- Lead
- 7,314
- Total
- 17,580
- vs nation
- R+40.1
New Mexico 7th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,162
- Total
- 17,835
- vs nation
- R+44.6
- Lead
- 6,642
- Total
- 16,052
- vs nation
- R+43.5
- Lead
- 5,563
- Total
- 16,570
- vs nation
- R+37.4
- Lead
- 5,210
- Total
- 17,484
- vs nation
- R+37.1
- Lead
- 7,746
- Total
- 17,498
- vs nation
- R+41.8
- Lead
- 5,226
- Total
- 15,160
- vs nation
- R+35.0
- Lead
- 3,026
- Total
- 15,831
- vs nation
- R+27.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 51,8102024 5-year
- Population density
- 6.7 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7,709 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,5342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 45.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 44.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 27, NM · twin score 95.4
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 7th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
74.8%
9,787 votes · D+50.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 73.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.1%
11,085 votes · R+49.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 71.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
9,787votes
74.8% of the vote · D+50.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · 9,320 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
12,554votes
71.7% of the vote · R+44.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,309 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
+47.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+21.9 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +36.8 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+44.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +43.5 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 | R | 32.1%5,430 | 67.9%11,474 | 16,904 |
| 2020 | R | 29.1%5,062 | 70.9%12,346 | 17,408 |
Spanning high-desert and mountain terrain in north-central New Mexico, this district's electorate leans heavily toward Republican presidential candidates despite the state's overall Democratic tilt, suggesting a persistent rural-urban divide within the region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 49.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 51,810, a 45% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,534 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 27 and State Senate District 38.
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 7th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35007/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.