New Mexico's 3rd congressional district

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district
	New Mexico's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Ben R. Luján; D–Nambé Pueblo
Distribution	62.70% urban; 37.30% rural;
Population (2000)	606,240
Median income	$47,325
Ethnicity	41.5% White; 1.2% Black; 0.8% Asian; 36.3% Hispanic; 19.6% Native American; 1.4% other;
Cook PVI	D+8

New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District serves the northern half of New Mexico, including the state's Capital, Santa Fe. The district has a significant Native American presence, encompassing most of the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Nation situated in the northwest corner of the state and most of the Puebloan peoples reservations.^[3] The current Representative is Democrat Ben R. Luján.

Voting[edit]

Election results from presidential races^[4]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Gore 52 - 43%
2004	President	Kerry 54 - 45%
2008	President	Obama 61 - 38%
2012	President	Obama 57 - 39%^[5]
2016	President	Clinton 52 - 37%

List of representatives[edit]

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	District Home	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1983
Bill Richardson	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – February 13, 1997	98th	Santa Fe	First elected in 1982 Resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
			99th
			100th
			101st
			102nd
			103rd
			104th
			105th
Vacant		February 13, 1997 – May 13, 1997	105th
Bill Redmond	Republican	May 13, 1997 – January 3, 1999	105th	Santa Fe	Won special election to finish remaining term Lost in the 1998 general election
Tom Udall	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009	106th	Santa Fe	First elected in 1998 Retired to run successfully for U.S. Senate
			107th
			108th
			109th
			110th
Ben Ray Luján	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	111th	Nambé	First elected in 2008
			112th
			113th
			114th
			115th
			116th

Election results[edit]

1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 (Special) • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010

1982[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson	84,669	64.49
	Republican	Marjorie Bell Chambers	46,466	35.39
	Write-in		158	0.12
Total votes			131,293	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

1984[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (incumbent)	100,470	60.81
	Republican	Louis H. Gallegos	62,351	37.74
	Libertarian	Shirley Machocky Jones	2,388	1.45
Total votes			165,209	100.0
	Democratic hold

1986[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (incumbent)	95,760	71.30
	Republican	David F. Cargo	38,552	28.70
Total votes			134,312	100.0
	Democratic hold

1988[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (incumbent)	124,938	73.11
	Republican	Cecilia M. Salazar	45,954	26.89
Total votes			170,892	100.0
	Democratic hold

1990[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (incumbent)	104,225	74.46
	Republican	Phil T. Archuletta	35,751	25.54
Total votes			139,976	100.0
	Democratic hold

1992[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (incumbent)	122,850	67.42
	Republican	F. Gregg Bemis, Jr.	54,569	29.95
	Libertarian	Ed Nagel	4,798	2.63
Total votes			182,217	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (incumbent)	99,900	63.59
	Republican	F. Gregg Bemis, Jr.	53,515	34.06
	Libertarian	Ed Nagel	3,697	2.35
Total votes			157,112	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996: New Mexico District 3^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (incumbent)	124,594	67.25
	Republican	Bill Redmond	56,580	30.54
	Libertarian	Ed Nagel	4,097	2.21
Total votes			185,271	100.0
	Democratic hold

1997 (Special)[edit]

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district special election, 1997^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Redmond	43,559	42.75
	Democratic	Eric P. Serna	40,542	39.79
	Green	Carol Miller	17,101	16.78
	Libertarian	Ed Nagel	393	0.39
	Reform	Daniel Pearlman	304	0.30
Total votes			101,899	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1998[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998: New Mexico District 3^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall	91,248	53.16
	Republican	Bill Redmond (incumbent)	74,266	43.27
	Green	Carol Miller	6,103	3.56
	Write-in		32	0.01
Total votes			171,649	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2000[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000: New Mexico District 3^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (incumbent)	135,040	67.18
	Republican	Lisa L. Lutz	65,979	32.82
Total votes			201,019	100.0
	Democratic hold

