- Lead
- 4,766
- Total
- 25,715
- vs nation
- D+20.0
New Mexico 20th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,692
- Total
- 27,069
- vs nation
- D+12.9
- Lead
- 1,554
- Total
- 23,832
- vs nation
- D+4.4
- Lead
- 981
- Total
- 23,413
- vs nation
- D+0.3
- Lead
- 2,088
- Total
- 24,389
- vs nation
- D+1.3
- Lead
- 1,927
- Total
- 22,374
- vs nation
- R+6.2
- Lead
- 1,820
- Total
- 17,944
- vs nation
- R+10.7
- Lead
- 1,037
- Total
- 15,989
- vs nation
- R+15.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 50,8472024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,718 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 29.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $70,4342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 34.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20.5 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.0 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 18, NM · twin score 99.2
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 20th 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
59.6%
1,170 votes · D+20.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 58.0%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
70.5%
4,201 votes · R+41.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 65.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,504votes
57.3% of the vote · D+17.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,903 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
11,936votes
53.3% of the vote · R+8.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 10,923 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
Kamala Harris2024
+20.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+18.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +12.9 pts
Republican
Charles E. Hughes1916
+29.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.6 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +25.6 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%13,838 | 39.0%8,849 | 22,687 |
Centered in Albuquerque's core, this district has posted double-digit Democratic margins in recent cycles, reflecting the city's concentration of college-educated voters and a diverse, majority-minority population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 41.0 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.5 points.
A population of 50,847, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,434 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 18 and State Senate District 15.
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 20th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.