- Lead
- 488
- Total
- 14,713
- vs nation
- D+4.8
New Mexico 39th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 802
- Total
- 14,934
- vs nation
- D+0.9
- Lead
- 763
- Total
- 13,303
- vs nation
- D+3.6
- Lead
- 1,542
- Total
- 13,430
- vs nation
- D+7.6
- Lead
- 2,567
- Total
- 14,285
- vs nation
- D+10.7
- Lead
- 747
- Total
- 13,919
- vs nation
- D+7.8
- Lead
- 474
- Total
- 11,688
- vs nation
- D+3.5
- Lead
- 1,738
- Total
- 11,337
- vs nation
- D+6.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+3.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,9632024 5-year
- Population density
- 5.9 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4,925 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $44,8472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 46.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+9.4 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 44, NM · twin score 82.6
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 39th 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
70.7%
5,417 votes · D+41.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 69.3%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
54.3%
2,301 votes · R+9.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 51.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
8,312votes
58.2% of the vote · D+18.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 7,720 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,939votes
47.2% of the vote · D+3.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,918 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
+32.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+7.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +26.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
−0.9pts R vs U.S.
Place D+5.4 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · −3.5 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 | 55.0%7,904 | 45.0%6,476 | 14,380 |
The 2024 presidential margin was D+3.3, one of the narrower results among New Mexico's state house districts, compared with D+18.0 in 2008. The district had about 28,400 residents, 62.4% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 9.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.3 points.
A population of 28,963, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,847 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 40.
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 39th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35039/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.