New Mexico's 1st congressional district

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New Mexico's 1st congressional district of the United States House of Representatives serves the central area of New Mexico, including most of Bernalillo County, all of Torrance County, and parts of Sandoval, Santa Fe and Valencia counties. It includes almost three-fourths of Albuquerque. The district has a notable Native American presence, encompassing several pueblos including the Pueblo of Laguna and Sandia Pueblo, and the Tohajiilee Navajo Reservation outside Albuquerque.^[4] The seat is currently represented by Democrat Melanie Stansbury. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+5, it is the most Democratic district in New Mexico, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.^[3]

New Mexico's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Melanie Stansbury D–Albuquerque
Distribution	91.35% urban 8.65% rural
Population (2022)	713,527^[1]
Median household income	$66,579^[2]
Ethnicity	45.5% White 40.9% Hispanic 8.0% Native American 4.2% Asian 4.2% Black 0.4% Pacific Islander Americans
Cook PVI	D+5^[3]

The district in recent years has, unlike other districts in the state, had a strong track record of its representatives ascending to higher office. Deb Haaland, Stansbury's predecessor, resigned in 2021 to become the United States Secretary of the Interior. Her predecessor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, took office as governor of New Mexico in 2019. Grisham's own predecessor, Martin Heinrich, was elected a U.S. Senator in 2012.

History

See also: New Mexico's at-large congressional district

Until the 1968 elections, New Mexico's representatives were all elected at-large statewide. Starting in 1969, however, they were elected by districts.

Historical district boundaries

 

2003 - 2013

Recent statewide election results

Results under current lines (since 2023)

Year	Office	Result
2016	President	Clinton 47.4% – 39.5%
2018	Governor	Lujan Grisham 57.2% - 42.8%
	Senate	Heinrich 53.7% - 29.8%
2020	President	Biden 56.0% - 41.6%
	Senate	Luján 51.8%- 45.5%

Results under old lines (2013-2023)^[5]

Year	Office	Result
2008	President	Obama 60 - 39%
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%

Results under old lines (2003-2013)^[6]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Gore 48 - 47%
2004	President	Kerry 51 - 48%
2008	President	Obama 60 - 40%

List of members representing the district

Member (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 1969
Manuel Lujan Jr. (Albuquerque)	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1989	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired.	1969–1983 [data missing]
					1983–1993 Bernalillo, De Baca, Guadalupe, and Torrance
Steven Schiff (Albuquerque)	Republican	January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Died.
					1993–2003 Torrance; parts of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia
Vacant		March 25, 1998 – June 25, 1998	105th
Heather Wilson (Albuquerque)	Republican	June 25, 1998 – January 3, 2009	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected to finish Schiff's term. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
					2003–2013   Torrance; parts of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia
Martin Heinrich (Albuquerque)	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Michelle Lujan Grisham (Albuquerque)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 1, 2019	113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned when elected Governor of New Mexico.^[7]	2013–2023   Torrance; parts of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia
Vacant		January 1, 2019 – January 3, 2019	115th
Deb Haaland (Albuquerque)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – March 16, 2021	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Vacant		March 16, 2021 – June 14, 2021	117th
Melanie Stansbury (Albuquerque)	Democratic	June 14, 2021 – present	117th 118th	Elected to finish Haaland's term. Re-elected in 2022.
					2023–present   De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, and Torrance; parts of Bernalillo, Chaves, Otero, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia

Election results

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr.	88,517	52.85
	Democratic	Thomas G. Morris	78,117	46.64
	Independent	William Higgs	854	0.51
Total votes			167,488	100.00
	Republican win (new seat)

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	91,187	58.53
	Democratic	Fabian Chavez Jr.	64,598	41.47
Total votes			155,785	100.00
	Republican hold

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	118,403	55.68
	Democratic	Eugene Gallegos	94,239	44.32
Total votes			212,642	100.00
	Republican hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	106,268	58.61
	Democratic	Roberto Mondragón	71,968	39.69
	American Independent	Martin Molloy	3,069	1.70
Total votes			181,305	100.00
	Republican hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	162,587	72.09
	Democratic	Raymond Garcia	61,800	27.40
	Raza Unida	Jesus Aragom	1,159	0.51
Total votes			225,546	100.00
	Republican hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	118,075	62.53
	Democratic	Robert M. Hawk	70,761	37.47
Total votes			188,836	100.00
	Republican hold

