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Miguel Garcia (New Mexico)

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Miguel Garcia
Image of Miguel Garcia
New Mexico House of Representatives District 14
Tenure

1997 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

28

Compensation

Base salary

$0/year

Per diem

$191/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, 1973

Graduate

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1993

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Spanish teacher
Contact

Miguel Garcia (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing District 14. He assumed office in 1997. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Garcia (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Mexico House of Representatives to represent District 14. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Garcia earned his B.A. from Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, in 1973 and his M.A. from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in 1993. His professional experience includes working as a Spanish teacher in the Albuquerque Public Schools system.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Garcia was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Garcia was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Garcia was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New Mexico committee assignments, 2017
Labor & Economic Development
Local Government, Elections, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Garcia served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Garcia served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Garcia served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Garcia served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia defeated Konnie Legried in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia (D)
 
71.8
 
7,310
Image of Konnie Legried
Konnie Legried (R)
 
28.2
 
2,868

Total votes: 10,178
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia
 
100.0
 
1,741

Total votes: 1,741
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Konnie Legried advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Konnie Legried
Konnie Legried
 
100.0
 
255

Total votes: 255
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia defeated Solomon Pena in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia (D)
 
73.6
 
5,679
Image of Solomon Pena
Solomon Pena (R)
 
26.4
 
2,033

Total votes: 7,712
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia
 
100.0
 
1,746

Total votes: 1,746
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Solomon Pena advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Solomon Pena
Solomon Pena
 
100.0
 
384

Total votes: 384
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2020

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia (D)
 
100.0
 
6,835

Total votes: 6,835
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia defeated Robert G. Chavez in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia
 
57.3
 
1,722
Image of Robert G. Chavez
Robert G. Chavez
 
42.7
 
1,285

Total votes: 3,007
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2018

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia (D)
 
100.0
 
5,370

Total votes: 5,370
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Miguel Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia
 
100.0
 
1,699

Total votes: 1,699
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2016

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the New Mexico House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016.

Incumbent Miguel Garcia ran unopposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 general election.[2][3]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 14, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Miguel Garcia Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 6,209
Total Votes 6,209
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State


Incumbent Miguel Garcia ran unopposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 14 Democratic primary.[4]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 14, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Miguel Garcia Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the New Mexico House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 4, 2014. Incumbent Miguel Garcia was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Robert Chavez was unopposed in the Republican primary. Garcia defeated Chavez in the general election.[5][6]

New Mexico House of Representatives, District 14 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMiguel Garcia Incumbent 69.4% 3,154
     Republican Robert Chavez 30.6% 1,392
Total Votes 4,546

2012

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2012

Garcia ran for re-election in 2012. He defeated Michael A. Atler in the June 5, 2012, Democratic primary. He defeated Republican Clara A. Pena in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7][8]

New Mexico House of Representatives, District 14, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMiguel Garcia Incumbent 73.2% 5,743
     Republican Clara Pena 26.8% 2,103
Total Votes 7,846

2010

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2010

Garcia won re-election to District 14 in 2010. He defeated Michael Atler Sr. in the Democratic primary and Clara Pena (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[9]

New Mexico House of Representatives General Election, District 14 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Miguel Garcia (D) 4,177 70.60%
Clara Pena (R) 1,742 29.40%

2008

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Garcia was elected to District 14 in the New Mexico House of Representatives, defeating Clara Pena (R).[10]

New Mexico House of Representatives, District 14 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Miguel Garcia (D) 6,713
Clara Pena (R) 1,940

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Miguel Garcia did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Miguel Garcia did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Miguel Garcia campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Mexico House of Representatives District 14Won general$19,053 $22,104
2022New Mexico House of Representatives District 14Won general$40,888 $30,843
2020New Mexico House of Representatives District 14Won general$38,414 N/A**
2018New Mexico House of Representatives District 14Won general$8,025 N/A**
2016New Mexico House of Representatives, District 14Won $10,060 N/A**
2014New Mexico State House, District 14Won $18,134 N/A**
2012New Mexico State House, District 14Won $18,533 N/A**
2010New Mexico State House, District 14Won $29,210 N/A**
2008New Mexico State House, District 14Won $28,060 N/A**
2006New Mexico State House, District 14Won $17,305 N/A**
2004New Mexico State House, District 14Won $14,517 N/A**
2002New Mexico State House, District 14Won $24,024 N/A**
2000New Mexico State House, District 14Won $7,780 N/A**
1998New Mexico State House, District 14Won $10,298 N/A**
1996New Mexico State House, District 14Won $8,244 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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New Mexico House of Representatives District 14
1997-Present
Succeeded by
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