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New Mexico 1st Congressional District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1912–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1912 → 2024

2024

District by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German14.6%8.7%12.5%

English14.3%8.5%9.5%

Irish11.6%6.9%9.4%

American6.4%3.9%5.3%

Italian4.6%2.4%4.8%

Scottish2.7%1.7%1.3%

French2.4%1.4%1.6%

Polish1.7%0.8%2.2%

Mexican25.9%32.4%11.3%

Spanish3.8%4.2%—

Spaniard3.2%3.6%—

Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%

Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%

Dominican0.2%0.2%0.7%

Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%

Colombian0.2%—0.4%

Navajo7.7%5.8%—

Aztec0.7%——

Filipino0.6%0.4%0.9%

Chinese0.5%0.2%1.3%

Vietnamese0.5%0.2%0.6%

Asian Indian0.4%0.2%1.4%

African American†2.1%1.3%9.9%

African0.2%0.2%0.5%

Nigerian0.2%—0.2%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	NM-1	New Mexico	United States
Median age	41.3	39.7	39.1
Age 18–24	8.7%	9.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	19.3%	19.2%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	NM-1	New Mexico	United States
Median household income	$71,236	$64,059	$84,427
Poverty rate	13.5%	17.9%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	34.6%	30.6%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	NM-1	New Mexico	United States
Owner-occupied homes	68.0%	70.0%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	32.0%	30.0%	34.8%
Median home value	—	$248,100	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	—	$1,067	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	51.5%	50.2%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	10.9%	12.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	NM-1	New Mexico	United States
Mean commute	23.6 min	23.5 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	5.9%	6.8%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	72.0%	73.6%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.6%	0.6%	3.2%
Works from home	13.9%	12.2%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	NM-1	New Mexico	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	26.7%	31.4%	22.3%
Spanish	21.7%	24.5%	13.6%
Other languages	1.9%	4.5%	0.8%

Religious landscape

Measure	NM-1	New Mexico	United States
Catholic	—	29.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	12.9%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	47.5%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	NM-1	New Mexico	United States
Foreign-born residents	9.7%	9.4%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	4.5%	4.1%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	5.2%	5.3%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	8.3%	7.9%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	—	0.477	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083) · District housing, commuting and origins figures are constituent-county values weighted by each county’s share of the district — the Census publishes these at 119th-Congress lines and Akashic maps districts on the 2026 (cd:120) lines.

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic55.1%194,856TrumpRepublican42.4%150,030OtherAll other candidates2.5%8,798

D+12.7

Lead: 44,826
Total: 353,684
vs nation: D+14.1

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic56.0%201,156TrumpRepublican41.6%149,216OtherAll other candidates2.4%8,751

D+14.5

Lead: 51,940
Total: 359,123
vs nation: D+10.0

exact aggregate

ClintonDemocratic47.4%146,889TrumpRepublican39.4%122,248OtherAll other candidates13.2%40,800

D+8.0

Lead: 24,641
Total: 309,937
vs nation: D+5.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic51.6%155,385RomneyRepublican43.3%130,200OtherAll other candidates5.1%15,338

D+8.4

Lead: 25,185
Total: 300,923
vs nation: D+4.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic56.1%178,624McCainRepublican42.5%135,125OtherAll other candidates1.4%4,485

D+13.7

Lead: 43,499
Total: 318,234
vs nation: D+6.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic47.8%134,582BushRepublican50.9%143,354OtherAll other candidates1.3%3,582

R+3.1

Lead: 8,772
Total: 281,518
vs nation: R+0.7

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic45.8%101,053BushRepublican49.4%109,172OtherAll other candidates4.8%10,602

R+3.7

Lead: 8,119
Total: 220,827
vs nation: R+4.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic46.3%90,981DoleRepublican44.7%87,781OtherAll other candidates9.0%17,777

D+1.6

Lead: 3,200
Total: 196,539
vs nation: R+6.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+12.7MIT Election Lab
Population: 705,7842024 5-year
Population density: 40 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 17,570 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $71,2362024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 45.5%2024 5-year
Black: 2.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 40.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+18.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+29.9 in 1956MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Congressional District 3, NM · twin score 77.0

presidential history

Party record book

New Mexico 1st Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1936

59.1%

23,217 votes · D+18.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 56.1%

Republican

Dwight D. Eisenhower1956

65.0%

46,892 votes · R+29.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 62.7%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Joe Biden2020

201,156votes

56.0% of the vote · D+14.5

Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 194,856 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2024

150,030votes

42.4% of the vote · D+12.7 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 149,216 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

Kamala Harris2024

+14.1pts D vs U.S.

Place D+12.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +11.0 pts

Republican

William H. Taft1912

+26.9pts R vs U.S.

Place R+7.4 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · +16.4 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

