives 9th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Lundstrom (incumbent)	6,246	100%
Total votes			6,246	100%
	Democratic hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Henry Saavedra has represented the 10th district since 1977.

New Mexico House of Representatives 10th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Saavedra (incumbent)	5,954	100%
Total votes			5,954	100%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Rick Miera has represented the 11th district since 1991.

New Mexico House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rick Miera (incumbent)	10,103	100%
Total votes			10,103	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Ernest Chavez has represented the 12th district since 2005.

New Mexico House of Representatives 12th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ernest Chavez (incumbent)	4,736	71.84%
	Republican	Clyde Wheeler	1,856	28.16%
Total votes			6,592	100%
	Democratic hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Eleanor Chavez has represented the 13th district since 2009. Chavez retired to run for the state senate and fellow Democrat Patricia Roybal Caballero won the open seat.

New Mexico House of Representatives 13th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Roybal Caballero	4,452	71.53%
	Republican	Jose Orozco	1,772	28.47%
Total votes			6,224	100%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Miguel Garcia has represented the 14th district since 1997.

New Mexico House of Representatives 14th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Miguel Garcia (incumbent)	5,743	73.20%
	Republican	Clara Pena	2,103	26.80%
Total votes			7,846	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Bill O'Neill has represented the 15th district since 2009. O'Neill retired to run for the State Senate and fellow Democrat Emily Kane won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 15th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emily Kane	962	44.50%
	Democratic	Matt David Munoz	811	37.51%
	Democratic	Joe Craig	389	17.99%
Total votes			2,162	100%

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 15th district Republican primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Saucedo	898	61.85%
	Republican	Kenneth King	554	38.15%
Total votes			1,452	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 15th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emily Kane	6,850	51.17%
	Republican	Christopher Saucedo	6,536	48.83%
Total votes			13,386	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Democrat Moe Maestas has represented the 16th district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 16th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Moe Maestas (incumbent)	8,162	100%
Total votes			8,162	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Edward Sandoval has represented the 17th district since 1983.

New Mexico House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Sandoval (incumbent)	7,816	66.61%
	Republican	Robert Cain	3,918	33.39%
Total votes			11,734	100%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Gail Chasey has represented the 18th district since 1997.

New Mexico House of Representatives 18th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gail Chasey (incumbent)	10,034	81.10%
	Republican	Tyson Jerald Cosper	2,339	18.90%
Total votes			12,373	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Incumbent Democrat Sheryl Williams Stapleton has represented the 19th district since 1995.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 19th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheryl Williams Stapleton (incumbent)	1,533	56.95%
	Democratic	Cara Valente-Compton	1,159	43.05%
Total votes			2,692	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 19th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sheryl Williams Stapleton (incumbent)	6,669	59.35%
	Republican	Erica Landry	2,711	24.13%
	Independent	Hessel Edward Yntema III	1,857	16.53%
Total votes			11,237	100%
	Democratic hold

District 20

Incumbent Republican James White has represented the 20th district since 2009.

New Mexico House of Representatives 20th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James White (incumbent)	8,717	100%
Total votes			8,717	100%
	Republican hold

District 21

Incumbent Democrat Mimi Stewart has represented the 21st district since 2009.

New Mexico House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mimi Stewart (incumbent)	4,961	100%
Total votes			4,961	100%
	Democratic hold

District 22

Incumbent Republican James Smith has represented the 22nd district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 22nd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Smith (incumbent)	11,692	100%
Total votes			11,692	100%
	Republican hold

District 23

Incumbent Republican David Doyle has represented the 23rd district since 2011. Doyle retired to run for the state senate and fellow Republican Paul Pacheco won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 23rd district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marci Blaze	1,027	50.74%
	Democratic	Marilyn Hill	856	42.29%
	Democratic	Dixie Trebbe	141	6.97%
Total votes			2,024	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Pacheco	6,922	50.28%
	Democratic	Marci Blaze	6,844	49.72%
Total votes			13,766	100%
	Republican hold

District 24

Incumbent Republican Conrad James has represented the 24th district since 2011. James lost re-election to Democrat Liz Thomson.

New Mexico House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Thomson	6,562	51.05%
	Republican	Conrad James (incumbent)	6,292	48.95%
Total votes			12,854	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 25

Incumbent Democrat Danice Picraux has represented the 25th district since 1991. Picraux didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Christine Trujillo won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 25th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Trujillo	1,652	62.22%
	Democratic	Brian Thomas	545	20.53%
	Democratic	Richard Williams	458	17.25%
Total votes			2,655	100%

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 25th district Republican primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elisabeth Keen	960	76.74%
	Republican	Nicholas Cates Riali	291	23.26%
Total votes			1,251	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 25th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Trujillo	8,383	63.12%
	Republican	Elisabeth Keen	4,898	36.88%
Total votes			13,281	100%
	Democratic hold

District 26

Incumbent Democrat Al Park has represented the 26th district since 2001. Park retired to run for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission and fellow Democrat Georgene Louis won the open seat.

