- Lead
- 6,559
- Total
- 19,007
- vs nation
- R+33.0
New Mexico 1st State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,904
- Total
- 18,483
- vs nation
- R+36.4
- Lead
- 6,576
- Total
- 16,387
- vs nation
- R+42.2
- Lead
- 5,945
- Total
- 16,493
- vs nation
- R+39.9
- Lead
- 4,865
- Total
- 16,415
- vs nation
- R+36.9
- Lead
- 6,571
- Total
- 16,112
- vs nation
- R+38.3
- Lead
- 4,427
- Total
- 12,251
- vs nation
- R+36.7
- Lead
- 2,825
- Total
- 11,470
- vs nation
- R+33.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 47,0682024 5-year
- Population density
- 284 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 166 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,4522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 36.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 2, NM · twin score 93.0
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 1st State Senate 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
56.3%
223 votes · D+16.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 54.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
71.3%
2,047 votes · R+42.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 71.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,058votes
32.8% of the vote · R+31.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,023 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,582votes
66.2% of the vote · R+34.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,962 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
+18.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+6.5 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +15.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+42.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.1 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +39.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in the rural communities and pueblos of northern New Mexico, this district has delivered Democratic presidential margins above 20 points in recent cycles, reflecting the region's deep Hispanic-majority roots and longstanding Democratic alignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 46.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.5 points.
A population of 47,068, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,452 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 2 and State Senate District 12.
The state-senate 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 1st State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35001/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.