New Mexico's 1st congressional district

U.S. House district in New Mexico

New Mexico's 1st congressional district (Spanish: 1.º distrito congresional de Nuevo México) is a congressional district is the U.S state of New Mexico. The district is in the middle of the state. The district has the counties of Bernalillo County, all of Torrance County, and parts of Sandoval, Santa Fe and Valencia counties. It also includes almost most of Albuquerque. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Democrat Melanie Stansbury.

New Mexico's 1st congressional district
Map
Interactive map of boundaries
Representative
  Melanie Stansbury
DAlbuquerque
Distribution
  • 91.35% urban
  • 8.65% rural
Population (2019)691,229[1]
Median household
income
$55,318[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+7[3]

Election history

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Year Office Result
2000 President Gore 48 - 47%
2004 President Kerry 51 - 48%
2008 President Obama 60 - 40%
2012 President Obama 55 - 40%
2016 President Clinton 52 - 35%
2018 Senate Heinrich 52 - 35%
2018 Governor Lujan Grisham 61 - 39%
2020 President Biden 60 - 37%
2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Heather Wilson (Incumbent) 107,296 50.34
Democratic John J. Kelly 92,187 43.25
Green Daniel Kerlinsky 13,656 6.41
Total votes 213,139 100.00
Republican hold
2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Heather Wilson (Incumbent) 95,711 55.34
Democratic Richard M. Romero 77,234 44.66
Total votes 172,945 100.00
Republican hold
2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Heather Wilson (Incumbent) 147,372 54.40
Democratic Richard M. Romero 123,339 45.53
Republican Orlin G. Cole (as a write-in) 194 0.07
Total votes 270,905 100.00
Republican hold
2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Heather Wilson (Incumbent) 105,986 50.20
Democratic Patricia A. Madrid 105,125 49.80
Total votes 211,111 100.00
Republican hold
2008 Democratic Primary Congressional Election, District 1[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin Heinrich 22,344 43.51
Democratic Rebecca Vigil-Giron 12,659 24.65
Democratic Michelle Lujan Grisham 12,073 23.51
Democratic Robert Pidcock 4,272 8.33
2008 Republican Primary Congressional Election, District 1[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Darren White 37,055 81.80
Republican Joseph Cararro 8,244 18.20
2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin Heinrich 166,271 55.65
Republican Darren White 132,485 44.35
Total votes 298,756 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican
2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin Heinrich (Incumbent) 112,707 51.88
Republican Jon Barela 104,543 48.12
Total votes 217,250 100.00
Democratic hold
New Mexico 1st Congressional District 2012 [11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Lujan Grisham 162,924 59.06
Republican Janice E. Arnold-Jones 112,473 40.77
Green Jeanne Pahls (Write-in) 459 0.17
Total votes 275,856 100.00
2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Lujan Grisham (Incumbent) 105,474 58.59
Republican Michael Frese 74,558 41.41
Total votes 180,032 100.00
Democratic hold
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Lujan Grisham (Incumbent) 181,088 65.15
Republican Richard Gregory Priem 96,879 34.85
Total votes 277,967 100.00
Democratic hold
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deb Haaland 144,302 59.02
Republican Janice E Arnold-Jones 89,066 36.43
Libertarian Lloyd J Princeton 11,143 4.56
Total votes 244,511 100.01
Democratic hold
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deb Haaland (incumbent) 186,953 58.2
Republican Michelle Garcia Holmes 134,337 41.8
Total votes 321,290 100.0
Democratic hold

2021 (special)

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New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election, 2021[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melanie Stansbury 79,837 60.36
Republican Mark Moores 47,111 35.62
Independent Aubrey Dunn Jr. 3,534 2.67
Libertarian Chris Manning 1,734 1.31
Write-in 46 0.03
Total votes 132,262 100.00
Democratic hold

References

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  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. 2000 Election Results
  5. 2002 Election Results
  6. 2004 Election Results
  7. 2006 Election Results
  8. 8.0 8.1 "2008 Primary Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  9. 2008 Election Results
  10. "2010 Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  11. "Statewide Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017.
  12. "Official Results General Election - November 4, 2014". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  13. "Election Night Results - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  14. "Election Night Results - November 6, 2018". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  15. Toulouse Oliver, Maggie. "New Mexico Election Results | OFFICIAL RESULTS Primary Election - June 2, 2020". electionresults.sos.state.nm.us. New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  16. "June 1, 2021 special election". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved June 2, 2021.