New Mexico House of Representatives 26th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Georgene Louis	4,057	61.71%
	Republican	Louis Tafoya	2,517	38.29%
Total votes			6,574	100%
	Democratic hold

District 27

Incumbent Republican Larry Larrañaga has represented the 27th district since 1995.

New Mexico House of Representatives 27th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Larrañaga (incumbent)	9,128	59.04%
	Democratic	Ronald Krise	6,334	40.96%
Total votes			15,462	100%
	Republican hold

District 28

Incumbent Republican Jimmie Hall has represented the 28th district since 2005.

New Mexico House of Representatives 28th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmie Hall (incumbent)	10,815	100%
Total votes			10,815	100%
	Republican hold

District 29

Incumbent Republican Thomas Anderson has represented the 29th district since 2003.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 29th district Republican primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Anderson (incumbent)	679	57.49%
	Republican	Peggy Muller-Aragon	502	42.51%
Total votes			1,181	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 29th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Anderson (incumbent)	6,025	52.50%
	Democratic	Lloyd Ginsberg	5,451	47.50%
Total votes			11,476	100%
	Republican hold

District 30

Incumbent Republican Nate Gentry has represented the 30th district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 30th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nate Gentry (incumbent)	6,997	53.91%
	Democratic	Maryellen Broderick	5,981	46.09%
Total votes			12,978	100%
	Republican hold

District 31

Incumbent Republican Bill Rehm has represented the 31st district since 2007.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 31st district Republican primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rehm (incumbent)	1,898	63.63%
	Republican	William Arnold Wiley	1,085	36.37%
Total votes			2,983	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 31st district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Rehm (incumbent)	10,426	60.13%
	Democratic	Joanne Allen	6,914	39.87%
Total votes			17,340	100%
	Republican hold

District 32

Incumbent Democrat Dona Irwin has represented the 32nd district since 1999.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 32nd district Democratic primary, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dona Irwin (incumbent)	1,309	54.52%
	Democratic	Louis Luna	1,092	45.48%
Total votes			2,401	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 32nd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dona Irwin (incumbent)	5,688	63.80%
	Republican	Thomas Guerra	3,228	36.20%
Total votes			8,916	100%
	Democratic hold

District 33

Incumbent Democrat Joni Gutierrez has represented the 33rd district since 2005. Guttierrez didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Bill McCamley won the open seat.

New Mexico House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill McCamley	5,972	58.17%
	Republican	Angelina Carver	4,294	41.83%
Total votes			10,266	100%
	Democratic hold

District 34

Incumbent Democrat Mary Helen Garcia has represented the 34th district since 1997.

New Mexico House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Helen Garcia (incumbent)	4,891	100%
Total votes			4,891	100%
	Democratic hold

District 35

Incumbent Democrat Antonio Luján has represented the 35th district since 2003. Luján lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Jeff Steinborn, who went on to win the general election.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 35th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Steinborn	792	51.30%
	Democratic	Antonio Luján (incumbent)	752	48.70%
Total votes			1,544	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Steinborn	6,318	64.65%
	Republican	Charles Green	3,455	35.35%
Total votes			9,773	100%
	Democratic hold

District 36

Incumbent Democrat turned independent Andy Nuñez has represented the 36th district since 2001. He lost re-election to Democrat Phillip Archuleta.

New Mexico House of Representatives 36th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Phillip Archuleta	3,785	42.35%
	Republican	Mike Tellez	3,295	36.87%
	Independent	Andy Nuñez (incumbent)	1,858	20.79%
Total votes			8,938	100%
	Democratic gain from Independent

District 37

Incumbent Republican Terry McMillan has represented the 37th district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Terry McMillan (incumbent)	6,267	50.03%
	Democratic	Joanne Ferrary	6,259	49.97%
Total votes			12,526	100%
	Republican hold

District 38

Incumbent Republican Dianne Hamilton has represented the 38th district since 1999.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 38th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Fortenberry	1,499	57.48%
	Democratic	Guadalupe Cano	1,109	42.52%
Total votes			2,608	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 38th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dianne Hamilton (incumbent)	7,183	54.85%
	Democratic	Terry Fortenberry	5,912	45.15%
Total votes			13,095	100%
	Republican hold

District 39

Incumbent Democrat Rodolpho Martinez has represented the 39th district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 39th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rodolpho Martinez (incumbent)	5,135	52.18%
	Republican	John Zimmerman	4,705	47.82%
Total votes			9,840	100%
	Democratic hold

District 40

The new 40th district includes the homes of incumbent Democrats Nick Salazar, who has represented the 40th district since 1974, and Thomas Garcia, who has represented the 68th district since 2007. Garcia retired to run for the state senate and Salazar was re-elected here.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 40th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Salazar (incumbent)	2,908	51.56%
	Democratic	Bengie Regensberg	1,420	25.18%
	Democratic	Peter Martinez	1,312	23.26%
Total votes			5,640	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 40th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Salazar (incumbent)	7,901	65.97%
	Republican	Gary Martinez	4,076	34.03%
Total votes			11,977	100%
	Democratic hold

District 41

Incumbent Democrat Debbie Rodella has represented the 41st district since 1993.

