New Mexico's 3rd congressional district special election, 1997
A special election was held in the historically Democratic New Mexico's 3rd congressional district after the resignation of Bill Richardson, who became the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Bill Redmond won the May 13 election and became the only Republican to ever represent this district.
Elections in New Mexico |
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Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Bill Redmond | 43,559 | 42.75 | |||
Democratic | Eric P. Serna | 40,542 | 39.79 | |||
Green | Carol Miller | 17,101 | 16.78 | |||
Libertarian | Ed Nagel | 393 | 0.39 | |||
Reform | Daniel Pearlman | 304 | 0.30 | |||
Total votes | 101,899 | 100% | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
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