- Lead
- 7,179
- Total
- 28,518
- vs nation
- D+26.6
New Mexico 10th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,082
- Total
- 28,990
- vs nation
- D+23.4
- Lead
- 5,452
- Total
- 24,681
- vs nation
- D+20.0
- Lead
- 5,159
- Total
- 24,348
- vs nation
- D+17.3
- Lead
- 6,769
- Total
- 25,796
- vs nation
- D+19.0
- Lead
- 2,126
- Total
- 23,021
- vs nation
- D+11.7
- Lead
- 1,250
- Total
- 18,249
- vs nation
- D+6.3
- Lead
- 1,579
- Total
- 16,274
- vs nation
- D+1.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+25.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 48,8402024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,726 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $89,1632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 48.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40.4 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25.1 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 15, NM · twin score 92.1
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 10th 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
69.9%
1,428 votes · D+40.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 62.9%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
62.6%
3,575 votes · R+25.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 58.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,222votes
62.9% of the vote · D+27.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 17,496 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
10,325votes
44.9% of the vote · D+9.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 10,317 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
James M. Cox1920
+27.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+1.1 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +26.6 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+9.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.1 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · +9.4 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 | 61.0%13,292 | 39.0%8,499 | 21,791 |
Anchored in the Albuquerque metro, this district of roughly 49,000 residents has posted consistent double-digit Democratic presidential margins, reflecting the urban and suburban composition that shapes its electoral pattern.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 25.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.2 points.
A population of 48,840, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,163 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 15 and State Senate District 9.
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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