United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1978

November 7, 1978



Nominee	Pete Domenici	Toney Anaya
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	183,442	160,045
Percentage	53.4%	46.6%

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Pete Dominici
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pete Dominici
Republican

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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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Pete Domenici, incumbent U.S. Senator

Democratic primary

Candidates

Toney Anaya, Attorney General of New Mexico

General election

Results

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

References

↑ "NM US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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