- Lead
- 4,547
- Total
- 15,971
- vs nation
- D+29.9
New Mexico 43rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,499
- Total
- 15,904
- vs nation
- D+23.8
- Lead
- 3,236
- Total
- 13,923
- vs nation
- D+21.2
- Lead
- 1,416
- Total
- 13,472
- vs nation
- D+6.7
- Lead
- 1,997
- Total
- 14,047
- vs nation
- D+6.9
- Lead
- 176
- Total
- 13,727
- vs nation
- D+3.7
- Lead
- 978
- Total
- 12,083
- vs nation
- R+8.6
- Lead
- 528
- Total
- 11,510
- vs nation
- R+13.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+28.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,5472024 5-year
- Population density
- 30 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 980 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $121,1902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 53.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 36.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+33.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35.9 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 20, NM · twin score 87.9
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 43rd 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
66.7%
4,137 votes · D+33.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 64.8%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
67.2%
7,401 votes · R+35.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 64.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
10,009votes
62.7% of the vote · D+28.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 9,936 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,401votes
67.2% of the vote · R+35.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 7,086 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
+29.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+28.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +23.8 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+32.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+12.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Gerald Ford, 1976 · +27.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico 43rd State House District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 33.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 35.9 points in 1984. The 2024 margin was 28.5 points.
A population of 29,547, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $121,190 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 20 and State House District 24.
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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