1968 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico

The 1968 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on November 5, 1968, to elect the state's two representatives.

This was the first election in which New Mexico elected their members using single-member districts instead of at-large districts. This was because of the Uniform Congressional District Act, which dictates that members of the United States House of Representatives must be elected from geographical districts and that these must be single-member districts. This was also the first election since 1928 in which Republicans won a congressional district in New Mexico.

This election saw the election of former US Representative from Texas Ed Foreman to the 2nd district. As a result, Foreman is the most historically recent member of Congress to have represented more than one state during their career.

Overview United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 1968PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/– Republican 160,374 51.76% 2 +1 Democratic 147,975 47.76% 0 — Others 1,487 0.48% 0 — Totals 309,836 100.00% 2 —

District 1

District 2

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