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New Mexico state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for New Mexico in 2024.
General election results
Senate
- See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2024
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
Eleven incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] This was the highest number since Ballotpedia began recording these statistics in 2010. Those incumbents were:
House
Eight incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 8.9. Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in New Mexico. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in New Mexico in 2024. Information below was calculated on May 29, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
New Mexico had 42 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, the highest number since Ballotpedia started tracking that figure in 2014.
There were 213 total candidates running in New Mexico's state legislative primaries in 2024, 26 fewer than in 2020. New Mexico's 42 Senate seats are up for election every four years, while the 70 House seats are up for election every two years.
Nineteen incumbents did not run for re-election in 2024. In elections from 2012 to 2024 when all 112 seats were up for election, the average number of retirements was 15. The highest number across those years was 22 retirements in 2012.
Twenty-two incumbents, or about 23.7% of all incumbents, faced primary challengers in 2024. That was the highest number in a decade. The only election since 2010 with a higher rate of incumbents facing challenges was 2012 (26.4%).
New Mexico has had a Democratic trifecta since 2019, when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham assumed office. Since 1992, New Mexico has had 17 years of Democratic trifectas and no Republican trifectas.
Republicans controlled the House from 1995 to 2002 and from 2011 to 2018. The state also had a Republican governor in 2015 and 2016.
As of May 2024, Democrats held a 27-15 majority in the Senate and a 45-25 majority in the House.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the New Mexico State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 42 | 11 (26 percent) | 31 (74 percent) |
| 2020 | 42 | 2 (5 percent) | 40 (95 percent) |
| 2016 | 42 | 2 (5 percent) | 40 (95 percent) |
| 2012 | 42 | 9 (21 percent) | 33 (79 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in New Mexico House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 70 | 8 (11 percent) | 62 (89 percent) |
| 2022 | 70 | 13 (19 percent) | 57 (81 percent) |
| 2020 | 70 | 10 (14 percent) | 60 (86 percent) |
| 2018 | 70 | 9 (13 percent) | 61 (87 percent) |
| 2016 | 70 | 8 (11 percent) | 62 (89 percent) |
| 2014 | 70 | 11 (16 percent) | 59 (84 percent) |
| 2012 | 70 | 12 (17 percent) | 58 (83 percent) |
| 2010 | 70 | 3 (4 percent) | 67 (96 percent) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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