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Patricia Roybal Caballero
Democratic Party
Candidate, New Mexico House of Representatives District 13
New Mexico House of Representatives District 13
Tenure
2013 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
13
Compensation
Base salary
$0/year
Per diem
$202/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
June 2, 2026
Education
Bachelor's
University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate
University of New Mexico
Personal
Profession
Community economic developer
Contact
Official website
Personal Facebook
Personal LinkedIn

Patricia Roybal Caballero (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing District 13. She assumed office on January 1, 2013. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Caballero (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New Mexico House of Representatives to represent District 13. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2026.[source]

Biography

Roybal Caballero earned her B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned dual master's degrees in community and regional planning and public administration from the University of New Mexico. Her professional experience includes working as a public administrator and community and economic developer.[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Caballero was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Caballero was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Caballero was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Caballero 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
• Consumer & Public Affairs, Vice chair
• Taxation & Revenue

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Caballero 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

2026

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 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 New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero (D) and Matthew Archuleta (D) are running in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on June 2, 2026.

Candidate
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Matthew Archuleta

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2024

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Patricia Roybal Caballero (D)
 
100.0
 
5,817

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

Total votes: 5,817
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero defeated Teresa Garcia in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patricia Roybal Caballero
Patricia Roybal Caballero
 
57.8
 
514
Image of Teresa Garcia
Teresa Garcia Candidate Connection
 
42.2
 
376

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

Total votes: 890
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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 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patricia Roybal Caballero
Patricia Roybal Caballero (D)
 
100.0
 
3,889

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

Total votes: 3,889
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patricia Roybal Caballero
Patricia Roybal Caballero
 
100.0
 
767

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

Total votes: 767
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2021

See also: New Mexico's 1st Congressional District special election, 2021

General election

Special general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 1

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 1 on June 1, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Melanie Ann Stansbury
Melanie Ann Stansbury (D)
 
60.4
 
79,838
Image of Mark Moores
Mark Moores (R)
 
35.6
 
47,111
Image of Aubrey Dunn
Aubrey Dunn (Independent)
 
2.7
 
3,534
Image of Christopher Manning
Christopher Manning (L)
 
1.3
 
1,734
Image of Laura Olivas
Laura Olivas (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
40
Image of Robert Ornelas
Robert Ornelas (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
6

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

Total votes: 132,263
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Democratic convention runoff

Special Democratic convention runoff for U.S. House New Mexico District 1

Melanie Ann Stansbury defeated Antoinette Sedillo Lopez in the special Democratic convention runoff for U.S. House New Mexico District 1 on March 31, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Melanie Ann Stansbury
Melanie Ann Stansbury (D)
 
51.2
 
103
Image of Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D)
 
48.3
 
97
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
1

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3

Total votes: 201
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Democratic convention

Special Democratic convention for U.S. House New Mexico District 1

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic convention for U.S. House New Mexico District 1 on March 30, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Antoinette Sedillo Lopez (D)
 
37.2
 
74
✔
Image of Melanie Ann Stansbury
Melanie Ann Stansbury (D)
 
21.6
 
43
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Randi McGinn (D)
 
17.1
 
34
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Victor Reyes (D)
 
9.0
 
18
Image of Selinda Guerrero
Selinda Guerrero (D)
 
6.5
 
13
Image of Georgene Louis
Georgene Louis (D)
 
6.5
 
13
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Francisco Fernandez (D)
 
1.0
 
2
Image of Patricia Roybal Caballero
Patricia Roybal Caballero (D)
 
0.5
 
1
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
1

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

Total votes: 199
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Republican convention

Special Republican convention for U.S. House New Mexico District 1

The following candidates ran in the special Republican convention for U.S. House New Mexico District 1 on March 27, 2021.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Moores
Mark Moores (R)
 
40.5
 
49
Image of Eddy Aragon
Eddy Aragon (R)
 
28.1
 
34
Image of Elisa Martinez
Elisa Martinez (R)
 
16.5
 
20
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Jared Vander Dussen (R)
 
5.8
 
7
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Ronnie Lucero (R)
 
5.0
 
6
Image of Michaela Chavez
Michaela Chavez (R)
 
4.1
 
5
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Jonathan Gonzalez (R)
 
0.0
 
0

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

Total votes: 121
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero defeated Kayla Marshall in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patricia Roybal Caballero
Patricia Roybal Caballero (D)
 
66.3
 
6,147
Image of Kayla Marshall
Kayla Marshall (R) Candidate Connection
 
33.7
 
3,119

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Total votes: 9,266
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero defeated Edwina Pina Cisneros in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Patricia Roybal Caballero
 
66.1
 
1,391
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Edwina Pina Cisneros
 
33.9
 
714

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Total votes: 2,105
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Kayla Marshall advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kayla Marshall
Kayla Marshall Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
677

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

Total votes: 677
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Endorsements

Caballero received the following endorsements:

  • LEAP Forward[2]

2018

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero won election in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patricia Roybal Caballero
Patricia Roybal Caballero (D)
 
100.0
 
4,749

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

Total votes: 4,749
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13

Incumbent Patricia Roybal Caballero defeated Robert Atencio and Damion Cruzz in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Patricia Roybal Caballero
Patricia Roybal Caballero
 
44.8
 
631
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Robert Atencio
 
33.5
 
472
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Damion Cruzz
 
21.6
 
304

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

Total votes: 1,407
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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.

Patricia A. Roybal Caballero ran unopposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 general election.[3][4]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 13, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Patricia A. Roybal Caballero  (unopposed) 100.00% 5,525
Total Votes 5,525
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State


Incumbent Patricia A. Roybal Caballero ran unopposed in the New Mexico House of Representatives District 13 Democratic primary.[5]

New Mexico House of Representatives District 13, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Patricia A. Roybal Caballero 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 Patricia A. Roybal Caballero was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7]

2012

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2012

Roybal Caballero ran in the 2012 election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 13. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2012. She defeated Jose Orozco (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

New Mexico House of Representatives, District 13, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPatricia A. Roybal Caballero 71.5% 4,452
     Republican Jose Orozco 28.5% 1,772
Total Votes 6,224

Endorsements

In 2012, Roybal Caballero’s endorsements included the following:[10]

  • AFSCME
  • The National Education Association
  • The AFL-CIO

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2021

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Patricia Roybal Caballero campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024New Mexico House of Representatives District 13Won general$74,169 $41,690
2022New Mexico House of Representatives District 13Won general$32,372 $13,612
2021U.S. House New Mexico District 1Lost convention$16,669 $12,652
2020New Mexico House of Representatives District 13Won general$68,302 N/A**
2016New Mexico House of Representatives, District 13Won $22,274 N/A**
2014New Mexico State House, District 13Won $13,984 N/A**
2012New Mexico State House, District 13Won $8,767 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ NM House Dems, "Patricia Roybal Caballero," accessed June 28, 2017
    2. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia via email on May 12, 2020.
    3. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 general election contest/candidate list," accessed August 18, 2016
    4. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 29, 2016
    5. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed March 10, 2016
    6. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Official Results Primary Election - June 3, 2014," accessed July 7, 2014
    7. ↑ New Mexico State Legislature, "2014 Primary Election Candidates," accessed May 13, 2014
    8. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed April 15, 2014
    9. ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List," accessed May 13, 2014(Archived)
    10. ↑ www.afscme18.org/, "Nov 6, 2012 AFSCME Voter Guide," accessed May 13, 2014

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