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1968-11-05 U.S. House Election Results for New Mexico (District 01)

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Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Manuel Lujan
(R)		 Thomas Morris*
(D)		 William Higgs
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 88,51752.8% 78,11746.6% 8540.5% 00.0% 10,400 167,488
Total R vote: 88,517 (52.8%)      Total D vote: 78,117 (46.6%)      Total Other vote: 854 (0.5%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Manuel Lujan 11,453 34.7%
2   Schuble Cook 7,295 22.1%
3   Rodney Driver 5,502 16.7%
4   Arthur Beach 4,224 12.8%
5   Peter Sahd 2,729 8.3%
6   Ronald Cooper 1,767 5.4%
TOTAL VOTES 32,970  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Thomas Morris* 37,970 60.7%
2   Sterling Black 9,289 14.8%
3   Tom Benavides 8,572 13.7%
4   Eugene Hill 6,747 10.8%
TOTAL VOTES 62,578