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Historically, the district has leaned more Republican than New Mexico's other two districts, particularly in presidential elections. In the 2020 election, Republican candidate Yvette Herrell defeated Democratic representative Xochitl Torres Small in a rematch of their race in 2018.
Incumbent Gabe Vasquez (D) was challenged by Republican Yvette Herrell for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House.
The 2nd district encapsulates southern and western New Mexico, including the cities of Las Cruces, Carlsbad, and Alamogordo, as well as the southwestern suburbs of Albuquerque. The incumbent was Democrat Gabe Vasquez , who flipped the district and was elected by a 0.7% margin in 2022 [ 3 ] over then incumbent Yvette Herrell , who ran again for ...
Until the 1968 elections, New Mexico's representatives were all elected at-large.Starting in 1968, they were elected by districts. [13] For the first election, under the new system of congressional districts in 1968, there were only two, drawn on the basis of the census of 1960.
New congressional boundaries approved by Democrats that divided up a politically conservative oil-producing region in New Mexico don’t violate the state constitution, a judge ruled in an order ...
The Democratic party gained the 2nd Congressional seat, gaining unitary control of New Mexico's Congressional (House and Senate) delegation for the first time since 2018 and improving the advantage in the House delegation for New Mexico from 2–1 in favor of Democrats to 3–0.
Vasquez was the Democratic nominee for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 election. [9] [10] He won on November 8, 2022, by 1,350 votes, defeating Republican incumbent Yvette Herrell. The district's boundaries were redrawn after the 2020 census, drawing the previously Republican-leaning district to be Democratic-leaning. [11]
Stevan Edward Pearce (born August 24, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2019.