New Mexico's 1st congressional district

New Mexico's 1st congressional district
Distribution	91.35% urban, 8.65% rural
Population (2000)	606,400
Median income	$38,413
Ethnicity	71.1% White, 2.6% Black, 1.8% Asian, 42.6% Hispanic, 3.5% Native American, 2.1% other
Cook PVI	D+5

"NM-1" redirects here. NM-1 may also refer to New Mexico State Road 1.

New Mexico District 1 of the United States House of Representatives serves the central area of New Mexico, in and around Albuquerque. The current Representative is Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who became the district's second Democratic representative in 2013.

The district from 2003 to 2013

History [edit]

Until the 1968 elections, New Mexico's representatives were all elected at-large state-wide. Starting in 1969, however, they were elected by districts. (See New Mexico's At-large congressional district.)

Voting [edit]

Election results from presidential races^[1]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Gore 48 - 47%
2004	President	Kerry 51 - 48%
2008	President	Obama 60 - 40%
2012	President	Obama 55% - 40%^[2]

List of representatives [edit]

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	District Home	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1969					Districts were created from the former at-large district
Manuel Lujan	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1989	91st	Albuquerque	First elected in 1968 Retired to become United States Secretary of the Interior
			92nd
			93rd
			94th
			95th
			96th
			97th
			98th
			99th
			100th
Steven Schiff	Republican	January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998	101st	Albuquerque	First elected in 1988 Died
			102nd
			103rd
			104th
			105th
Vacant		March 25, 1998 – June 25, 1998	105th
Heather Wilson	Republican	June 25, 1998 – January 3, 2009	105th	Albuquerque	Won special election to finish remaining term Won in the 1998 general election Retired to run for U.S. Senate
			106th
			107th
			108th
			109th
			110th
Martin Heinrich	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th	Albuquerque	First elected in 2008 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Martin Heinrich	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	112th	Albuquerque	First elected in 2008 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th	Albuquerque	Elected in 2012

Election results [edit]

1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 (Special) • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010

1968 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968: New Mexico District 1^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan	88,517	52.85%
	Democratic	Thomas G. Morris	78,117	46.64%
	Independent	William Higgs	854	0.51%
Totals			167,488	100.0%
	Republican win (new seat)

1970 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	91,187	58.53%
	Democratic	Fabian Chavez, Jr.	64,598	41.47%
Totals			155,785	100.0%
	Republican hold

1972 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	118,403	55.68%
	Democratic	Eugene Gallegos	94,239	44.32%
Totals			212,642	100.0%
	Republican hold

1974 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	106,268	58.61%
	Democratic	Roberto Mondragón	71,968	39.69%
	American Independent	Martin Molloy	3,069	1.70%
Totals			181,305	100.0%
	Republican hold

1976 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	162,587	72.09%
	Democratic	Raymond Garcia	61,800	27.40%
	Raza Unida	Jesus Aragom	1,159	0.51%
Totals			225,546	100.0%
	Republican hold

1978 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	118,075	62.53%
	Democratic	Robert M. Hawk	70,761	37.47%
Totals			188,836	100.0%
	Republican hold

1980 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980: New Mexico District 1^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	125,910	51.01%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson	120,903	48.99%
Totals			246,813	100.0%
	Republican hold

1982 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	74,459	52.44%
	Democratic	Jan A. Hartke	67,534	47.56%
Totals			141,993	100.0%
	Republican hold

1984 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	115,808	64.94%
	Democratic	Charles Ted Asbury	60,598	33.98%
	Libertarian	Stephen P. Curtis	1,936	1.08%
Totals			178,342	100.0%
	Republican hold

1986 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Manuel Lujan (incumbent)	90,476	70.89%
	Democratic	Manny Garcia	37,138	29.10%
	Write-in		18	0.01%
Totals			127,632	100.0%
	Republican hold

1988 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steven Schiff	89,985	50.56%
	Democratic	Tom Udall	84,138	47.28%
	Libertarian	Allen Montgomery Parkman	3,839	2.16%
Totals			177,962	100.0%
	Republican hold

1990 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	97,375	70.22%
	Democratic	Rebecca Vigil-Giron	41,306	29.78%
Totals			138,681	100.0%
	Republican hold

1992 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	128,426	62.58%
	Democratic	Robert J. Aragon	76,600	37.33%
	Write-in		188	0.09%
Totals			205,214	100.0%
	Republican hold

