- Lead
- 1,519
- Total
- 10,790
- vs nation
- R+12.6
New Mexico 7th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 629
- Total
- 10,771
- vs nation
- R+10.3
- Lead
- 172
- Total
- 9,310
- vs nation
- R+3.9
- Lead
- 924
- Total
- 9,413
- vs nation
- D+6.0
- Lead
- 1,494
- Total
- 9,782
- vs nation
- D+8.0
- Lead
- 398
- Total
- 8,640
- vs nation
- R+2.1
- Lead
- 213
- Total
- 7,184
- vs nation
- D+2.4
- Lead
- 925
- Total
- 6,364
- vs nation
- D+6.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,8842024 5-year
- Population density
- 298 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 100 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,4822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 26.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 68.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 32, NM · twin score 96.6
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 7th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
69.0%
2,797 votes · D+38.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 62.1%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
77.7%
1,113 votes · R+55.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · 77.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
5,571votes
57.0% of the vote · D+15.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,944 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,051votes
56.1% of the vote · R+14.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,573 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 F. Kennedy1960
+24.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+24.2 · U.S. D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +16.3 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+81.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.5 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +58.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With roughly 30,000 residents spread across high-desert terrain in northern New Mexico, District 7 has backed Republican presidential candidates by double digits, diverging from the broader Democratic lean of the state's federal-level results.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 61.5 points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.1 points.
A population of 29,884, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,482 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 32 and State House District 8.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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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New Mexico 7th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35007/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.