United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1970

November 3, 1970



Nominee	Joseph Montoya	Anderson Carter
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	151,486	135,004
Percentage	52.3%	46.6%

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Joseph Montoya
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Democratic

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The 1970 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Montoya successfully ran for re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Anderson Carter.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Joseph Montoya, incumbent U.S. Senator
Richard B. Edwards

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya (inc.)	85,285	73.10
	Democratic	Richard B. Edwards	31,381	26.90
Majority			53,904	46.20%
Total votes			116,666	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Anderson Carter
David Cargo, Governor of New Mexico
Harold G. Thompson

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anderson Carter	32,122	57.76
	Republican	David Cargo	16,951	32.28
	Republican	Harold G. Thompson	5,544	9.97
Majority			14,171	25.48%
Total votes			55,617	100.00

General election

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Montoya (inc.)	151,486	52.26
	Republican	Anderson Carter	135,004	46.57
	People's Constitutional	William Higgs	3,382	1.17
Majority			16,482	5.69%
Total votes			289,872	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

↑ "NM US Senate - D Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "NM US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "NM US Senate". OurCampaigns. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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(1968 ←) 1970 United States elections (→ 1972)

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