Election Name: | 1974 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico |
Country: | New Mexico |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1972 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico |
Previous Year: | 1972 |
Next Election: | 1976 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Seats For Election: | All 2 New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 1 |
Seats1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 162,095 |
Percentage1: | 51.2% |
Swing1: | 5.1% |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 149,313 |
Percentage2: | 47.2% |
Swing2: | 3.5% |
Map Size: | 220px |
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.
United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 1974[1] | |||||
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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 | — | |
See also: New Mexico's 1st congressional district.
See also: New Mexico's 2nd congressional district.