- Lead
- 2,872
- Total
- 25,907
- vs nation
- D+12.6
New Mexico 23rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,046
- Total
- 24,751
- vs nation
- D+11.9
- Lead
- 1,551
- Total
- 19,714
- vs nation
- D+5.8
- Lead
- 1,048
- Total
- 19,507
- vs nation
- D+1.5
- Lead
- 2,052
- Total
- 20,450
- vs nation
- D+2.8
- Lead
- 1,368
- Total
- 18,721
- vs nation
- R+4.8
- Lead
- 1,351
- Total
- 14,906
- vs nation
- R+9.6
- Lead
- 708
- Total
- 13,255
- vs nation
- R+13.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 51,2882024 5-year
- Population density
- 352 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 146 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,9712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 52.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39.8 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 12, NM · twin score 91.0
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 23rd 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
62.0%
998 votes · D+24.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 57.1%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
69.9%
3,472 votes · R+39.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 66.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,132votes
57.1% of the vote · D+16.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,126 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
11,254votes
43.4% of the vote · D+11.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,086 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
+12.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+11.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +11.9 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
+25.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.7 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +24.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
New Mexico 23rd State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 39.8 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.1 points.
A population of 51,288, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,971 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 12 and State Senate District 10.
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 23rd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35023/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.