New Mexico House of Representatives 41st district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Rodella (incumbent)	8,302	100%
Total votes			8,302	100%
	Democratic hold

District 42

Incumbent Democrat Roberto Gonzales has represented the 42nd district since 1995.

New Mexico House of Representatives 42nd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberto Gonzales (incumbent)	10,344	100%
Total votes			10,344	100%
	Democratic hold

District 43

Incumbent Republican James Hall has represented the 43rd district since his appointment in 2011, following the death of Jeannette Wallace. Hall lost re-election to Democrat Stephanie Garcia Richard.

New Mexico House of Representatives 43rd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Garcia Richard	7,119	51.19%
	Republican	James Hall (incumbent)	6,788	48.81%
Total votes			13,907	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 44

Incumbent Republican Jane Powdrell-Culbert has represented the 44th district since 2003.

New Mexico House of Representatives 44th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jane Powdrell-Culbert (incumbent)	10,136	100%
Total votes			10,136	100%
	Republican hold

District 45

Incumbent Democrat Jim Trujillo has represented the 45th district since 2003.

New Mexico House of Representatives 45th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Trujillo (incumbent)	8,881	100%
Total votes			8,881	100%
	Democratic hold

District 46

Incumbent Democrat House Speaker Ben Luján has represented the 46th district since 1975. Luján didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Carl Trujillo won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 46th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Trujillo	2,515	52.19%
	Democratic	David Coss	2,304	47.81%
Total votes			4,819	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 46th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Trujillo	11,082	100%
Total votes			11,082	100%
	Democratic hold

District 47

Incumbent Democrat Brian Egolf has represented the 47th district since 2009.

New Mexico House of Representatives 47th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Egolf (incumbent)	13,472	100%
Total votes			13,472	100%
	Democratic hold

District 48

Incumbent Democrat Lucky Varela has represented the 48th district since 1987.

New Mexico House of Representatives 48th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucky Varela (incumbent)	9,655	79.58%
	Libertarian	Bob Walsh	2,477	20.42%
Total votes			12,132	100%
	Democratic hold

District 49

Incumbent Republican Don Tripp has represented the 49th district since 1999.

New Mexico House of Representatives 49th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Tripp (incumbent)	9,213	98.01%
	Democratic	Dell Washington (write-in)	187	1.99%
Total votes			9,400	100%
	Republican hold

District 50

Incumbent Democrat Rhonda Sue King has represented the 50th district since 1999. King didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Stephen Easley won the open seat.

Democratic primary election

New Mexico House of Representatives 50th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen Easley	1,459	56.59%
	Democratic	Patricia Lincoln	1,119	43.41%
Total votes			2,578	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 50th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen Easley	7,796	55.66%
	Republican	Charles Larry Miller	6,211	44.34%
Total votes			14,007	100%
	Democratic hold

District 51

Incumbent Republican Yvette Herrell has represented the 51st district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 51st district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Yvette Herrell (incumbent)	7,750	100%
Total votes			7,750	100%
	Republican hold

District 52

Incumbent Democrat Joe Cervantes has represented the 52nd district since 2001. Cervantes retired to run for the state senate and fellow Democrat Doreen Gallegos won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 52nd district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doreen Gallegos	698	73.17%
	Democratic	Andrew Moralez	256	26.83%
Total votes			954	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 52nd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doreen Gallegos	4,720	64.44%
	Republican	Arlington Brewbaker	2,605	35.56%
Total votes			7,325	100%
	Democratic hold

District 53

Incumbent Republican Ricky Little has represented the 53rd district since 2011. Little lost re-election to Democrat Nate Cote, who previously represented the district from 2007 to 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 53rd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nate Cote	2,620	53.21%
	Republican	Ricky Little (incumbent)	2,304	46.79%
Total votes			4,924	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 54

Incumbent Republican Bill Gray has represented the 54th district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 54th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Gray (incumbent)	7,465	100%
Total votes			7,465	100%
	Republican hold

District 55

Incumbent Republican Cathrynn Brown has represented the 55th district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 55th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cathrynn Brown (incumbent)	8,853	100%
Total votes			8,853	100%
	Republican hold

District 56

Incumbent Republican Zachary Cook has represented the 56th district since 2009.

