United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1978

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1978
New Mexico
November 7, 1978
 
Nominee Pete Domenici Toney Anaya
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 183,442 160,045
Percentage 53.4% 46.6%

County results
U.S. Senator before election

Pete Dominici
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Pete Dominici
Republican

The 1978 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici successfully ran for re-election to a second term, defeating Democrat Toney Anaya.

Republican primary

Candidates

Democratic primary

Candidates

General election

Results

General election results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Domenici (inc.) 183,442 53.41
Democratic Toney Anaya 160,045 46.59
Majority 23,397 6.81%
Total votes 343,487 100.00
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ "NM US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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