From statehood in 1912 to 1969,

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did not use congressional districts for its representatives to the

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. Instead, it elected its representatives statewide

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List of members representing the district

Elections

Republicans held onto the seat in 1920 by nominating Néstor Montoya, the county clerk of

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and former Speaker of the

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. Montoya won with a combination of Hispanic voters and coat-tails from the election of President

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. Republicans did not renominate him in 1922, choosing instead suffragist

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, the niece of former territorial

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, Miguel Otero, and the first woman to run for statewide office in New Mexico. Otero-Warren was defeated by Democrat John Morrow, an educator and lawyer from northeast New Mexico. Morrow would win consecutive re-elections in 1924 and 1926, but lost re-election in 1928 to

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, an

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businessman, on the coat-tails of the election of President

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References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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