- Lead
- 9,772
- Total
- 20,063
- vs nation
- R+47.2
New Mexico 27th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,643
- Total
- 20,139
- vs nation
- R+52.3
- Lead
- 8,575
- Total
- 18,048
- vs nation
- R+49.6
- Lead
- 8,043
- Total
- 18,003
- vs nation
- R+48.5
- Lead
- 7,472
- Total
- 19,728
- vs nation
- R+45.1
- Lead
- 9,855
- Total
- 20,150
- vs nation
- R+46.5
- Lead
- 6,757
- Total
- 16,443
- vs nation
- R+41.6
- Lead
- 4,418
- Total
- 16,695
- vs nation
- R+35.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 51,8552024 5-year
- Population density
- 5.6 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 9,271 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,8552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 43.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.2 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 42, NM · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 27th 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. Roosevelt1932
73.6%
5,677 votes · D+50.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 67.6%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
76.6%
14,636 votes · R+54.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 76.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
7,197votes
46.3% of the vote · R+7.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 6,703 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
14,916votes
74.0% of the vote · R+48.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 14,750 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
+51.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +43.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+52.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +49.6 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 | R | 31.2%5,388 | 68.8%11,896 | 17,284 |
| 2020 | R | 30.0%5,284 | 70.0%12,334 | 17,618 |
New Mexico 27th State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 54.2 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.7 points.
A population of 51,855, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,855 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 42 and State Senate District 7.
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 27th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35027/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.