United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1984

United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1984

November 6, 1984

Nominee Pete Domenici Judith Pratt Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 361,371 141,253 Percentage 71.9% 28.1%

County results

U.S. Senator before election Pete Dominici Republican Elected U.S. Senator Pete Dominici Republican

The 1984 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici successfully ran for re-election to a third term, defeating Democrat Judith Pratt.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Pete Domenici, incumbent U.S. Senator

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Judith Pratt
• Nick Franklin
• Anselmo A. Chavez

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judith Pratt	67,722	45.50
	Democratic	Nick Franklin	56,434	37.91
	Democratic	Anselmo A. Chavez	24,694	16.59
Majority			11,288	7.58%
Total votes			148,850	100.00

General election

Results

General election results[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Domenici (inc.)	361,371	71.90
	Democratic	Judith Pratt	141,253	28.10
	N/A	Others	10	0.00
Majority			220,118	43.79%
Total votes			502,634	100.00
	Republican hold

References

1. "NM US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "NM US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
3. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984" (PDF). Office of the U.S. House Clerk. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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