- Lead
- 2,469
- Total
- 15,295
- vs nation
- D+17.6
New Mexico 20th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,167
- Total
- 15,535
- vs nation
- D+9.5
- Lead
- 657
- Total
- 13,575
- vs nation
- D+2.7
- Lead
- 281
- Total
- 13,443
- vs nation
- R+1.8
- Lead
- 921
- Total
- 14,100
- vs nation
- R+0.7
- Lead
- 1,372
- Total
- 12,990
- vs nation
- R+8.1
- Lead
- 1,281
- Total
- 10,394
- vs nation
- R+12.8
- Lead
- 794
- Total
- 9,199
- vs nation
- R+17.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+16.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,8862024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,584 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 19.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $74,7922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 34.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20.2 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42.5 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 30, NM · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 20th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
59.5%
667 votes · D+20.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56.8%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
71.3%
2,488 votes · R+42.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 67.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,692votes
56.8% of the vote · D+16.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,657 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
7,081votes
54.5% of the vote · R+10.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,490 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
+17.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+16.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +9.5 pts
Republican
Charles E. Hughes1916
+31.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+28.2 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · +27.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 61.0%8,406 | 39.0%5,375 | 13,781 |
Anchored in the greater Albuquerque metro, this district has posted consistent double-digit Democratic presidential margins, reflecting the urban and suburban demographic patterns that define much of Bernalillo County's legislative map.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 42.5 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.1 points.
A population of 30,886, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,792 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 30 and State House District 27.
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 20th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.