- Lead
- 699
- Total
- 15,231
- vs nation
- D+6.1
New Mexico 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,620
- Total
- 15,068
- vs nation
- D+6.3
- Lead
- 27
- Total
- 11,806
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 358
- Total
- 11,690
- vs nation
- R+6.9
- Lead
- 157
- Total
- 12,207
- vs nation
- R+6.0
- Lead
- 1,813
- Total
- 11,341
- vs nation
- R+13.5
- Lead
- 1,572
- Total
- 9,052
- vs nation
- R+17.9
- Lead
- 1,064
- Total
- 8,016
- vs nation
- R+21.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+4.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,8802024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,549 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,2702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 48.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.1 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 57, NM · twin score 93.0
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 68th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
58.2%
553 votes · D+16.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 54.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
73.5%
2,279 votes · R+47.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 69.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,160votes
54.2% of the vote · D+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,792 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
7,093votes
46.6% of the vote · D+4.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,540 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
Joe Biden2020
+6.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+10.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +6.1 pts
Republican
Charles E. Hughes1916
+33.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.1 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · +32.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico House District 68 sits within the Albuquerque metro and has trended toward single-digit presidential margins, making it one of the more closely contested legislative districts in a state that has leaned Democratic in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 47.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.6 points.
A population of 30,880, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,270 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 57 and State House District 17.
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 68th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35068/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.