1968 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico
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The 1968 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on November 5, 1968, to elect the state's two representatives.
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November 5, 1968
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All 2 New Mexico seats to the United States House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District results
Republican 50–60%
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This was the first election in which New Mexico elected their members using single-member districts instead of at-large districts. This was because of the Uniform Congressional District Act, which dictates that members of the United States House of Representatives must be elected from geographical districts and that these must be single-member districts. This was also the first election since 1928 in which Republicans won a congressional district in New Mexico.
This election saw the election of former US Representative from Texas Ed Foreman to the 2nd district. As a result, Foreman is the most historically recent member of Congress to have represented more than one state during their career.
Overview
| United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 1968[1] | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 160,374 | 51.76% | 2 | +1 | |
| Democratic | 147,975 | 47.76% | 0 | — | |
| Others | 1,487 | 0.48% | 0 | — | |
| Totals | 309,836 | 100.00% | 2 | — | |
District 1
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Manuel Lujan Jr. | 88,517 | 52.85 | |||
| Democratic | Thomas G. Morris (incumbent) | 78,117 | 46.64 | |||
| Others | 854 | 0.51 | ||||
| Total votes | 167,488 | 100.00 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
District 2
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Ed Foreman | 71,857 | 50.48 | |||
| Democratic | E. S. Johnny Walker (incumbent) | 69,858 | 49.08 | |||
| Others | 633 | 0.44 | ||||
| Total votes | 142,348 | 100.00 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||