New Mexico's 1st congressional district
"NM-1" redirects here. NM-1 may also refer to New Mexico State Road 1.
| New Mexico's 1st congressional district | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Current Representative | Michelle Lujan Grisham (D–Albuquerque) | |
| Distribution | 91.35% urban, 8.65% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 606,400 | |
| Median income | $38,413 | |
| Ethnicity | 71.1% White, 2.6% Black, 1.8% Asian, 42.6% Hispanic, 3.5% Native American, 2.1% other | |
| Cook PVI | D+7 | |
New Mexico District 1 of the United States House of Representatives serves the central area of New Mexico, including almost three-fourths of Albuquerque. The current Representative is Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who became the district's second Democratic representative in 2013.
History
Until the 1968 elections, New Mexico's representatives were all elected at-large statewide. Starting in 1969, however, they were elected by districts. (See New Mexico's At-large congressional district.)
Voting
Election results from presidential races[1]
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | President | Gore 48 - 47% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 51 - 48% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 60 - 40% |
| 2012 | President | Obama 55% - 40%[2] |
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | Congress | District Home | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 1969 | Districts were created from the former at-large district | ||||
 Manuel Lujan |
Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1989 |
91st | Albuquerque | First elected in 1968 Retired to become United States Secretary of the Interior |
| 92nd | |||||
| 93rd | |||||
| 94th | |||||
| 95th | |||||
| 96th | |||||
| 97th | |||||
| 98th | |||||
| 99th | |||||
| 100th | |||||
 Steven Schiff |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998 |
101st | Albuquerque | First elected in 1988 Died |
| 102nd | |||||
| 103rd | |||||
| 104th | |||||
| 105th | |||||
| Vacant | March 25, 1998 – June 25, 1998 |
105th | |||
 Heather Wilson |
Republican | June 25, 1998 – January 3, 2009 |
105th | Albuquerque | Won special election to finish remaining term Won in the 1998 general election Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
| 106th | |||||
| 107th | |||||
| 108th | |||||
| 109th | |||||
| 110th | |||||
 Martin Heinrich |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 |
111th | Albuquerque | First elected in 2008 Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
| 112th | |||||
 Michelle Lujan Grisham |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
113th | Albuquerque | Elected in 2012 |
Election results
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1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 (Special) • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010 |
1968
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1968: New Mexico District 1[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| Republican | Manuel Lujan | 88,517 | 52.85 | ||
| Democratic | Thomas G. Morris | 78,117 | 46.64 | ||
| Independent | William Higgs | 854 | 0.51 | ||
| Total votes | 167,488 | 100.0 | |||
| Republican win (new seat) | |||||
1970
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1970[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 91,187 | 58.53 | |
| Democratic | Fabian Chavez, Jr. | 64,598 | 41.47 | |
| Total votes | 155,785 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1972
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 118,403 | 55.68 | |
| Democratic | Eugene Gallegos | 94,239 | 44.32 | |
| Total votes | 212,642 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1974
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 106,268 | 58.61 | |
| Democratic | Roberto Mondragón | 71,968 | 39.69 | |
| American Independent | Martin Molloy | 3,069 | 1.70 | |
| Total votes | 181,305 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1976
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 162,587 | 72.09 | |
| Democratic | Raymond Garcia | 61,800 | 27.40 | |
| Raza Unida | Jesus Aragom | 1,159 | 0.51 | |
| Total votes | 225,546 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1978
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[8] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 118,075 | 62.53 | |
| Democratic | Robert M. Hawk | 70,761 | 37.47 | |
| Total votes | 188,836 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1980
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1980: New Mexico District 1[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 125,910 | 51.01 | |
| Democratic | Bill Richardson | 120,903 | 48.99 | |
| Total votes | 246,813 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1982
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[10] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 74,459 | 52.44 | |
| Democratic | Jan A. Hartke | 67,534 | 47.56 | |
| Total votes | 141,993 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1984
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[11] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (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 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1986
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[12] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Manuel Lujan (incumbent) | 90,476 | 70.89 | |
| Democratic | Manny Garcia | 37,138 | 29.10 | |
| Write-in | 18 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 127,632 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1988
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[13] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1990
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[14] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Steven Schiff (incumbent) | 97,375 | 70.22 | |
| Democratic | Rebecca Vigil-Giron | 41,306 | 29.78 | |
| Total votes | 138,681 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1992
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[15] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1994
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[16] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Steven Schiff (incumbent) | 119,996 | 73.93 | |
| Democratic | Peter L. Zollinger | 42,316 | 26.07 | |
| Total votes | 162,312 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1996
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1996: New Mexico District 1[17] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1998 (Special)
| New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election, 1998[18] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
1998
| United States House of Representatives elections, 1998: New Mexico District 1[19] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2000
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2000: New Mexico District 1[20] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2002
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2002: New Mexico District 1[21] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Heather Wilson (incumbent) | 95,711 | 55.34 | |
| Democratic | Richard M. Romero | 77,234 | 44.66 | |
| Total votes | 172,945 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2004
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2004: New Mexico District 1[22] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Heather Wilson (incumbent) | 147,372 | 54.40 | |
| Democratic | Richard M. Romero | 123,339 | 45.53 | |
| Republican | Orlin G. Cole (as a write-in) | 194 | 0.07 | |
| Total votes | 270,905 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2006: New Mexico District 1[23] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Heather Wilson (incumbent) | 105,986 | 50.20 | |
| Democratic | Patricia A. Madrid | 105,125 | 49.80 | |
| Total votes | 211,111 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2008
2008 Primary Election
| 2008 Democratic Primary Congressional Election, District 1[24] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Martin Heinrich | 22,344 | 43.51 | |
| Democratic | Rebecca Vigil-Giron | 12,659 | 24.65 | |
| Democratic | Michelle Lujan Grisham | 12,073 | 23.51 | |
| Democratic | Robert Pidcock | 4,272 | 8.33 | |
| 2008 Republican Primary Congressional Election, District 1[25] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Darren White | 37,055 | 81.80 | |
| Republican | Joseph Cararro | 8,244 | 18.20 | |
2008 General Election
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2008: New Mexico District 1[26] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
| Democratic | Martin Heinrich | 166,271 | 55.65 | |||
| Republican | Darren White | 132,485 | 44.35 | |||
| Total votes | 298,756 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2010
| United States House of Representatives elections, 2010: New Mexico District 1[27] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Martin Heinrich (incumbent) | 112,707 | 51.88 | |
| Republican | Jon Barela | 104,543 | 48.12 | |
| Total votes | 217,250 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Historical district boundaries
See also
Notes
- ↑ Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Av8O-dN2giY6dEFCOFZ4ZnlKS0x3M3Y0WHd5aWFDWkE&single=true&gid=0&output=html
- ↑ 1968 Election Results
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- ↑ 1998 Special Election Results
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- ↑ 2008 Primary Results
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- ↑ 2010 Election Results
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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