New Mexico House of Representatives 56th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Zachary Cook (incumbent)	7,721	100%
Total votes			7,721	100%
	Republican hold

District 57

The new 57th district includes part of Sandoval County, including Rio Rancho. The district has no incumbent. Republican Jason Harper won the open seat.

New Mexico House of Representatives 57th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Harper	4,606	53.16%
	Democratic	Donna Tillman	4,058	46.84%
Total votes			8,664	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 58

Incumbent Republican Candy Ezzell has represented the 58th district since 2005.

New Mexico House of Representatives 58th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Candy Ezzell (incumbent)	3,888	62.00%
	Democratic	Pablo Martinez	2,383	38.00%
Total votes			6,271	100%
	Republican hold

District 59

Incumbent Republican Nora Espinoza has represented the 59th district since 2007.

New Mexico House of Representatives 59th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nora Espinoza (incumbent)	9,903	100%
Total votes			9,903	100%
	Republican hold

District 60

Incumbent Republican Tim Lewis has represented the 60th district since 2011.

New Mexico House of Representatives 60th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Lewis (incumbent)	8,319	100%
Total votes			8,319	100%
	Republican hold

District 61

Incumbent Republican Shirley Tyler has represented the 61st district since 2007. Tyler didn't seek re-election and fellow Republican David Gallegos won the open seat.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 61st district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hector Ramirez	309	53.09%
	Democratic	Paul Phillip Roybal	273	46.91%
Total votes			582	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 61st district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Gallegos	3,654	64.47%
	Democratic	Hector Ramirez	2,014	35.53%
Total votes			5,668	100%
	Republican hold

District 62

Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Donald Bratton has represented the 62nd district since 2001.

New Mexico House of Representatives 62nd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Bratton (incumbent)	7,722	100%
Total votes			7,722	100%
	Republican hold

District 63

Incumbent Democrat George Dodge Jr. has represented the 63rd district since 2011.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 63rd district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Dodge Jr. (incumbent)	1,544	79.67%
	Democratic	Jose Griego	394	20.33%
Total votes			1,938	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 63rd district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Dodge Jr. (incumbent)	4,881	63.53%
	Republican	Steven Hanson	2,802	36.47%
Total votes			7,683	100%
	Democratic hold

District 64

Incumbent Republican Anna Crook has represented the 64th district since 1995.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 64th district Republican primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anna Crook (incumbent)	2,434	88.83%
	Republican	Wade Lopez	306	11.17%
Total votes			2,740	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 64th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anna Crook (incumbent)	7,646	100%
Total votes			7,646	100%
	Republican hold

District 65

Incumbent Democrat James Madalena has represented the 65th district since 1985.

New Mexico House of Representatives 65th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Madalena (incumbent)	7,072	100%
Total votes			7,072	100%
	Democratic hold

District 66

The new 66th district includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Bob Wooley, who has represented the 66th district since 2011, and Dennis Kintigh, who has represented the 57th district since 2009. Wooley defeated Kintigh in the Republican primary and wqas unopposed in the general election.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 66th district Republican primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wooley (incumbent)	1,600	55.52%
	Republican	Dennis Kintigh (incumbent)	1,282	44.48%
Total votes			2,882	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 66th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Wooley (incumbent)	8,079	100%
Total votes			8,079	100%
	Republican hold

District 67

Incumbent Republican Dennis Roch has represented the 67th district since 2009.

New Mexico House of Representatives 67th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Roch (incumbent)	8,492	100%
Total votes			8,492	100%
	Republican hold

District 68

The new 68th district includes part of northwestern Bernalillo County. The district has no incumbent. Republican Monica Youngblood won the open seat.

Republican primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 68th district Republican primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Monica Youngblood	763	44.70%
	Republican	Max Barnett	473	27.71%
	Republican	Claudette Chavez-Hankins	346	20.27%
	Republican	Paul Barber	125	7.32%
Total votes			1,707	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 68th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Monica Youngblood	6,908	54.96%
	Democratic	Eloise Gift	5,660	45.04%
Total votes			12,568	100%
	Republican win (new seat)

District 69

Incumbent Democrat and Majority Leader Ken Martinez had represented the 69th district since 1999.

New Mexico House of Representatives 69th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Martinez (incumbent)	6,803	100%
Total votes			6,803	100%
	Democratic hold

District 70

Incumbent Democrat Richard Vigil has represented the 70th district since 1999. Vigil lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Tomás Salazar, who was unopposed in the general election.

Democratic primary

New Mexico House of Representatives 70th district Democratic primary election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tomás Salazar	2,526	55.27%
	Democratic	Richard Vigil (incumbent)	2,044	44.73%
Total votes			4,570	100%

General election

New Mexico House of Representatives 70th district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tomás Salazar	8,441	100%
Total votes			8,441	100%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2012 United States elections
• 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico
• Elections in New Mexico