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| Elections in New Mexico |
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The1974 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 the94th United States Congress.
Both districts retained their partisan control, with theDemocrats retaining the2nd district andRepublicans holding on to the1st district. This made the state's delegation remain evenly split, as it had been since1970.
| 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 | — | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent) | 106,268 | 58.61 | |
| Democratic | Roberto Mondragón | 71,968 | 39.70 | |
| American Independent | Martin Molloy | 3,069 | 1.69 | |
| Total votes | 181,305 | 100.00 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Harold L. Runnels (incumbent) | 90,127 | 66.74 | |
| Republican | Donald W. Trubey | 43,045 | 31.88 | |
| American Independent | Hub Horton | 1,860 | 1.38 | |
| Total votes | 135,032 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
