Zamora cruises to re-election in District 63

Clovis farmer and rancher Martin Zamora earned a second term in New Mexico's House of Representatives on Tuesday night. Zamora defeated challenger Randal Brown handily in the 63rd District with 59 percent of the vote.

Zamora received 4,651 votes to 3,262 for Brown, a Santa Rosa doctor.

In other contested New Mexico races, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office:

-- Assistant House Speaker Ben Ray Lujan won his Senate bid by 48,000 votes over Republican Mark Ronchetti.

-- In the race for the U.S. House of Representatives Third District seat, Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez defeated Republican Alexis Johnson by 49,000 votes.

-- Republican Yvette Herrell won her Second District rematch against Democratic incumbent Xochitl Torres Small by 20,000 votes.

-- Democrat Deb Haaland was re-elected in the First District. She defeated Republican Michelle Holmes Garcia by 51,000 votes.

-- The “for” option won on both constitutional amendment questions and all three general obligation bonds. An amendment to reform the Public Regulation Commission into a three-member board appointed by the governor had 55% of the vote.

Constitutional Amendment 2, which would align or stagger terms to create a system where odd-numbered districts for elected boards appeared on presidential election ballots and even-numbered districts appeared on the gubernatorial election ballot, had 64% approval.

The three bonds — A to benefit senior facilities, B to benefit libraries and C to benefit higher education — all passed by 2-to-1 margins. The bonds total $199.2 million and equate to $10.99 per $100,000 of property value in taxes.

Statewide, 67 percent of registered voters participated in the election.