- Lead
- 5,834
- Total
- 22,784
- vs nation
- D+27.1
New Mexico 39th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,827
- Total
- 22,371
- vs nation
- D+26.1
- Lead
- 5,763
- Total
- 19,197
- vs nation
- D+27.9
- Lead
- 6,575
- Total
- 18,915
- vs nation
- D+30.9
- Lead
- 8,053
- Total
- 20,297
- vs nation
- D+32.4
- Lead
- 4,689
- Total
- 18,413
- vs nation
- D+27.9
- Lead
- 3,325
- Total
- 14,037
- vs nation
- D+23.2
- Lead
- 3,734
- Total
- 12,545
- vs nation
- D+21.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+25.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 51,4712024 5-year
- Population density
- 10 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4,984 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $68,3802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 58.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+39.7 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+28.2 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 6, NM · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
New Mexico 39th 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
Barack Obama2008
69.4%
14,080 votes · D+39.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 65.8%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
64.1%
3,055 votes · R+28.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 61.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,415votes
64.4% of the vote · D+30.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,084 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,250votes
36.2% of the vote · D+25.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,588 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
Barack Obama2008
+32.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+39.7 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +30.9 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+35.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+16.3 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +26.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Centered on the University of New Mexico and surrounding Albuquerque neighborhoods, this district has posted consistent double-digit Democratic margins, reflecting a dense concentration of students, educators, and urban renters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.7 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 28.2 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.6 points.
A population of 51,471, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,380 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 6 and State Senate District 5.
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 39th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/35039/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.