1994 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	119,996	73.93%
	Democratic	Peter L. Zollinger	42,316	26.07%
Totals			162,312	100.0%
	Republican hold

1996 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996: New Mexico District 1^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steven Schiff (incumbent)	109,290	56.60%
	Democratic	John Wertheim	71,635	37.10%
	Green	John A. Uhrich	7,694	3.98%
	Independent	Betty Turrietta-Koury	4,459	2.32%
Totals			193,078	100.0%
	Republican hold

1998 (Special) [edit]

New Mexico's 1st congressional district special election, 1998^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Heather Wilson	54,853	44.58%
	Democratic	Phillip Maloof	48,747	39.62%
	Green	Robert Anderson	18,108	14.72%
	Libertarian	Bruce Bush	1,337	1.09%
Totals			123,045	100.0%
	Republican hold

1998 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998: New Mexico District 1^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Heather Wilson (incumbent)	86,784	48.44%
	Democratic	Phillip Maloof	75,040	41.88%
	Green	Robert Anderson	17,266	9.64%
	Write-in		78	0.04%
Totals			179,168	100.0%
	Republican hold

2000 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000: New Mexico District 1^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Heather Wilson (incumbent)	107,296	50.34%
	Democratic	John J. Kelly	92,187	43.25%
	Green	Daniel Kerlinsky	13,656	6.41%
Totals			213,139	100.0%
	Republican hold

2002 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002: New Mexico District 1^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Heather Wilson (incumbent)	95,711	55.34%
	Democratic	Richard M. Romero	77,234	44.66%
Totals			172,945	100.0%
	Republican hold

2004 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004: New Mexico District 1^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Heather Wilson (incumbent)	147,372	54.40%
	Democratic	Richard M. Romero	123,339	45.53%
	Republican	Orlin G. Cole (as a write-in)	194	0.07%
Totals			270,905	100.0%
	Republican hold

2006 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006: New Mexico District 1^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Heather Wilson (incumbent)	105,986	50.20%
	Democratic	Patricia A. Madrid	105,125	49.80%
Totals			211,111	100.0%
	Republican hold

2008 [edit]

2008 Primary Election [edit]

2008 Democratic Primary Congressional Election, District 1^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Martin Heinrich	22,344	43.51%
	Democratic	Rebecca Vigil-Giron	12,659	24.65%
	Democratic	Michelle Lujan Grisham	12,073	23.51%
	Democratic	Robert Pidcock	4,272	8.33%

2008 Republican Primary Congressional Election, District 1^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Darren White	37,055	81.80%
	Republican	Joseph Cararro	8,244	18.20%

2008 General Election [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008: New Mexico District 1^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Martin Heinrich	166,271	55.65%
	Republican	Darren White	132,485	44.35%
Totals			298,756	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010 [edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010: New Mexico District 1^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Martin Heinrich (incumbent)	112,707	51.88%
	Republican	Jon Barela	104,543	48.12%
Totals			217,250	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Notes [edit]

References [edit]

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

[1] Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com

[2] ttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Av8O-dN2giY6dEFCOFZ4ZnlKS0x3M3Y0WHd5aWFDWkE&single=true&gid=0&output=html

[3] 1968 Election Results

[4] 1970 Election Results

[5] 1972 Election Results

[6] 1974 Election Results

[7] 1976 Election Results

[8] 1978 Election Results

[9] 1980 Election Results

[10] 1982 Election Results

[11] 1984 Election Results

[12] 1986 Election Results

[13] 1988 Election Results

[14] 1990 Election Results

[15] 1992 Election Results

[16] 1994 Election Results

[17] 1996 Election Results

[18] 1998 Special Election Results

[19] 1998 Election Results

[20] 2000 Election Results

[21] 2002 Election Results

[22] 2004 Election Results

[23] 2006 Election Results

[24] 2008 Primary Results

[25] 2008 Primary Results

[26] 2008 Election Results

[27] 2010 Election Results

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New Mexico's 1st congressional district
Current Representative		Michelle Lujan Grisham (D–Albuquerque)
Distribution	91.35% urban, 8.65% rural
Population (2000)	606,400
Median income	$38,413
Ethnicity	71.1% White, 2.6% Black, 1.8% Asian, 42.6% Hispanic, 3.5% Native American, 2.1% other
Cook PVI	D+5