page_title: 1928 United States Senate elections
section_title: New Mexico (Special)
hierarchical_section_title: 1928 United States Senate elections / New Mexico / New Mexico (Special)
caption_attribution_description: Octaviano Larrazolo, first hispanic U.S. Senator.
context_page_description: The United States Senate elections of 1928 were elections that coincided with the presidential election of Republican Herbert Hoover. The strong economy helped the Republicans to gain seven seats from the Democrats.
  Senate Majority leader, Republican Charles Curtis of Kansas, was not up for election this cycle, but he was elected U.S. Vice President. He resigned March 3, 1929, so his seat was vacant at the beginning of the next Congress until April 1, 1929, when a Republican was appointed to continue the term.
context_section_description: Larrazolo was not a candidate, however, for the next term.  After leaving office, Larrazolo died on April 7, 1930.
caption: Senator Octavio A. Larrazolo
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