2008 New Mexico Senate election

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2008 New Mexico Senate election
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All 42 seats in the New Mexico Senate
22 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Timothy Jennings Stuart Ingle
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 32nd - Roswell 27th - Portales
Last election 24 18
Seats before 24 18
Seats won 27 15
Seat change Increase3 Decrease3
Popular vote 402,496 266,663
Percentage 60.15% 39.85%
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
President pro tempore before election

Timothy Jennings
Democratic

 Elected President pro tempore

Timothy Jennings
Democratic

The 2008 New Mexico Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. New Mexico voters elected state senators in all 42 of the state senate's districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the New Mexico Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S House, and state house.[1]

A primary election on June 3, 2008, determined which candidates appeared on the November 4th general election ballot.

Retiring incumbents

District Incumbent Party Elected senator Party
1 William Sharer Rep William Sharer Rep
2 Steven Neville Rep Steven Neville Rep
3 John Pinto Dem John Pinto Dem
4 Lidio Rainaldi Dem George Muñoz Dem
5 Richard Martinez Dem Richard Martinez Dem
6 Carlos Cisneros Dem Carlos Cisneros Dem
7 Clinton Harden Rep Clinton Harden Rep
8 Pete Campos Dem Pete Campos Dem
9 Steve Komadina Rep John Sapien Dem
10 John Ryan Rep John Ryan Rep
11 Linda Lopez Dem Linda Lopez Dem
12 Jerry Ortiz y Pino Dem Jerry Ortiz y Pino Dem
13 Dede Feldman Dem Dede Feldman Dem
14 James Taylor Dem Eric Griego Dem
15 Diane Snyder Rep Tim Eichenberg Dem
16 Cisco McSorley Dem Cisco McSorley Dem
17 Shannon Robinson Dem Tim Keller Dem
18 Mark Boitano Rep Mark Boitano Rep
19 Sue Wilson Beffort Rep Sue Wilson Beffort Rep
20 William Payne Rep William Payne Rep
21 Kent Cravens Rep Kent Cravens Rep
22 Lynda Lovejoy Dem Lynda Lovejoy Dem
23 Joseph Carraro Rep Sander Rue Rep
24 Nancy Rodriguez Dem Nancy Rodriguez Dem
25 John Grubesic Dem Peter Wirth Dem
26 Bernadette Sanchez Dem Bernadette Sanchez Dem
27 Stuart Ingle Rep Stuart Ingle Rep
28 Howie Morales Dem Howie Morales Dem
29 Michael Sanchez Dem Michael Sanchez Dem
30 David Ulibarri Dem David Ulibarri Dem
31 Cynthia Nava Dem Cynthia Nava Dem
32 Timothy Jennings Dem Timothy Jennings Dem
33 Rod Adair Rep Rod Adair Rep
34 Vernon Asbill Rep Vernon Asbill Rep
35 John Arthur Smith Dem John Arthur Smith Dem
36 Mary Jane Garcia Dem Mary Jane Garcia Dem
37 Leonard Lee Rawson Rep Stephen Fischmann Dem
38 Mary Kay Papen Dem Mary Kay Papen Dem
39 Phil Griego Dem Phil Griego Dem
40 Dianna Duran Rep Dianna Duran Rep
41 Carroll Leavell Rep Carroll Leavell Rep
42 Gay Kernan Rep Gay Kernan Rep
PartyCandi-
dates		VotesSeats
No. %No.+/– %
Democratic31402,49660.15%25Increase364.29%
Republican23266,66339.85%17Decrease335.71%
Total54669,159100%42Steady100%
Popular vote
Democratic
 
 60.15%
Republican
 
 39.85%
Senate seats
Democratic
 
 64.29%
Republican
 
 35.71%

Incumbents defeated in the primary election

Incumbents defeated in the general election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Stateline[2] Safe D October 15, 2008

Detailed results

See also

References

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