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New Mexico's 1st congressional district

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+7, it is the most Democratic district in New Mexico, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.[5]

New Mexico's 1st congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Distribution
  • 91.35% urban
  • 8.65% rural
Population (2024)711,081[1]
Median household
income		$77,246[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+7[3]

Unlike other districts in the state, in recent years this district has 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 to the United States Senate in 2012.

History

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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

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2003 - 2013

Recent election results from statewide races

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Year Office Results[6][7]
2008 President Obama 56% - 43%
Senate Udall 60% - 40%
2010 Governor Martinez 55% - 45%
Secretary of State Duran 61% - 39%
Attorney General King 51% - 49%
Auditor Balderas 53% - 47%
Treasurer Lewis 54% - 46%
2012 President Obama 54% - 46%
Senate Heinrich 49% - 47%
2014 Senate Udall 53% - 47%
Governor Martinez 59% - 41%
Secretary of State Duran 51% - 49%
Attorney General Balderas 58% - 42%
Auditor Keller 55% - 45%
Treasurer Eichenberg 52% - 48%
2016 President Clinton 47% - 39%
Secretary of State (Spec.) Toulouse Oliver 58% - 42%
2018 Senate Heinrich 54% - 30%
Governor Lujan Grisham 57% - 43%
Attorney General Balderas 63% - 32%
Auditor Colón 59% - 41%
2020 President Biden 54% - 44%
Senate Ray Luján 52% - 45%
2022 Governor Lujan Grisham 52% - 46%
Secretary of State Toulouse Oliver 57% - 41%
Attorney General Torrez 56% - 44%
Treasurer L. Montoya 54% - 46%
2024 President Harris 52% - 46%
Senate Heinrich 55% - 45%

Composition

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For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:[8]

Bernalillo County (18)

Albuquerque (part; also 2nd), Barton (shared with Santa Fe County), Carnuel, Cedar Crest, Cedro, Chilili, Edgewood (shared with Sandoval and Santa Fe counties), Edith Enclave, Kirtland AFB, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, Manzano Springs (shared with Torrance County), North Valley, Paa-Ko, Paradise Hills, Ponderosa Pine, San Antonito, Sandia Heights, Sandia Knolls, Sedillo, Tijeras

Chaves County (1)

Roswell (part; also 3rd)

De Baca County (2)

Fort Sumner, Lake Sumner

Guadalupe County (7)

All 7 communities

Lincoln County (6)

All 6 communities

Otero County (0)

No incorporated or census-recognized communities

Sandoval County (8)

Bernalillo, Corrales, Edgewood (shared with Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties) La Madera, Placitas, Pueblo of Sandia Village, Rio Rancho (part; also 2nd; shared with Bernalillo County), Rio Rancho Estates (part; also 3rd)

Santa Fe County (5)

Barton (shared with Bernalillo County), Cedar Grove (part; also 3rd), Edgewood (shared with Bernalillo and Sandoval counties), San Pedro (part; also 3rd), Thunder Mountain

Torrance County (14)

All 14 communities

Valencia County (12)

Adelino, Bosque Farms, El Cerro, El Cerro Mission, Las Maravillas, Meadow Lake, Monterey Park, Los Lunas (part; also 2nd), Peralta, Rio Communities, Tome, Valencia

List of members representing the district

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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.[9]		 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
119th		 Elected to finish Haaland's term.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–present

De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, and Torrance; parts of Bernalillo, Chaves, Otero, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia

Election results

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1968

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1968 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[10]
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

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1970 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[11]
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

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1972 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[12]
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

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1974 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[13]
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

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1976 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[14]
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

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1978 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[15]
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

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1980 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[16]
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

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1982 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[17]
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

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1984 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[18]
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

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1986 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[19]
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

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1988 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[20]
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

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1990 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[21]
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

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1992 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[22]
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

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1994 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[23]
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

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1996 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[24]
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)

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1998 New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election[25]
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

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1998 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[26]
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

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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[27]
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

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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[28]
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

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2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[29]
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

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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[30]
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

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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[31]
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

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2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[32]
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

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New Mexico 1st Congressional District 2012[33]
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

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[34]
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

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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[35]
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

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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[36]
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

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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[37]
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)

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New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election, 2021[38]
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

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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

2024

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, district 1[39]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melanie Stansbury (incumbent) 193,203 56.37
Republican Steve Jones 149,546 43.63
Total votes 342,749 100.00
Democratic hold

See also

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Notes

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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. ↑ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Pueblos, Tribes & Nations". www.newmexico.org. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ "DRA 2020". davesredistricting.org. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s4nbdbtlSLl7BcK1vbNXJPUA0pIiVSzQwfMhUMSoGyk/edit?gid=1992417229#gid=1992417229
  8. ↑ "New Mexico - Congressional District 1 - Representative Melanie A. Stansbury" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 7, 2025.
  9. ↑ Boyd, Dan (December 13, 2016). "Lujan Grisham running for governor". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ 1968 Election Results
  11. ↑ 1970 Election Results
  12. ↑ 1972 Election Results
  13. ↑ 1974 Election Results
  14. ↑ 1976 Election Results
  15. ↑ 1978 Election Results
  16. ↑ 1980 Election Results
  17. ↑ 1982 Election Results
  18. ↑ 1984 Election Results
  19. ↑ 1986 Election Results
  20. ↑ 1988 Election Results
  21. ↑ 1990 Election Results
  22. ↑ 1992 Election Results
  23. ↑ 1994 Election Results
  24. ↑ 1996 Election Results
  25. ↑ 1998 Special Election Results
  26. ↑ 1998 Election Results
  27. ↑ 2000 Election Results
  28. ↑ 2002 Election Results
  29. ↑ 2004 Election Results
  30. ↑ 2006 Election Results
  31. ↑ 2008 Election Results
  32. ↑ "2010 Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  33. ↑ "Statewide Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Official Results General Election - November 4, 2014". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Election Night Results - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  36. ↑ "Election Night Results - November 6, 2018". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  37. ↑ 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.
  38. ↑ "June 1, 2021 special election". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  39. ↑ "2024 General Election Candidate Summary Results Report" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Mexico. November 26, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2024.

References

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