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Election 1972 Results

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1972 US Senate election in New Mexico

Pete Domenici (Republican) beat Jack Daniels (Democrat) in New Mexico in 1972, 54.0% to 45.9%, a margin of 8.0 points and 30,438 votes.

New Mexico changed party: in 1966 it went Democratic, for Clinton Anderson.

Republicans led in 25 of the 32 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Bernalillo, cast 130,136 votes and went to the Republican by 14.0 points. The closest was Mora, where 39 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pete Domenici won Republican 204,253 54.0%
Jack Daniels Democratic 173,815 45.9%
All other candidates 262 0.1%
Total378,330

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bernalillo 55,878 42.9% 74,118 57.0% 140 130,136 R+14.0
Doña Ana 10,742 45.2% 13,016 54.8% 15 23,773 R+9.6
Santa Fe 11,022 48.3% 11,763 51.6% 15 22,800 R+3.3
Lea 10,372 63.5% 5,954 36.5% 1 16,327 D+27.1
Chaves 6,691 42.0% 9,240 58.0% 2 15,933 R+16.0
San Juan 6,374 41.1% 9,122 58.9% 1 15,497 R+17.7
Eddy 7,271 48.1% 7,800 51.6% 31 15,102 R+3.5
Valencia 7,135 49.3% 7,345 50.7% 14,480 R+1.5
Curry 4,502 42.2% 6,169 57.8% 10,671 R+15.6
Otero 4,433 42.8% 5,929 57.2% 1 10,363 R+14.4
McKinley 5,312 52.6% 4,776 47.3% 7 10,095 D+5.3
Rio Arriba 5,337 54.2% 4,503 45.7% 5 9,845 D+8.5
San Miguel 4,310 48.4% 4,575 51.3% 29 8,914 R+3.0
Grant 4,858 56.3% 3,771 43.7% 8,629 D+12.6
Los Alamos 2,948 38.5% 4,709 61.5% 6 7,663 R+23.0
Taos 3,409 49.5% 3,478 50.5% 6,887 R+1.0
Sandoval 3,453 51.1% 3,307 48.9% 6,760 D+2.2
Roosevelt 2,683 42.9% 3,575 57.1% 1 6,259 R+14.3
Socorro 2,089 44.9% 2,563 55.1% 4,652 R+10.2
Luna 1,954 42.5% 2,641 57.5% 1 4,596 R+14.9
Colfax 2,088 46.4% 2,410 53.5% 5 4,503 R+7.2
Quay 1,846 42.8% 2,465 57.2% 4,311 R+14.4
Lincoln 1,207 37.4% 2,021 62.6% 3,228 R+25.2
Sierra 1,204 40.1% 1,796 59.9% 3,000 R+19.7
Torrance 1,303 48.4% 1,391 51.6% 2,694 R+3.3
Guadalupe 1,255 51.3% 1,191 48.7% 1 2,447 D+2.6
Mora 1,119 49.1% 1,158 50.8% 1 2,278 R+1.7
Union 940 46.2% 1,094 53.8% 2,034 R+7.6
Hidalgo 913 56.9% 691 43.1% 1,604 D+13.8
Catron 435 39.5% 667 60.5% 1,102 R+21.1
De Baca 458 45.6% 546 54.4% 1,004 R+8.8
Harding 274 36.9% 469 63.1% 743 R+26.2

Counties as they stood in 1972; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Mexico Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Martin Heinrich (D) D+10.1
2020 Ben R Lujan (D) D+6.1
2018 Martin Heinrich (D) D+23.6
2014 Tom Udall (D) D+11.1
2012 Martin Heinrich (D) D+5.7
2008 Tom Udall (D) D+22.7
2006 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+41.3
2002 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+30.1
2000 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+23.4
1996 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+34.9
1994 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+8.0
1990 Pete Domenici (R) R+45.9
1988 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+26.6
1984 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+43.8
1982 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+7.5
1978 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+6.8
1976 Harrison Schmitt (R) R+14.1
1972 Pete Domenici (R) R+8.0
1970 Joseph Montoya (D) D+5.7
1966 Clinton Anderson (D) D+6.3
1964 Joseph Montoya (D) D+9.4
1960 Clinton Anderson (D) D+26.9
1958 Dennis Chavez (D) D+25.4
1954 Clinton Anderson (D) D+14.2
1952 Dennis Chavez (D) D+2.2
1948 Clinton Anderson (D) D+14.9
1946 Dennis Chavez (D) D+3.0
1942 Carl A. Hatch (D) D+18.3
1940 Dennis Chavez (D) D+11.9
1936 Carl A. Hatch (D) D+23.4
1934 Bronson Cutting (R) R+0.8
1930 Sam G. Bratton (D) D+17.5
1928 Bronson Cutting (R) R+15.4
1924 Sam G. Bratton (D) D+2.5
1922 Andrieus A. Jones (D) D+11.2
1918 Albert B. Fall (R) R+3.9
1916 Andrieus A. Jones (D) D+5.3