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New Mexico 1st State House District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1912–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1912 → 2024

2024

Boundary 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

German13.7%8.7%12.5%

English12.0%8.5%9.5%

Irish9.5%6.9%9.4%

Scottish3.3%1.7%1.3%

American3.3%3.9%5.3%

French2.6%1.4%1.6%

Italian1.9%2.4%4.8%

Norwegian1.4%——

Mexican11.4%32.4%11.3%

Spanish3.3%4.2%—

Spaniard1.5%3.6%—

Cuban0.3%0.3%0.7%

Navajo22.6%5.8%—

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 HD 1	New Mexico	United States
Median age	39	39.7	39.1
Age 18–24	8.5%	9.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.0%	19.2%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	NM HD 1	New Mexico	United States
Median household income	$75,451	$64,059	$84,427
Poverty rate	13.2%	17.9%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	18.3%	30.6%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	NM HD 1	New Mexico	United States
Owner-occupied homes	74.8%	70.0%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	25.2%	30.0%	34.8%
Median home value	$256,400	$248,100	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$1,100	$1,067	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	33.7%	50.2%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	7.8%	12.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	NM HD 1	New Mexico	United States
Mean commute	21.3 min	23.5 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	5.8%	6.8%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	84.4%	73.6%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.0%	0.6%	3.2%
Works from home	6.7%	12.2%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	NM HD 1	New Mexico	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	27.9%	31.4%	22.3%
Spanish	8.7%	24.5%	13.6%
Other languages	18.2%	4.5%	0.8%

Religious landscape

Measure	NM HD 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 HD 1	New Mexico	United States
Foreign-born residents	2.3%	9.4%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	1.1%	4.1%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	1.2%	5.3%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.8%	7.9%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.432	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).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic24.3%3,465TrumpRepublican74.0%10,561OtherAll other candidates1.7%249

R+49.7

Lead: 7,096
Total: 14,275
vs nation: R+48.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic23.1%3,240TrumpRepublican74.6%10,454OtherAll other candidates2.3%318

R+51.5

Lead: 7,214
Total: 14,012
vs nation: R+55.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic17.2%2,172TrumpRepublican73.2%9,264OtherAll other candidates9.7%1,223

R+56.0

Lead: 7,092
Total: 12,659
vs nation: R+58.1

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic21.3%2,712RomneyRepublican75.6%9,612OtherAll other candidates3.0%382

R+54.3

Lead: 6,900
Total: 12,706
vs nation: R+58.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic24.6%3,067McCainRepublican74.1%9,232OtherAll other candidates1.3%158

R+49.5

Lead: 6,165
Total: 12,457
vs nation: R+56.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic20.2%2,525BushRepublican78.5%9,824OtherAll other candidates1.3%165

R+58.3

Lead: 7,299
Total: 12,514
vs nation: R+55.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic21.6%2,032BushRepublican75.2%7,090OtherAll other candidates3.2%304

R+53.7

Lead: 5,058
Total: 9,426
vs nation: R+54.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic24.0%2,058DoleRepublican67.3%5,766OtherAll other candidates8.7%744

R+43.3

Lead: 3,708
Total: 8,568
vs nation: R+51.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+49.7MIT Election Lab
Population: 28,1622024 5-year
Population density: 79 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 355 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $75,4512024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 55.5%2024 5-year
Black: 0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 21.9%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin: R+62.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Most similar: State House District 3, NM · twin score 97.4

presidential history

Party record book

New Mexico 1st State House 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. Roosevelt1932

42.8%

305 votes · R+7.0 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 38.3%

Republican

Dwight D. Eisenhower1952

80.3%

1,320 votes · R+60.6 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 79.4%

Most votes

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

Democratic

Kamala Harris2024

3,465votes

24.3% of the vote · R+49.7 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 3,240 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2024

10,561votes

74.0% of the vote · R+49.7 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,454 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

John W. Davis1924

−9.6pts D vs U.S.

Place R+34.8 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · −17.2 pts

Republican

Mitt Romney2012

+58.2pts R vs U.S.

Place R+54.3 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +58.1 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RRod MontoyaState House · 1

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

U.S. House elections · 1 House

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

U.S. House

Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	33.5%3,994	66.5%7,926	11,920

New Mexico 1st State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 62.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.7 points.

A population of 28,162, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,451 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 3 and State House District 2.

Political twins — state-house districts

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

State House District 3

2008–2020 trajectory

State House District 2

2008–2024 trajectory

State House District 119

2008–2020 trajectory≠ American ancestry

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.

District research tools

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Frequently asked questions

How did New Mexico 1st State House District vote in 2024?

In 2024, New Mexico 1st State House District voted Republican by 49.7 points (R+49.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,275 votes cast, 3,465 went Democratic and 10,561 went Republican.

How many people live in New Mexico 1st State House District?

New Mexico 1st State House District has a population of 28,162 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 State House District?

Median household income in New Mexico 1st State House District is $75,451 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.

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

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in New Mexico 1st State House District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.