Political party strength in New Mexico

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Political party strength in New Mexico has been divided between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

Since the 2008 presidential election the state has been considered a safe blue state.[1]

As of July 2025, New Mexico's registered voters include 570,873 Democrats (42.1%), 436,647 Republicans (32.2%), 26,864 "Other" (2%), and 320,988 Unaffiliated (23.7%).[2]

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood (1846–1911)

YearExecutive officesTerritorial Legislature United States Congress
GovernorSecretary of Terr.AuditorTreasurerComm. of Pub. LandsSenateHouseDelegate
1846 Charles Bent[a]
1847 none[b]
...
1850
1851 James Calhoun (W)[a][c] Richard Hanson Weightman (D)[d]
1852 William Carr Lane (W)[a]
1853 David Meriwether (D)[a] José Manuel Gallegos (D)[d]
1854
1855
1856 Miguel Antonio Otero (D)[d]
1857 Abraham Rencher (D)[a]
...
1860
1861 Henry Connelly (R)[a][e] John Sebrie Watts (R)[d]
1862
1863 Francisco Perea (R)[d]
1864
1865 José Francisco Chaves (R)[d]
1866 Robert Byington Mitchell (D)[a]
1867 Charles P. Clever (D)[d]
1868
1869 William A. Pile (R)[a] José Francisco Chaves (R)[d]
1870
1871 Marsh Giddings (R)[a] José Manuel Gallegos (D)[d]
1872
1873 Stephen B. Elkins (R)[d]
1874
1875 Samuel Beach Axtell (R)[a][f]
1876
1877 Trinidad Romero (R)[d]
1878 Lew Wallace (R)[a]
1879 Mariano S. Otero (R)[d]
1880
1881 Lionel Allen Sheldon (R)[a] Tranquilino Luna (R)[d]
1882
1883 Francisco Antonio Manzanares (D)[d]
1884
1885 Edmund G. Ross (D)[a] Antonio Joseph (D)[d]
...
1888
1889 L. Bradford Prince (R)[a]
...
1892
1893 William Taylor Thornton (D)[a]
1894
1895 Marcelino Garcia Samuel Eldodt Thomas B. Catron (R)[d]
1896
1897 Miguel Antonio Otero (R)[a] George H. Wallace Harvey Butler Fergusson (D)[d]
1898
1899 Luis M. Ortiz Alpheus Keen Pedro Perea (R)[d]
1900
1901 James W. Raynolds William G. Sargent John H. Vaughan Bernard Shandon Rodey (R)[d]
...
1904
1905 William Henry Andrews (R)[d]
1906 Herbert James Hagerman (R)[a]
1907 George Curry (R)[a][g]
1908
1909
1910 William J. Mills (R)[a]
1911

Statehood (1911–present)

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