- Lead
- 6,751
- Total
- 14,511
- vs nation
- D+48.0
New Mexico 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,054
- Total
- 15,034
- vs nation
- D+49.1
- Lead
- 6,878
- Total
- 13,408
- vs nation
- D+49.2
- Lead
- 8,033
- Total
- 13,520
- vs nation
- D+55.6
- Lead
- 9,500
- Total
- 14,857
- vs nation
- D+56.7
- Lead
- 6,292
- Total
- 13,089
- vs nation
- D+50.5
- Lead
- 3,681
- Total
- 9,563
- vs nation
- D+38.0
- Lead
- 3,893
- Total
- 8,805
- vs nation
- D+35.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+46.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,5612024 5-year
- Population density
- 21 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,472 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $59,1332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 52.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.9 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30.6 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 46, NM · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 42nd 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
Barack Obama2008
81.4%
12,089 votes · D+63.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 77.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
65.2%
2,267 votes · R+30.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 59.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
12,089votes
81.4% of the vote · D+63.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 11,398 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
3,759votes
45.0% of the vote · D+8.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 3,683 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
Barack Obama2008
+56.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+63.9 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +55.6 pts
Republican
Alf Landon1936
+24.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+0.3 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +21.0 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 | 79.8%11,415 | 20.2%2,897 | 14,312 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+46.5 in a district of roughly 30,000 residents, this Albuquerque-area seat ranks among the most reliably Democratic in the state legislature, leaving little competitive tension in most election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.9 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 30.6 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.5 points.
A population of 30,561, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,133 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 46 and State House District 48.
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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