1920 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "1920 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2024)

1920 United States House election in New Mexico

← 1918 November 2, 1920 1922 →

Nominee Néstor Montoya Antonio Lucero Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 54,672 49,426 Percentage 51.88% 46.90%

County results Montoya:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Lucero:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Representative At-large before election Benigno C. Hernández Republican Elected Representative At-large Néstor Montoya Republican

The 1920 United States House of Representatives election in New Mexico was held on November 2, 1920, to elect the state's at-large representative. Incumbent Republican Benigno C. Hernández chose not to run for re-election to a third term.

This was the first time republicans won this district in back to back elections. Montoya under performed Warren G. Harding's performance in the concurrent presidential election by about 5 percentage points.