1996 New Mexico Senate election

none 1996 New Mexico Senate election New Mexico Legislative Popular No 1992 New Mexico Senate election 1992 2000 New Mexico Senate election 2000 All 42 seats in the New Mexico Senate 22 November 5, 1996 150x150px File:3x4.svg Manny Aragon Democratic Party (United States) 1988 District 14 27 25 2 267,200 53.59% File:3x4.svg Republican Party (United States) 15 17 2 228,391 45.81% President pro tempore Manny Aragon Democratic Party (United States) Manny Aragon Democratic Party (United States) The 1996 New Mexico Senate election was held on November 5, 1996, to determine which party would control the New Mexico Senate for the following four years in the 43rd New Mexico Legislature. All 42 seats in the New Mexico Senate were up for election. Prior to the election, 27 seats were held by Democrats and 15 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flip a two seats, thereby meaning that Democrats retained their majority in the State Senate.https://realfileee3072ab0d43456cb15a51f7d82c77a2.s3.amazonaws.com/921fd2fa-c28a-495e-b09a-63e93177ef99?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJBKPT2UF7EZ6B7YA&Expires=1765771105&Signature=6%2FsKOSRJcOesKlxnVNu7QvrjHn4%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%221996%2520General%2520Summary.pdf%22&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf 921fd2fa-c28a-495e-b09a-63e93177ef99 amazonaws.com December 15, 2025https://klvg4oyd4j.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prod/PublicFiles/ee3072ab0d43456cb15a51f7d82c77a2/3acdd02b-e4bb-43eb-ae16-7e12d663e6c2/CanvassPrimary1996.pdf CanvassPrimary1996.pdf amazonaws.com December 15, 2025 Retirements Democrats District 13: Tito D. Chavez retired. District 16: Thomas T. Rutherford retired. District 24: Edward J. Lopez retired. District 41: Cary Don Reagan retired. Republicans District 2: Christine Donisthorpe retired. District 19: Duncan Scott retired. District 20: Michael C. Wiener retired. District 33: Emmit M. Jennings retired. Incumbents defeated In primary Democrats District 5: Emilio Naranjo lost renomination to Arthur Rodarte. District 11: Tom R. Benavides lost renomination to Linda M. Lopez. District 39: Liz Stefanics lost renomination to Phil Griego. Republicans District 21: Tom C. Wray lost renomination to William Davis. In general Democrats District 10: Janice D. Paster lost re-election to Ramsay Gorham. District 18: Ann J. Riley lost re-election to Mark Boitano. Republicans District 9: Virgil O. Rhodes lost re-election to Pauline Eisenstadt. Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: blue District 38, 0.10% red District 41, 2.82% (gain) blue District 36, 3.00% blue District 9, 3.02% (gain) red District 10, 5.08% (gain) blue District 29, 6.60% red District 15, 6.82% Results District 1 District 1 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Raymond Kysar (incumbent) 11,126 100.0% 11,126 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 2 District 2 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) R. L. Stockard 7,157 55.91% Democratic Party (United States) Darla Whitney-Welles 5,644 44.09% 12,801 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 3 District 3 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) John Pinto (incumbent) 7,981 79.31% Republican Party (United States) Gregory R. Begay 2,082 20.69% 10,063 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 4 District 4 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Gloria Howes (incumbent) 6,355 100.0% 6,355 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 5 District 5 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Arthur Rodarte 8,581 67.17% Republican Party (United States) Howard L. Bancroft III 3,548 27.78% Scattering 645 5.05% 12,774 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 6 District 6 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Carlos Cisneros (incumbent) 10,677 81.99% Independent (United States) Daniel J. Pearlman 2,345 18.01% 13,022 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 7 District 7 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Patrick H. Lyons (incumbent) 8,984 59.81% Democratic Party (United States) Warren F. Frost 6,036 40.19% 15,020 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 8 District 8 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Pete Campos (incumbent) 11,455 100.0% 11,455 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 9 District 9 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Pauline Eisenstadt 9,152 51.51% Republican Party (United States) Virgil O. Rhodes (incumbent) 8,616 48.49% 17,768 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 10 District 10 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Ramsay Gorham 7,692 52.54% Democratic Party (United States) Janice D. Paster (incumbent) 6,948 47.46% 14,640 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 11 District 11 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Linda M. Lopez 6,467 100.0% 6,467 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 12 District 12 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Richard M. Romero (incumbent) 7,845 100.0% 7,845 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 13 District 13 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Dede Feldman 7,897 69.25% Republican Party (United States) Bill Turner 3,507 30.75% 11,404 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 14 District 14 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Manny Aragon (incumbent) 5,341 100.0% 5,341 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 15 District 15 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Skip Vernon (incumbent) 8,151 53.41% Democratic Party (United States) Karen A. Durkovich 7,111 46.59% 15,262 