DMelanie StansburyU.S. House · NM-01-0.44

DMartin HeinrichU.S. Senate-0.33

DBen LujánU.S. Senate-0.38

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

U.S. House elections · 25 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	1	D	56.4%193,203	43.6%149,546	342,749
2022	1	D	55.7%156,462	44.2%124,151	280,671
2020	1	D	58.2%186,953	41.8%134,337	321,290
2018	1	D	59.1%147,336	36.3%90,507	249,162
2016	1	D	65.1%181,088	34.9%96,879	277,967
2014	1	D	58.6%105,474	41.4%74,558	180,032
2012	1	D	59.1%162,924	40.8%112,473	275,856
2010	1	D	51.8%112,010	48.2%104,215	216,225
2008	1	D	55.7%166,271	44.3%132,485	298,756
2006	1	R	49.8%105,125	50.2%105,986	211,111
2004	1	R	45.5%123,339	54.4%147,372	270,905
2002	1	R	44.7%77,234	55.3%95,711	172,945
2000	1	R	43.3%92,187	50.3%107,296	213,139
1998	1	R	41.9%75,040	48.4%86,784	179,168
1996	1	R	37.1%71,635	56.6%109,290	193,078
1994	1	R	26.1%42,316	73.9%119,996	162,312
1992	1	R	37.3%76,600	62.6%128,426	205,214
1990	1	R	29.8%41,306	70.2%97,375	138,681
1988	1	R	47.3%84,138	50.6%89,985	177,962
1986	1	R	29.1%37,138	70.9%90,476	127,632
1984	1	R	34.0%60,598	64.9%115,808	178,342
1982	1	R	47.6%67,534	52.4%74,459	141,993
1980	1	R	49.0%120,903	51.0%125,910	246,813
1978	1	R	37.5%70,761	62.5%118,075	188,836
1976	1	R	27.4%61,800	72.1%162,587	225,546

New Mexico 1st Congressional District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 29.9 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.7 points.

A population of 705,784, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,236 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 3 and Congressional District 2.

Political twins — districts

The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Congressional District 3

New Mexico

77.0twin score

population scale% Latino% Catholic≠ 12-yr trend

Congressional District 2

New Mexico

58.7twin score

population scale% Catholic% Black≠ 12-yr trend

Congressional District 24

California

57.3twin score

12-yr trend% Latino% Catholic≠ population scale

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New Mexico 1st Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, New Mexico 1st Congressional District voted Democratic by 12.7 points (D+12.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 353,684 votes cast, 194,856 went Democratic and 150,030 went Republican.

When did New Mexico 1st Congressional District last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which New Mexico 1st Congressional District voted Republican was 2004.

How many people live in New Mexico 1st Congressional District?

New Mexico 1st Congressional District has a population of 705,784 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in New Mexico 1st Congressional District?

Median household income in New Mexico 1st Congressional District is $71,236 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.

What is the political history of New Mexico 1st Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Mexico 1st Congressional District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.

Measure

NM-1

New Mexico

United States

Median age

41.3

39.7

39.1

Age 18–24

8.7%

9.4%

9.2%

Age 65 and older

19.3%

19.2%

17.2%

Measure

NM-1

New Mexico

United States

Median household income

$71,236

$64,059

$84,427

Poverty rate

13.5%

17.9%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

34.6%

30.6%

35.6%

Measure

NM-1

New Mexico

United States

Owner-occupied homes

68.0%

70.0%

65.2%

Renter-occupied homes

32.0%

30.0%

34.8%

Median home value

—

$248,100

$332,700

Median gross rent (monthly)

—

$1,067

$1,413

Renters paying 30%+ of income

51.5%

50.2%

51.1%

Vacant housing units

10.9%

12.5%

10.1%

Measure

NM-1

New Mexico

United States

Mean commute

23.6 min

23.5 min

26.4 min

Commutes 60 minutes or more

5.9%

6.8%

8.6%

Drives alone to work

72.0%

73.6%

68.8%

Takes public transit

0.6%

3.2%

Works from home

13.9%

12.2%

15.1%

Measure

NM-1

New Mexico

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

26.7%

31.4%

22.3%

Spanish

21.7%

24.5%

13.6%

Other languages

1.9%

4.5%

0.8%

Measure

NM-1

New Mexico

United States

Catholic

—

29.9%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

—

12.9%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

—

47.5%

51.5%

Measure

NM-1

New Mexico

United States

Foreign-born residents

9.7%

9.4%

14.1%

Naturalized citizens

4.5%

4.1%

7.4%

Not U.S. citizens

5.2%

5.3%

6.8%

Veterans (18+)

8.3%

7.9%

6.2%

Income inequality (Gini)

—

0.477

0.483

Key facts

2024 presidential margin

D+12.7MIT Election Lab

Population

705,7842024 5-year

Population density

40 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line

Land area

17,570 sq miTIGER/Line

Median household income

$71,2362024 5-year

White (non-Hispanic)

45.5%2024 5-year

Black

2.4%2024 5-year

Hispanic / Latino

40.9%2024 5-year

Peak Democratic margin

D+18.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab

Peak Republican margin

R+29.9 in 1956MIT Election Lab

Most similar

Congressional District 3, NM · twin score 77.0

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC BY 4.0.

Year

District

Won

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

56.4%193,203

43.6%149,546

342,749

2022

55.7%156,462

44.2%124,151

280,671

2020

58.2%186,953

41.8%134,337

321,290

2018

59.1%147,336

36.3%90,507

249,162

2016

65.1%181,088

34.9%96,879

277,967

2014

58.6%105,474

41.4%74,558

180,032

2012

59.1%162,924

40.8%112,473

275,856

2010

51.8%112,010

48.2%104,215

216,225

2008

55.7%166,271

44.3%132,485

298,756

2006

49.8%105,125

50.2%105,986

211,111

2004

45.5%123,339

54.4%147,372

270,905

2002

44.7%77,234

55.3%95,711

172,945

2000

43.3%92,187

50.3%107,296

213,139

1998

41.9%75,040

48.4%86,784

179,168

1996

37.1%71,635

56.6%109,290

193,078

1994

26.1%42,316

73.9%119,996

162,312

1992

37.3%76,600

62.6%128,426

205,214

1990

29.8%41,306

70.2%97,375

138,681

1988

47.3%84,138

50.6%89,985

177,962

1986

29.1%37,138

70.9%90,476

127,632

1984

34.0%60,598

64.9%115,808

178,342

1982

47.6%67,534

52.4%74,459

141,993

1980

49.0%120,903

51.0%125,910

246,813

1978

37.5%70,761

62.5%118,075

188,836

1976

27.4%61,800

72.1%162,587

225,546