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	125,910	51.01
	Democratic	Bill Richardson	120,903	48.99
Total votes			246,813	100.00
	Republican hold

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	74,459	52.44
	Democratic	Jan A. Hartke	67,534	47.56
Total votes			141,993	100.00
	Republican hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	115,808	64.94
	Democratic	Charles Ted Asbury	60,598	33.98
	Libertarian	Stephen P. Curtis	1,936	1.08
Total votes			178,342	100.00
	Republican hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Manuel Lujan Jr. (incumbent)	90,476	70.89
	Democratic	Manny Garcia	37,138	29.10
	Write-in		18	0.01
Total votes			127,632	100.00
	Republican hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Schiff	89,985	50.56
	Democratic	Tom Udall	84,138	47.28
	Libertarian	Allen Montgomery Parkman	3,839	2.16
Total votes			177,962	100.00
	Republican hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	97,375	70.22
	Democratic	Rebecca Vigil-Giron	41,306	29.78
Total votes			138,681	100.00
	Republican hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	128,426	62.58
	Democratic	Robert J. Aragon	76,600	37.33
	Write-in		188	0.09
Total votes			205,214	100.00
	Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	119,996	73.93
	Democratic	Peter L. Zollinger	42,316	26.07
Total votes			162,312	100.00
	Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	109,290	56.60
	Democratic	John Wertheim	71,635	37.10
	Green	John A. Uhrich	7,694	3.98
	Independent	Betty Turrietta-Koury	4,459	2.32
Total votes			193,078	100.00
	Republican hold

1998 (Special)

1998 New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Wilson	54,853	44.58
	Democratic	Phillip Maloof	48,747	39.62
	Green	Robert Anderson	18,108	14.72
	Libertarian	Bruce Bush	1,337	1.09
Total votes			123,045	100.00
	Republican hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Wilson (incumbent)	86,784	48.44
	Democratic	Phillip Maloof	75,040	41.88
	Green	Robert Anderson	17,266	9.64
	Write-in		78	0.04
Total votes			179,168	100.00
	Republican hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[25]

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

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[26]

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

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heather Wilson (incumbent)	147,372	54.40
	Democratic	Richard M. Romero	123,339	45.53
	Republican	Orlin G. Cole (write-in)	194	0.07
Total votes			270,905	100.00
	Republican hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[28]

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

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[29]

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

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[30]

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

2012

New Mexico 1st Congressional District 2012^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Lujan Grisham	162,924	59.06
	Republican	Janice Arnold-Jones	112,473	40.77
	Green	Jeanne Pahls (write-in)	459	0.17
Total votes			275,856	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[32]

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

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[33]

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

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb Haaland	144,302	59.02
	Republican	Janice Arnold-Jones	89,066	36.43
	Libertarian	Lloyd J Princeton	11,143	4.56
Total votes			244,511	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Deb Haaland (incumbent)	186,953	58.19
	Republican	Michelle Garcia Holmes	134,337	41.81
Total votes			321,290	100.00
	Democratic hold

2021 (special)

New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election, 2021^[36]

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

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melanie Stansbury (incumbent)	156,462	55.75
	Republican	Michelle Garcia Holmes	124,151	44.23
	Write-in		58	0.02
Total votes			280,671	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

•  United States portal

• New Mexico's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

Notes

1. "My Congressional District".
2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
4. "Pueblos, Tribes & Nations". www.newmexico.org. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
5. "Daily Kos Elections 2008 & 2012 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2012 & 2014 elections - Google Drive". docs.google.com.
6. Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com
7. Boyd, Dan (December 13, 2016). "Lujan Grisham running for governor". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
8. 1968 Election Results
9. 1970 Election Results
10. 1972 Election Results
11. 1974 Election Results
12. 1976 Election Results
13. 1978 Election Results
14. 1980 Election Results
15. 1982 Election Results
16. 1984 Election Results
17. 1986 Election Results
18. 1988 Election Results
19. 1990 Election Results
20. 1992 Election Results
21. 1994 Election Results
22. 1996 Election Results
23. 1998 Special Election Results
24. 1998 Election Results
25. 2000 Election Results
26. 2002 Election Results
27. 2004 Election Results
28. 2006 Election Results
29. 2008 Election Results
30. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
31. . New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017.
32. "Official Results General Election - November 4, 2014". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
33. "Election Night Results - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
34. "Election Night Results - November 6, 2018". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
35. 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.
36. "June 1, 2021 special election". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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