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New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District

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New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District
Incumbent
Teresa Leger FernandezDemocratic
Assumed office: January 3, 2021

New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Teresa Leger Fernandez (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Mexico representatives represented an average of 706,740 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 689,091 residents.

Elections

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2028


There are no official candidates yet for this election.


See also: New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Incumbent Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez

Incumbents are bolded and underlined.

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Martin Ruben Zamora (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2026.

Candidate
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Martin Ruben Zamora

There are no incumbents in this race.

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See also: New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Incumbent Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) defeated Sharon E. Clahchischilliage (R) in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)
 
56.3
 
162,342
Image of Sharon E. Clahchischilliage
Sharon E. Clahchischilliage (R)
 
43.7
 
126,085

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 288,427
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Incumbent Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez
 
100.0
 
46,008

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 46,008
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Sharon E. Clahchischilliage (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sharon E. Clahchischilliage
Sharon E. Clahchischilliage
 
100.0
 
24,959

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,959
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See also: New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Incumbent Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) defeated Alexis Martinez Johnson (R) in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)
 
58.2
 
134,217
Image of Alexis Martinez Johnson
Alexis Martinez Johnson (R)
 
41.8
 
96,565

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 230,782
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Incumbent Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez
 
100.0
 
46,940

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 46,940
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Alexis Martinez Johnson (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Alexis Martinez Johnson
Alexis Martinez Johnson
 
100.0
 
28,729

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 28,729
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) defeated Alexis Martinez Johnson (R) in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)
 
58.7
 
186,282
Image of Alexis Martinez Johnson
Alexis Martinez Johnson (R)  Candidate Connection
 
41.3
 
131,166

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 317,448
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teresa Leger Fernandez
Teresa Leger Fernandez
 
42.8
 
44,480
Image of Valerie Plame
Valerie Plame  Candidate Connection
 
24.8
 
25,775
Image of Joseph Sanchez
Joseph Sanchez  Candidate Connection
 
11.8
 
12,292
Image of Marco Serna
Marco Serna  Candidate Connection
 
8.0
 
8,292
Image of Laura Montoya
Laura Montoya  Candidate Connection
 
6.1
 
6,380
Image of John Blair
John Blair
 
4.4
 
4,533
Image of Kyle Tisdel
Kyle Tisdel
 
2.1
 
2,176

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 103,928
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Alexis Martinez Johnson (R) defeated Harry Montoya (R), Karen Bedonie (R), and Angela Gale Morales (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Alexis Martinez Johnson
Alexis Martinez Johnson  Candidate Connection
 
36.7
 
16,512
Image of Harry Montoya
Harry Montoya
 
35.4
 
15,919
Image of Karen Bedonie
Karen Bedonie  Candidate Connection
 
27.8
 
12,477
Image of Angela Gale Morales
Angela Gale Morales (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
30

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 44,938
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Incumbent Ben Ray Luján (D) defeated Jerald Steve McFall (R) and Christopher Manning (L) in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ben Ray Luján
Ben Ray Luján (D)
 
63.4
 
155,201
Image of Jerald Steve McFall
Jerald Steve McFall (R)
 
31.2
 
76,427
Image of Christopher Manning
Christopher Manning (L)  Candidate Connection
 
5.4
 
13,265

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 244,893
(100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Incumbent Ben Ray Luján (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ben Ray Luján
Ben Ray Luján
 
100.0
 
63,909

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 63,909
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Jerald Steve McFall (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jerald Steve McFall
Jerald Steve McFall
 
100.0
 
20,480

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 20,480
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Libertarian Party primary

Libertarian primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3

Christopher Manning (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Christopher Manning
Christopher Manning  Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
201

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 201
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Previous election results


District map

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Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in New Mexico after the 2020 census

On December 17, 2021, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed new a congressional map into law.[11] The New Mexico State Senate approved the bill 25-15 on December 10, 2021, and the New Mexico House of Representatives approved the bill 44-24 on December 11, 2021.[12] The map was based on the New Mexico Citizen Redistricting Committee's H congressional map concept. This map took effect for New Mexico's 2022 congressional elections. On November 27, 2023, the New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the state's congressional map and dismissed the remaining litigation against it.[13]

How does redistricting in New Mexico work? In New Mexico, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.[14]

State statutes require that state legislative districts be contiguous and compact. Redistricting guidelines adopted in 2011 suggest that congressional and state legislative districts meet the following criteria:[14]

  1. All districts should be "reasonably compact."
  2. Districts should "not split voting precincts."
  3. Districts should "attempt to preserve communities of interest and take into consideration political and geographic boundaries."

These guidelines are nonbinding and may be altered by the legislature at its discretion.[14]

On April 6, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed SB304 into law, forming a seven-member advisory redistricting commission. The legislation bars public officials, candidates, political party officeholders, federal legislative or state employees, and the relatives of federal or state officeholders from serving on the commission. The commission's proposals do not bind the state legislature, which retains the authority to adopt, amend, or discard the proposals as it sees fit.[15]

2020

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2024

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2010-2011

This is the 3rd Congressional District of New Mexico after the 2001 redistricting process.
See also: Redistricting in New Mexico after the 2010 census

In 2011, the New Mexico State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Mexico's 3rd the 181st most Democratic district nationally.[16]

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Mexico's 3rd the 178th most Democratic district nationally.[17]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 54.4%-43.6%.[18]

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Mexico's 3rd the 178th most Democratic district nationally.[19]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 54.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 43.6%.[20]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District the 141st most Democratic nationally.[21]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.93. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.93 points toward that party.[22]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ New Mexico Scretary of State ,"2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed February 3, 2016
  2. ↑ The New York Times "New Mexico Primary Results," June 7, 2016
  3. ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, New Mexico," accessed November 7, 2012
  4. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  5. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  6. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
  11. ↑ New Mexico Office of the Governor, "Gov. Lujan Grisham signs new Congressional map approved by N.M. Legislature," December 17, 2021
  12. ↑ New Mexico State Legislature, "2021 2nd Special Session - SB 1," accessed December 14, 2021
  13. ↑ Democracy Docket, "New Mexico Congressional Redistricting Challenge," accessed December 1, 2023
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 All About Redistricting, "New Mexico," accessed May 6, 2015
  15. ↑ All About Redistricting, "New Mexico," accessed April 19, 2021
  16. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
  17. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  18. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  19. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  20. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  21. ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  22. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


New Mexico's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Martin Heinrich (D)
Ben Luján (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
Democratic Party (5)

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