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 16 District 16 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Cisco McSorley 8,602 63.70% Republican Party (United States) Daniel R. Armstrong 4,901 36.30% 13,503 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 17 District 17 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Shannon Robinson (incumbent) 4,633 55.66% Republican Party (United States) Daniel Lopez 3,690 44.34% 8,323 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 18 District 18 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Mark Boitano 8,174 56.05% Democratic Party (United States) Ann J. Riley (incumbent) 6,408 43.95% 14,582 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 19 District 19 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Sue Wilson Beffort 10,010 67.15% Democratic Party (United States) Joshua R. Simms 4,896 32.85% 14,906 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 20 District 20 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) William Payne 10,060 65.28% Democratic Party (United States) Todd M. Aakhus 5,350 34.72% 15,410 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 21 District 21 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) William Davis 10,781 56.40% Democratic Party (United States) Anita Miller 8,335 43.60% 19,116 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 22 District 22 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Leonard Tsosie (incumbent) 8,219 100.0% 8,219 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 23 District 23 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Joseph Carraro (incumbent) 9,295 61.70% Democratic Party (United States) A. Mickey Soto 5,769 38.30% 15,064 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 24 District 24 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Nancy Rodriguez 10,015 100.0% 10,015 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 25 District 25 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Roman Maes (incumbent) 13,332 69.05% Republican Party (United States) Jack M. Stamm 5,977 30.95% 19,309 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 26 District 26 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Phillip Maloof (incumbent) 7,669 63.99% Republican Party (United States) Jerry T. Daniele 4,316 36.01% 11,985 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 27 District 27 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Stuart Ingle (incumbent) 5,579 60.54% Democratic Party (United States) Travis D. Foster 3,637 39.46% 9,216 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 28 District 28 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Ben D. Altamirano (incumbent) 10,994 100.0% 10,994 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 29 District 29 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Michael S. Sanchez (incumbent) 7,702 53.30% Republican Party (United States) Irene J. Lee 6,747 46.70% 14,449 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 30 District 30 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph Fidel (incumbent) 7,929 62.70% Republican Party (United States) Michael W. Zmuda 4,716 37.30% 12,645 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 31 District 31 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Cynthia Nava (incumbent) 4,965 58.79% Republican Party (United States) Samuel Reyes 3,480 41.21% 8,445 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 32 District 32 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Timothy Jennings (incumbent) 5,380 62.48% Republican Party (United States) James P. Bignell 3,231 37.52% 8,611 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 33 District 33 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Rod Adair 10,623 100.0% 10,623 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 34 District 34 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Don Kidd (incumbent) 10,565 100.0% 10,565 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 35 District 35 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) John Arthur Smith (incumbent) 7,370 55.37% Republican Party (United States) Nancy C. Stovall 5,940 44.63% 13,310 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 36 District 36 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Mary Jane Garcia (incumbent) 6,026 51.50% Republican Party (United States) Thomas F. Bulger 5,674 48.50% 11,700 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 37 District 37 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Leonard Lee Rawson (incumbent) 7,888 63.01% Democratic Party (United States) Roger Flemming 4,631 36.99% 12,519 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 38 District 38 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Fernando Macias (incumbent) 5,297 50.05% Republican Party (United States) Marendra N. Gunaji 5,286 49.95% 10,583 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 39 District 39 election, 1996 Democratic Party (United States) Phil Griego 8,393 57.47% Republican Party (United States) Simon Bickley 6,210 42.53% 14,603 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) District 40 District 40 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Dianna Duran (incumbent) 10,661 100.0% 10,661 100.0% Republican Party (United States) District 41 District 41 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Carroll Leavell 4,399 51.41% Democratic Party (United States) Pat Darcy 4,158 48.59% 8,557 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 42 District 42 election, 1996 Republican Party (United States) Billy McKibben (incumbent) 9,325 100.0% 9,325 100.0% Republican Party (United States) References Category:1996 New Mexico elections Category:New Mexico Senate elections Category:November 1996 in the United States