- Lead
- 1,941
- Total
- 19,025
- vs nation
- R+8.7
New Mexico 22nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,832
- Total
- 18,995
- vs nation
- R+14.1
- Lead
- 2,156
- Total
- 16,445
- vs nation
- R+15.2
- Lead
- 2,087
- Total
- 16,292
- vs nation
- R+16.7
- Lead
- 1,234
- Total
- 17,285
- vs nation
- R+14.4
- Lead
- 3,869
- Total
- 16,327
- vs nation
- R+21.2
- Lead
- 3,057
- Total
- 12,823
- vs nation
- R+24.4
- Lead
- 1,800
- Total
- 11,468
- vs nation
- R+24.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+10.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,8202024 5-year
- Population density
- 17 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,862 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $88,4582024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 29.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+11.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 44, NM · twin score 85.9
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 22nd 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
55.4%
2,170 votes · D+11.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 52.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
71.5%
5,956 votes · R+44.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 70.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,337votes
43.9% of the vote · R+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 8,300 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,241votes
53.8% of the vote · R+10.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,169 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
+7.6pts D vs U.S.
Place R+17.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +2.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
+33.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+33.9 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +31.1 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 | 51.6%7,135 | 48.4%6,688 | 13,823 |
| 2020 | D | 50.3%7,164 | 49.7%7,077 | 14,241 |
New Mexico House District 22 leans Republican in statewide contests, reflecting the rural and small-town demographics common to its region. Its roughly 31,000 residents make it a competitive target when statewide margins tighten.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.2 points.
A population of 30,820, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,458 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 44 and State House District 23.
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 22nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35022/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.