- Lead
- 2,753
- Total
- 17,450
- vs nation
- D+17.2
New Mexico 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,482
- Total
- 18,301
- vs nation
- D+9.1
- Lead
- 370
- Total
- 16,504
- vs nation
- D+0.2
- Lead
- 87
- Total
- 16,322
- vs nation
- R+4.4
- Lead
- 608
- Total
- 17,036
- vs nation
- R+3.7
- Lead
- 2,139
- Total
- 15,761
- vs nation
- R+11.1
- Lead
- 1,899
- Total
- 12,631
- vs nation
- R+15.6
- Lead
- 1,240
- Total
- 11,199
- vs nation
- R+19.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 31,0142024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,771 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 6.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $88,6412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 28.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.9 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 27, NM · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 28th 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
57.8%
779 votes · D+16.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56.6%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
72.4%
3,100 votes · R+44.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 68.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
10,146votes
55.4% of the vote · D+13.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,885 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
8,819votes
56.0% of the vote · R+13.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 8,068 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
+17.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +9.1 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
+30.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.8 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +29.7 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%8,441 | 39.0%5,397 | 13,838 |
| 2020 | D | 59.0%8,443 | 41.0%5,869 | 14,312 |
Anchored in the Albuquerque metro, this district has posted presidential margins exceeding 30 points in recent cycles, reflecting a dense, urban electorate that consistently tilts heavily toward Democratic candidates at every level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 44.9 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.8 points.
A population of 31,014, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $88,641 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 27 and State House District 20.
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 28th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35028/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.