- Lead
- 3,144
- Total
- 6,466
- vs nation
- R+47.2
New Mexico 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,717
- Total
- 6,387
- vs nation
- R+47.0
- Lead
- 1,287
- Total
- 5,565
- vs nation
- R+25.2
- Lead
- 1,221
- Total
- 5,389
- vs nation
- R+26.5
- Lead
- 815
- Total
- 5,979
- vs nation
- R+20.9
- Lead
- 1,873
- Total
- 5,467
- vs nation
- R+31.8
- Lead
- 784
- Total
- 4,636
- vs nation
- R+17.4
- Lead
- 678
- Total
- 5,308
- vs nation
- D+4.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,7832024 5-year
- Population density
- 31 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 991 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,7282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 19.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 73.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91.9 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.6 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 66, NM · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 61st State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1920–2024 · 27 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
95.2%
1,131 votes · D+91.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · 94.8%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
73.5%
4,753 votes · R+48.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 70.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
4,347votes
70.2% of the vote · D+40.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 3,803 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
4,753votes
73.5% of the vote · R+48.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 4,504 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
+117.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+91.9 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +109.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+47.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +47.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in the oil-producing Permian Basin corridor near Lea and Eddy counties, this district's economy and voting patterns both track closely with the energy sector, producing some of New Mexico's widest Republican presidential margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.9 points in 1924 and a Republican high of 48.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.6 points.
A population of 30,783, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,728 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 66 and State House District 58.
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 61st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35061/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.