From statehood in 1912 to 1969, New Mexico did not use congressional districts for its representatives to the United States House of Representatives. Instead, it elected its representatives statewide at-large.
New Mexico's at-large congressional district | |
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Obsolete district | |
Created | 1912 |
Eliminated | 1969 |
Years active | 1912–1969 |
Republicans held onto the seat in 1920 by nominating Néstor Montoya, the county clerk of Bernalillo County and former Speaker of the New Mexico Territorial Legislature. Montoya won with a combination of Hispanic voters and coat-tails from the election of President Warren Harding. Republicans did not renominate him in 1922, choosing instead suffragist Adelina Otero-Warren, the niece of former territorial Governor, Miguel Otero, and the first woman to run for statewide office in New Mexico. Otero-Warren was defeated by Democrat John Morrow, an educator and lawyer from northeast New Mexico. Morrow would win consecutive re-elections in 1924 and 1926, but lost re-election in 1928 to Albert G. Simms, an Albuquerque businessman, on the coat-tails of the election of President Herbert Hoover.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Néstor Montoya | 54,672 | 51.88 | |
Democratic | Antonio Lucero | 49,426 | 46.9 | |
Farmer–Labor | A.J. McDonald | 1,290 | 1.22 | |
Majority | 5,246 | 4.98 | ||
Turnout | 105,388 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Morrow | 59,254 | 54.42 | +7.25% | |
Republican | Adelina Otero-Warren | 49,635 | 45.58 | -6.3% | |
Majority | 9,619 | 8.83 | +3.85% | ||
Turnout | 108,889 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Morrow | 57,802 | 51.76 | -2.66% | |
Republican | J. Felipe Hubbell | 53,860 | 48.24 | +2.66% | |
Majority | 3,942 | 3.53 | -5.30% | ||
Turnout | 111,662 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Morrow | 55,433 | 51.42 | -0.34% | |
Republican | Juan A. A. Sedillo | 52,075 | 48.31 | +0.07% | |
Socialist | E. E. Denniston | 287 | 0.27 | +0.27% | |
Majority | 3,358 | 3.12 | -0.41% | ||
Turnout | 107,795 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Albert G. Simms | 61,208 | 52.2 | +3.89% | |
Democratic | John Morrow | 56,048 | 47.8 | -3.62% | |
Majority | 5,160 | 4.4 | +1.28% | ||
Turnout | 117,256 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Dennis Chavez | 65,194 | 57.1 | +9.3% | |
Republican | Albert G. Simms | 48,699 | 42.65 | -9.55% | |
Socialist | John Whitley | 299 | 0.26 | +0.26% | |
Majority | 16,495 | 14.45 | +10.05% | ||
Turnout | 114,192 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Dennis Chavez | 94,764 | 63.36 | +6.26% | |
Republican | Jose E. Armijo | 52,905 | 35.37 | -7.28% | |
Socialist | N. S. Sweeney | 1,349 | 0.9 | +0.64% | |
Liberty | L. E. Lake | 418 | 0.28 | +0.28% | |
Communist | E. T. Howell | 132 | 0.09 | +0.09% | |
Majority | 41,859 | 27.99 | +13.54% | ||
Turnout | 149,568 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John J. Dempsey | 76,833 | 51.82 | -11.54% | |
Republican | Maurecio F. Miera | 70,659 | 47.66 | +12.29% | |
Socialist | Frank Edwards | 643 | 0.43 | -0.47% | |
Communist | H. Turnbaugh | 133 | 0.09 | +0.00% | |
Majority | 6,174 | 4.16 | -23.83% | ||
Turnout | 148,268 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John J. Dempsey | 105,937 | 62.92 | +11.10% | |
Republican | M. Ralph Brown | 62,375 | 37.05 | -10.61% | |
Farmer–Labor | Albert Ortiz | 61 | 0.03 | +0.03% | |
Majority | 43,562 | 25.87 | +21.71% | ||
Turnout | 168,373 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John J. Dempsey | 90,608 | 58.4 | -4.52% | |
Republican | Peace C. Rodney | 64,281 | 41.43 | +4.38% | |
Independent | E. W. Fawkes | 268 | 0.17 | +0.17% | |
Majority | 26,327 | 16.97 | -8.9% | ||
Turnout | 155,157 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |