New Mexico's 2nd congressional district serves the southern half of New Mexico, including Las Cruces, and the southern fourth of Albuquerque. It is currently represented by Democrat Gabe Vasquez.
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 696,764 | ||
Median household income | $53,550[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+1[2] |
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. Herrell is the third Native woman elected to Congress and she assumed office on January 3, 2021. Following the 2020 census, each congressional district in the state underwent redistricting "to ensure that each district has a variety of constituents better reflecting the diversity of interests in New Mexico as a whole."[3] This district was made much more Democratic, as it gained more of Albuquerque while losing some heavily Republican areas in the eastern part of the state. With a tight margin, Democratic challenger Gabe Vasquez won the 2022 midterm election.[4] Nevertheless, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+1, it is the least Democratic district in New Mexico, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.[2]
Year | Office | Result |
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2016 | President | Clinton 47.6% – 41.5% |
2018 | Governor | Lujan Grisham 55.4% - 44.6% |
Senate | Heinrich 52.9% - 32.7% | |
2020 | President | Biden 51.9% - 46.0% |
Senate | Luján 50.2%- 47.0% |
Year | Office | Result |
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2008 | President | McCain 50 - 48% |
2012 | President | Romney 52 - 45% |
2016 | President | Trump 50 - 40% |
2018 | Senate | Heinrich 46 - 40% |
2018 | Governor | Pearce 53 - 47% |
2020 | President | Trump 55 - 43% |
2020 | Senate | Ronchetti 55 - 42% |
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Bush 54 - 43% |
2004 | President | Bush 58 - 41% |
2008 | President | McCain 50 - 49% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Ed Foreman | 71,857 | 50.48 | ||
Democratic | E. S. Johnny Walker | 69,858 | 49.08 | ||
Independent | Wilfredo Sedillo | 633 | 0.44 | ||
Total votes | 142,348 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Harold L. Runnels | 64,518 | 51.37 | |||
Republican | Ed Foreman (Incumbent) | 61,074 | 48.63 | |||
Total votes | 125,592 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold L. Runnels (Incumbent) | 116,152 | 72.17 | |
Republican | George E. Presson | 44,784 | 27.83 | |
Total votes | 160,936 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold L. Runnels (Incumbent) | 90,127 | 66.74 | |
Republican | Donald W. Trubey | 43,045 | 31.88 | |
American Independent | Herbert Horton | 1,860 | 1.38 | |
Total votes | 135,032 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold L. Runnels (Incumbent) | 123,563 | 70.33 | |
Republican | Donald W. Trubey | 52,131 | 29.67 | |
Total votes | 175,694 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harold L. Runnels (Incumbent) | 95,710 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 95,710 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Joe Skeen (as a write-in) | 61,564 | 38.00 | |||
Democratic | David King | 55,085 | 34.00 | |||
Independent | Dorothy Runnels (as a write-in) | 45,343 | 28.00 | |||
Total votes | 161,992 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 71,021 | 58.40 | |
Democratic | Caleb Chandler | 50,599 | 41.60 | |
Total votes | 121,620 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 116,006 | 74.33 | |
Democratic | Peter R. York | 40,063 | 25.67 | |
Total votes | 156,069 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 77,787 | 62.88 | |
Democratic | Mike Runnels | 45,924 | 37.12 | |
Total votes | 123,711 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 100,324 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 100,324 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 80,677 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 80,677 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 94,838 | 56.39 | |
Democratic | Dan Sosa Jr. | 73,157 | 43.50 | |
Write-in | 175 | 0.11 | ||
Total votes | 168,170 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 89,966 | 63.28 | |
Democratic | Benjamin Anthony Chavez | 45,316 | 31.87 | |
Green | Rex R. Johnson | 6,898 | 4.85 | |
Total votes | 142,180 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 95,091 | 55.93 | |
Democratic | E. Shirley Baca | 74,915 | 44.07 | |
Total votes | 170,006 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 85,077 | 57.93 | |
Democratic | E. Shirley Baca | 61,796 | 42.07 | |
Total votes | 146,873 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Skeen (Incumbent) | 100,742 | 58.11 | |
Democratic | Michael A. Montoya | 72,614 | 41.89 | |
Total votes | 173,356 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Pearce | 79,631 | 56.23 | |
Democratic | John Arthur Smith | 61,916 | 43.72 | |
Green | George L. Dewey (as a write-in) | 43 | 0.03 | |
Republican | Padraig M. Lynch (as a write-in) | 39 | 0.02 | |
Total votes | 141,629 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 130,498 | 60.20 | |
Democratic | Gary King | 86,292 | 39.80 | |
Total votes | 216,790 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 92,620 | 59.42 | |
Democratic | Albert Kissling | 63,119 | 40.49 | |
Democratic | C. Dean Burk (as a write-in) | 135 | 0.09 | |
Total votes | 155,874 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Harry Teague | 129,572 | 55.96 | |||
Republican | Edward R. Tinsley | 101,980 | 44.04 | |||
Total votes | 231,552 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Steve Pearce | 94,053 | 55.40 | |||
Democratic | Harry Teague (Incumbent) | 75,709 | 44.60 | |||
Total votes | 169,762 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 133,180 | 59.06 | |
Democratic | Evelyn Madrid Erhard | 92,162 | 40.87 | |
Independent | Jack A. McGrann (Write-In) | 173 | 0.08 | |
Total votes | 225,515 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 95,209 | 64.43 | |
Democratic | Rocky Lara | 52,499 | 35.52 | |
Republican | Jack McGrann (Write-In) | 69 | 0.05 | |
Total votes | 147,777 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Pearce (Incumbent) | 143,514 | 62.72 | |
Democratic | Merrie Lee Soules | 85,232 | 37.25 | |
Republican | Jack A McGrann (write in) | 70 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 228,816 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Xochitl Torres Small | 101,489 | 50.90 | |||
Republican | Yvette Herrell | 97,767 | 49.10 | |||
Total votes | 199,256 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Yvette Herrell | 142,169 | 53.75 | |
Democratic | Xochitl Torres Small (incumbent) | 122,314 | 46.25 | |
Total votes | 264,483 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gabe Vasquez | 96,986 | 50.34 | |
Republican | Yvette Herrell (incumbent) | 95,636 | 49.64 | |
Total votes | 192,217 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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