2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election
Country:	New Mexico
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2018 New Mexico House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2018
Next Election:	2022 New Mexico House of Representative election
Next Year:	2022
Seats For Election:	All 70 seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	36
Election Date:	November 3, 2020
Leader1:	Brian Egolf
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:	47th - Santa Fe
Last Election1:	46 seats, 58.4%
Seats Before1:	46
Seats1:	44
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	438,465
Percentage1:	51.7%
Swing1:	6.7%
Leader2:	Jim Townsend
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Leaders Seat2:	54th - Artesia
Last Election2:	24 seats, 39.2%
Seats Before2:	24
Seats2:	25
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	392,345
Percentage2:	46.3%
Swing2:	7.1%
Map Size:	350px
Speaker of the House
Before Election:	Brian Egolf
Before Party:	Democratic
After Election:	Brian Egolf
After Party:	Democratic

The 2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election took place on November 3, 2020, as part of the biennial United States elections. All the seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election.^[1] The previous election was held in 2018.

Primary elections were held on June 3, alongside the 2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary.^[2]

Summary of results

District		Elected representative^[3]
1	Rep		Rep
2	Rep		Rep
3	Rep		Rep
4	Dem		Dem
5	Dem		Dem
6	Dem		Dem
7	Rep		Rep
8	Rep		Rep
9	Dem		Dem
10	Dem		Dem
11	Dem		Dem
12	Dem		Ind
13	Dem		Dem
14	Dem		Dem
15	Dem		Dem
16	Dem		Dem
17	Dem		Dem
18	Dem		Dem
19	Dem		Dem
20	Dem		Dem
21	Dem		Dem
22	Rep		Rep
23	Dem		Dem
24	Dem		Dem
25	Dem		Dem
26	Dem		Dem
27	Dem		Dem
28	Dem		Dem
29	Dem		Dem
30	Dem		Dem
31	Rep		Rep
32	Dem		Dem
33	Dem		Dem
34	Dem		Dem
35	Dem		Dem
36	Dem		Dem
37	Dem		Dem
38	Rep		Rep
39	Dem	Luis Terrazas	Rep
40	Dem		Dem
41	Dem		Dem
42	Dem		Dem
43	Dem		Dem
44	Rep		Rep
45	Dem		Dem
46	Dem		Dem
47	Dem		Dem
48	Dem		Dem
49	Rep		Rep
50	Dem		Dem
51	Rep		Rep
52	Dem		Dem
53	Dem		Dem
54	Rep		Rep
55	Rep		Rep
56	Rep		Rep
57	Rep		Rep
58	Rep		Rep
59	Rep		Rep
60	Rep		Rep
61	Rep		Rep
62	Rep		Rep
63	Rep		Rep
64	Rep		Rep
65	Dem		Dem
66	Rep		Rep
67	Rep		Rep
68	Dem		Dem
69	Dem		Dem
70	Dem		Dem

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

gain

Retiring incumbents

Eleven incumbent representatives (seven Democrats and four Republicans) did not seek reelection.^[4]

Abbas Akhil (D), District 20
Paul Bandy (R), District 3
Daniel R. Barrone (D), District 42
David Gallegos (R), District 61
Tim Lewis (R), District 60
Patricio Ruiloba (D), District 12 (sought reelection but was disqualified from the ballot; subsequently resigned on September 9, 2020)
Tomás Salazar (D), District 70
Joespeh Sanchez (D), District 40
Gregg Schmedes (D), District 22
Jim Trujillo (D), District 45 (subsequently resigned on September 29, 2020)
Linda Trujillo (D), District 48 (subsequently resigned on July 9, 2020)

Defeated incumbents

In primary

No incumbent representative was defeated in the primary.

In general election

One incumbent (a Democrat) was defeated in the general election.

Art De La Cruz (D), District 12

Detailed results

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District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 • District 54 • District 55 • District 56 • District 57 • District 58 • District 59 • District 60 • District 61 • District 62 • District 63 • District 64 • District 65 • District 66 • District 67 • District 68 • District 69 • District 70

District 11

Republican primary
General election

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Patricio Ruiloba was disqualified from the primary ballot on March 31, 2020, for submitting incomplete information on his election paperwork.^[6] Subsequently, Ruiloba resigned effective September 9 in order to run for Bernalillo County Sheriff.^[7] Former Bernalillo County Commissioner Art De La Cruz was appointed to the vacant seat,^[8] but because the Democratic Party did not have a valid nominee to replace him on the ballot, De La Cruz was forced to run for election to a full term as a write-in candidate.