- Lead
- 3,567
- Total
- 23,449
- vs nation
- R+13.7
New Mexico 29th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,976
- Total
- 23,415
- vs nation
- R+12.9
- Lead
- 1,483
- Total
- 20,727
- vs nation
- R+9.2
- Lead
- 725
- Total
- 20,931
- vs nation
- R+0.4
- Lead
- 1,773
- Total
- 21,986
- vs nation
- D+0.8
- Lead
- 2,205
- Total
- 20,340
- vs nation
- R+8.4
- Lead
- 875
- Total
- 16,891
- vs nation
- R+5.7
- Lead
- 1,159
- Total
- 14,873
- vs nation
- R+0.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+15.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 51,7842024 5-year
- Population density
- 42 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,234 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,9292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 34.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 58.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.6 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.8 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 28, NM · twin score 88.5
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 29th 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
62.6%
5,909 votes · D+25.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 56.9%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
70.8%
3,351 votes · R+46.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 69.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
11,707votes
53.2% of the vote · D+8.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 10,467 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,259votes
56.5% of the vote · R+15.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,443 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 F. Kennedy1960
+13.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+13.8 · U.S. D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +7.0 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+41.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+21.8 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +30.8 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 | 46.0%9,988 | 54.0%11,730 | 21,718 |
Anchored in New Mexico's high plains along the Texas border, this sparsely populated district has delivered consistent double-digit Republican presidential margins, reflecting the oil-patch and ranching economy that shapes voter priorities across the region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 46.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.2 points.
A population of 51,784, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,929 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 28 and State Senate District 32.
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 29th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.