BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
1978 United States Senate election in New Mexico

Summary

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. This election was the first time since 1934 that an incumbent Republican Senator from New Mexico was re-elected or won re-election and the first time since 1918 that an incumbent Republican Senator from New Mexico was re-elected or won re-election to this seat.

1978 United States Senate election in New Mexico
← 1972 November 7, 1978 (1978-11-07) 1984 →
 
Nominee Pete Domenici Toney Anaya
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 183,442 160,045
Percentage 53.41% 46.59%
County results
Domenici:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Anaya:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Pete Domenici
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pete Domenici
Republican

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

General election edit

Results edit

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NM US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved July 2, 2014.