New Mexico's 2nd congressional district
U.S. House district in southern New Mexico
New Mexico's 2nd congressional district (Spanish: 2.º distrito congresional de Nuevo México) is a congressional district in the state of New Mexico. The district is the 5th largest congressional district in the United States of America and the largest district that is not the entire state. The district is currently represented by Republican Yvette Herrell. Yvette Herrell defeated the incumbent Democrate Xochitl Torres Small in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections. The district was one of the 15 districts who used to have a Democrat representative but now a Republican representative in the 2020 elections.
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 705,615 | ||
| Median household income | $46,817[1] | ||
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| Cook PVI | R+6[2] | ||
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Election history
change| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Bush 54 - 43% |
| 2004 | President | Bush 58 - 41% |
| 2008 | President | McCain 50 - 49% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 52 - 45% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 50 - 40% |
| 2018 | Senate | Heinrich 46 - 40% |
| 2018 | Governor | Pearce 53 - 47% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 55 - 43% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 100,742 | 58.11 | |
| Democratic | Michael A. Montoya | 72,614 | 41.89 | |
| Total votes | 173,356 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Pearce | 79,631 | 56.23 | |
| Democratic | John Arthur Smith | 61,916 | 43.72 | |
| Green | George L. Dewey (as a write-in) | 43 | 0.03 | |
| Republican | Padraig M. Lynch (as a write-in) | 39 | 0.02 | |
| Total votes | 141,629 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 130,498 | 60.20 | |
| Democratic | Gary King | 86,292 | 39.80 | |
| Total votes | 216,790 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 92,620 | 59.42 | |
| Democratic | Albert Kissling | 63,119 | 40.49 | |
| Democratic | C. Dean Burk (as a write-in) | 135 | 0.09 | |
| Total votes | 155,874 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Democratic | Harry Teague | 129,572 | 55.96 | |||
| Republican | Edward R. Tinsley | 101,980 | 44.04 | |||
| Total votes | 231,552 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Steve Pearce | 94,053 | 55.40 | |||
| Democratic | Harry Teague (Incumbent) | 75,709 | 44.60 | |||
| Total votes | 169,762 | 100.0 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Steve Pearce | 133,180 | 59.06 | |
| Democratic | Evelyn Madrid Erhard | 92,162 | 40.87 | |
| Independent | Jack A. McGrann (Write-In) | 173 | 0.8 | |
| Total votes | 225,515 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Pearce | 95,209 | 64.43 | |
| Democratic | Rocky Lara | 52,499 | 35.52 | |
| Republican | Jack McGrann (Write-In) | 69 | 0.05 | |
| Total votes | 147,777 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 143,514 | 62.72 | |
| Democratic | Merrie Lee Soules | 85,232 | 37.25 | |
| Republican | Jack A McGrann (write in) | 70 | 0.03 | |
| Total votes | 228,816 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Democratic | Xochitl Torres Small | 101,489 | 50.90 | |||
| Republican | Yvette Herrell | 97,767 | 49.10 | |||
| Total votes | 199,256 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Yvette Herrell | 142,169 | 53.75 | |
| Democratic | Xochitl Torres Small (incumbent) | 122,314 | 46.25 | |
| Total votes | 264,483 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||
References
change- ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "2000 Election Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "2002 Election Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "2004 Election Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "2006 Election Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "2008 Election Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "2010 Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Statewide Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Official Results General Election - November 4, 2014". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Election Night Results - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Election Night Results - November 6, 2018". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.