1970_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico Knowpia

1970 United States Senate election in New Mexico
	County results; Montoya: 50–60% 60–70% ; Carter: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Joseph Montoya; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Joseph Montoya; Democratic

The 1970 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Montoya successfully ran for re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Anderson Carter.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Joseph Montoya, incumbent U.S. Senator
Richard B. Edwards

Results edit

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya, Incumbent	85,285	73.10
	Democratic	Richard B. Edwards	31,381	26.90
Majority			53,904	46.20%
Total votes			116,666	100.00

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Anderson Carter
David Cargo, Governor of New Mexico
Harold G. Thompson

Results edit

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anderson Carter	32,122	57.76
	Republican	David Cargo	16,951	32.28
	Republican	Harold G. Thompson	5,544	9.97
Majority			14,171	25.48%
Total votes			55,617	100.00

General election edit

Results edit

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya, Incumbent	151,486	52.26
	Republican	Anderson Carter	135,004	46.57
	People's Constitutional	William Higgs	3,382	1.17
Majority			16,482	5.69%
Total votes			289,872	100.00
	Democratic hold