- Lead
- 2,921
- Total
- 18,586
- vs nation
- D+17.2
New Mexico 3rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,291
- Total
- 18,474
- vs nation
- D+24.2
- Lead
- 4,041
- Total
- 15,674
- vs nation
- D+23.7
- Lead
- 5,477
- Total
- 15,823
- vs nation
- D+30.8
- Lead
- 6,099
- Total
- 16,786
- vs nation
- D+29.1
- Lead
- 3,382
- Total
- 14,963
- vs nation
- D+25.1
- Lead
- 3,170
- Total
- 11,723
- vs nation
- D+26.5
- Lead
- 3,682
- Total
- 11,447
- vs nation
- D+23.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 47,2402024 5-year
- Population density
- 16 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,885 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $48,6452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+15.3 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 4, NM · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 3rd 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
69.8%
4,489 votes · D+41.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 67.5%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
57.3%
964 votes · R+15.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 54.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
11,651votes
63.1% of the vote · D+28.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 11,325 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
7,548votes
40.6% of the vote · D+15.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,360 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
Michael Dukakis1988
+33.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.8 · U.S. R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +30.8 pts
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
−0.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+9.2 · U.S. R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −1.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico 3rd State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 15.3 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.7 points.
A population of 47,240, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,645 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 4 and State Senate District 22.
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 3rd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35003/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.