New Mexico's congressional districts

New Mexico is divided into 3 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.

New Mexico's congressional districts since 2013[1]

The districts are currently represented in the 116th United States Congress by two Democrats and one Republican, with district boundaries based on New Mexico's population centers. In 2020, Representative Xochitl Torres Small was defeated in her bid for reelection by Republican candidate Yvette Herrell in a rematch of the 2018 election.[2] Additionally, Representative Ben Ray Luján stepped down from his seat in the 3rd district in order to run for New Mexico's open Senate seat, which was made vacant by Senator Tom Udall's retirement.[3] Democratic candidate Teresa Leger Fernandez won Representative Luján's open seat over Republican challenger Alexis Johnson.[4] Upon swearing in on January 3, 2020, New Mexico's House delegation will consist of two Democrats and one Republican, with Representative Deb Haaland the most senior member.

New Mexico will also be the first state to send multiple Native American women as part of their Congressional delegation, as Representative-elect Herrell is a member of the Cherokee Nation and Representative Haaland is a member of the Laguna Pueblo, located to the west of Albuquerque. This will make New Mexico one of two states to have multiple Native American representatives, joining Oklahoma.

Current districts and representatives

List of members of the New Mexican United States House delegation, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 3 members, all of which are Democrats as of 2020.

District Representative Party CPVI Incumbent time in office District map
1st Deb Haaland (D-Albuquerque) Democratic D+7 January 3, 2019 – present
2nd Yvette Herrell (R-Almogordo) Republican R+6 January 3, 2021 – present
3rd Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-Santa Fe) Democratic D+8 January 3, 2021 – present

Historical and present district boundaries

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of New Mexico, presented chronologically.[5] All redistricting events that took place in New Mexico between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

Year Statewide map Albuquerque highlight
1973–1982
All included in district 1.
1983–1992
1993–2002
2003–2013
Since 2013

Obsolete districts

See also

References
  1. "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. "Unofficial General Election Results, November 3, 2020". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. Acevedo, Nicole (4 November 2020). "Latinos gain a Senate seat with Ben Ray Lujan's win in New Mexico". NBC News. NBC. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. "Unofficial General Election Results, November 3, 2020". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012". Retrieved October 18, 2014.
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