- Lead
- 463
- Total
- 17,250
- vs nation
- R+1.2
New Mexico 23rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 720
- Total
- 16,949
- vs nation
- R+8.7
- Lead
- 1,471
- Total
- 13,941
- vs nation
- R+12.6
- Lead
- 1,124
- Total
- 12,180
- vs nation
- R+13.1
- Lead
- 296
- Total
- 13,060
- vs nation
- R+9.5
- Lead
- 1,813
- Total
- 10,120
- vs nation
- R+15.5
- Lead
- 1,175
- Total
- 7,197
- vs nation
- R+16.8
- Lead
- 390
- Total
- 5,962
- vs nation
- R+15.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+2.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,9242024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,874 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 16.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $92,7932024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 38.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.4 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 60, NM · twin score 84.0
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 23rd 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
67.0%
669 votes · D+34.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 56.9%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
68.1%
489 votes · R+36.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 66.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,217votes
47.6% of the vote · R+2.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 7,932 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,680votes
50.3% of the vote · R+2.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,652 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
+13.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+13.7 · U.S. D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · +12.1 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+33.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+13.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +32.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico 23rd State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 36.4 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.7 points.
A population of 30,924, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,793 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 60 and State House District 17.
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 23rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35023/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.