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The New Mexico Senate (Spanish: Senado de Nuevo México) is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state. All senatorial districts are divided to contain a population on average of 43,300 state residents.
Starting in 1968, however, they were elected by districts. [13] For Representatives' elections from 1912 to 1966, see New Mexico's at-large congressional district. 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.
These are tables of congressional delegations from New Mexico to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The deans of the New Mexico delegation are Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, both having served in Congress since January 3, 2009. Heinrich has served in the Senate since 2013, and Luján since 2021.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed final legislation Jan. 6 changing senate districts in New Mexico based on 2020 Census.
New Mexico Senate District 34: James G. Townsend (R) New Mexico Senate District 42: Larry R. Scott (R), Steven V McCutcheon (R) New Mexico House District 54: Christian Scott Ehmling (L), Jonathan ...
New Mexico's 3rd congressional district serves the northern half of New Mexico, including the state's Capital, Santa Fe.The district has a significant Native American presence, encompassing most of the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Nation, situated in the northwest corner of the state, and most of the Puebloan peoples reservations. [2]
One analyst said the map would bring the adult Hispanic population in CD 2 to a little more than 56% — an increase of about 5%.
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.