2002[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002: New Mexico District 3^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (incumbent)	122,921	100.00
Total votes			122,921	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004: New Mexico District 3^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (incumbent)	175,269	68.68
	Republican	Gregory M. Tucker	79,935	31.32
Total votes			255,204	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006: New Mexico District 3^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (incumbent)	144,880	74.64
	Republican	Ronald M. Dolin	49,219	25.36
Total votes			194,099	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008[edit]

2008 Primary Election[edit]

2008 Democratic Primary Congressional Election, District 3^[20]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Ben R. Luján	26,667	41.58
Democratic	Don Wiviott	16,314	25.44
Democratic	Benny J. Shendo, Jr.	10,113	15.77
Democratic	Harry Montoya	7,205	11.23
Democratic	Jon Adams	1,993	3.11
Democratic	Rudy Martin	1,838	2.87

2008 Republican Primary Congressional Election, District 3^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel K. East	14,767	53.89
	Republican	Marco Gonzales	12,634	46.11

2008 General Election[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008: New Mexico District 3^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben R. Luján	161,292	56.74
	Republican	Daniel K. East	86,618	30.47
	Independent	Carol Miller	36,348	12.79
Total votes			284,258	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010: New Mexico District 3^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben R. Luján (incumbent)	120,057	56.99
	Republican	Thomas E. Mullins	90,621	43.01
Total votes			210,678	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012: New Mexico District 3^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben R. Lujan (Incumbent)	167,103	63.12
	Republican	Jefferson L. Byrd	97,616	36.88
Total votes			264,719	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2014: New Mexico District 3^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Lujan (Incumbent)	113,249	61.52
	Republican	Jefferson Byrd	70,775	38.45
	Republican	Thomas Hook (Write-In)	52	0.03
Total votes			184,076	100
	Democratic hold

2016[edit]

United States House of Representatives elections, 2016: New Mexico District 3^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Lujan (Incumbent)	170,612	62.42
	Republican	Michael H. Romero	102,730	37.58
Total votes			273,342	100
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries[edit]

2003 - 2013

References[edit]

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=35&cd=03
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Pueblos, Tribes & Nations". www.newmexico.org. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
^ Presidential Election Results, by district, swingstateproject.com
^ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Av8O-dN2giY6dEFCOFZ4ZnlKS0x3M3Y0WHd5aWFDWkE&single=true&gid=0&output=html
^ 1982 Election Results
^ 1984 Election Results
^ 1986 Election Results
^ 1988 Election Results
^ 1990 Election Results
^ 1992 Election Results
^ 1994 Election Results
^ 1996 Election Results
^ 1997 Special Election Results
^ 1998 Election Results
^ 2000 Election Results
^ 2002 Election Results
^ 2004 Election Results
^ 2006 Election Results
^ 2008 Primary Results
^ 2008 Primary Results
^ 2008 Election Results
^ 2010 Election Results
^ "Statewide Results". New Mexico Secretary of State.
^ "Official Results General Election - November 4, 2014". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
^ "Election Night Results - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-07.

Coordinates: 36°00′35″N 105°49′55″W / 36.00972°N 105.83194°W / 36.00972; -105.83194

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=35&cd=03

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] "Pueblos, Tribes & Nations". www.newmexico.org. Retrieved 2018-06-22.

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

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

[6] 1982 Election Results

[7] 1984 Election Results

[8] 1986 Election Results

[9] 1988 Election Results

[10] 1990 Election Results

[11] 1992 Election Results

[12] 1994 Election Results

[13] 1996 Election Results

[14] 1997 Special Election Results

[15] 1998 Election Results

[16] 2000 Election Results

[17] 2002 Election Results

[18] 2004 Election Results

[19] 2006 Election Results

[20] 2008 Primary Results

[21] 2008 Primary Results

[22] 2008 Election Results

[23] 2010 Election Results

[NMSS2012-24] "Statewide Results". New Mexico Secretary of State.

[Generalelection2014-25] "Official Results General Election - November 4, 2014". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

[Generalelection2016-26] "Election Night Results - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-07.

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