New Mexico 34th State Senate District, New Mexico: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+37%. Democratic peak: D+47 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+37MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 82,1422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,4882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 43.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 2024MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 9,069 | 20,185 | 29,820 | ||
| R | 9,171 | 19,402 | 29,176 | ||
| R | 7,126 | 15,365 | 24,786 | ||
| R | 8,187 | 15,555 | 24,568 | ||
| R | 10,144 | 15,798 | 26,329 | ||
| R | 8,209 | 17,143 | 25,617 | ||
| R | 7,547 | 12,801 | 20,884 | ||
| R | 8,761 | 11,040 | 21,539 | ||
| R | 7,614 | 9,234 | 21,072 | ||
| R | 8,055 | 12,344 | 20,650 | ||
| R | 6,637 | 13,070 | 19,926 | ||
| R | 6,440 | 10,156 | 17,338 | ||
| D | 8,334 | 8,170 | 16,639 | ||
| R | 4,644 | 10,063 | 15,401 | ||
| R | 5,910 | 6,803 | 14,921 | ||
| D | 9,862 | 5,828 | 15,742 | ||
| D | 7,838 | 7,188 | 15,068 | ||
| R | 5,571 | 6,135 | 11,760 | ||
| D | 5,111 | 4,683 | 9,821 | ||
| D | 5,313 | 2,117 | 7,499 | ||
| D | 3,868 | 2,105 | 5,983 | ||
| D | 3,668 | 1,999 | 5,677 | ||
| D | 3,546 | 1,520 | 5,115 | ||
| D | 3,271 | 1,137 | 4,496 | ||
| R | 1,458 | 1,723 | 3,190 | ||
| D | 1,392 | 956 | 2,651 | ||
| D | 1,597 | 1,417 | 3,083 | ||
| D | 1,288 | 636 | 2,075 | ||
| D | 757 | 240 | 1,530 | ||
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Demographics
New Mexico 34th State Senate District sits in the desert Southwest. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in New Mexico 34th State Senate District peaked at forty-seven points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty-one points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $63,488 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State Senate District 34, New Mexico. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35034/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.