- Lead
- 3,411
- Total
- 25,950
- vs nation
- R+11.7
New Mexico 35th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,990
- Total
- 24,115
- vs nation
- R+16.9
- Lead
- 3,159
- Total
- 20,058
- vs nation
- R+17.8
- Lead
- 2,793
- Total
- 19,647
- vs nation
- R+18.1
- Lead
- 1,961
- Total
- 20,677
- vs nation
- R+16.8
- Lead
- 4,520
- Total
- 19,570
- vs nation
- R+20.6
- Lead
- 3,701
- Total
- 16,168
- vs nation
- R+23.4
- Lead
- 1,130
- Total
- 15,340
- vs nation
- R+15.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+13.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 51,8612024 5-year
- Population density
- 2.5 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 20,808 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $57,7972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 45.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 48.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 33, NM · twin score 82.6
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 35th 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
59.2%
4,032 votes · D+19.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 56.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
68.8%
7,333 votes · R+39.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 67.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
10,998votes
42.4% of the vote · R+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 10,308 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,409votes
55.5% of the vote · R+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,298 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+2.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+19.8 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +0.9 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
+27.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+28.4 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +24.2 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 | 49.5%10,989 | 50.5%11,214 | 22,203 |
Anchored in the rural southeast corner of the state, this district posts presidential margins exceeding 25 points, reflecting a sparsely populated, energy-economy electorate that consistently diverges from the state's overall Democratic lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 39.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.1 points.
A population of 51,861, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,797 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 33 and Legislative (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 35th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35035/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.