- Lead
- 1,995
- Total
- 12,075
- vs nation
- D+18.0
New Mexico 70th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,322
- Total
- 12,465
- vs nation
- D+22.2
- Lead
- 3,991
- Total
- 11,449
- vs nation
- D+32.8
- Lead
- 5,699
- Total
- 12,301
- vs nation
- D+42.5
- Lead
- 6,973
- Total
- 13,655
- vs nation
- D+43.8
- Lead
- 4,463
- Total
- 12,786
- vs nation
- D+37.4
- Lead
- 3,656
- Total
- 9,662
- vs nation
- D+37.3
- Lead
- 4,625
- Total
- 10,038
- vs nation
- D+37.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+16.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,3782024 5-year
- Population density
- 5.8 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 5,108 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $49,5302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 24.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 70.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51.1 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23.1 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 41, NM · twin score 97.8
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 70th 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
74.9%
10,230 votes · D+51.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 71.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
61.0%
555 votes · R+23.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 58.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
10,230votes
74.9% of the vote · D+51.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 8,742 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
5,091votes
53.6% of the vote · R+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · 5,060 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
+43.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+51.1 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +42.5 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+31.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+11.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +16.2 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 | 66.3%8,010 | 33.7%4,069 | 12,079 |
New Mexico House District 70 has delivered double-digit Democratic margins in recent presidential cycles, reflecting the dense, diverse electorate typical of Albuquerque's inner neighborhoods and their relatively stable partisan alignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.1 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 23.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.5 points.
A population of 29,378, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,530 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 41 and State House District 40.
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 70th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/35070/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.