- Lead
- 6,819
- Total
- 10,447
- vs nation
- R+63.8
New Mexico 62nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,581
- Total
- 10,204
- vs nation
- R+69.0
- Lead
- 5,075
- Total
- 8,507
- vs nation
- R+61.7
- Lead
- 5,045
- Total
- 8,207
- vs nation
- R+65.3
- Lead
- 5,172
- Total
- 9,025
- vs nation
- R+64.6
- Lead
- 6,263
- Total
- 8,896
- vs nation
- R+67.9
- Lead
- 3,863
- Total
- 6,769
- vs nation
- R+57.6
- Lead
- 1,932
- Total
- 6,690
- vs nation
- R+37.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+65.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 31,0112024 5-year
- Population density
- 138 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 225 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,1882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 49.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70.4 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 54, NM · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 62nd 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. Roosevelt1936
77.7%
1,384 votes · D+56.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 74.6%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
84.7%
7,539 votes · R+70.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 82.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
3,237votes
46.8% of the vote · R+5.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 2,817 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,570votes
82.0% of the vote · R+65.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,306 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
+54.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+28.9 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +46.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+69.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+64.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +67.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 22.4%1,917 | 77.6%6,633 | 8,550 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+65.3, this rural district ranks among the most partisan in the state, reflecting the heavily Republican voting patterns common to sparsely populated stretches of eastern New Mexico near the Texas border.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 70.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.3 points.
A population of 31,011, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,188 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 54 and State House District 64.
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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