| New Mexico House of Representatives | |
| Native Name: | Cámara de representantes de Nuevo México |
| Legislature: | New Mexico State Legislature |
| Coa Pic: | Seal of the New Mexico House of Representatives.svg |
| Term Limits: | None |
| New Session: | January 17, 2023 |
| House Type: | Lower house |
| Chief Clerk: | Lisa M. Ortiz McCutcheon |
| Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Leader1: | Javier Martínez (D) |
| Election1: | January 17, 2023 |
| Leader3 Type: | Majority Leader |
| Leader3: | Gail Chasey (D) |
| Election3: | January 17, 2023 |
| Leader4 Type: | Minority Leader |
| Leader4: | Rod Montoya (R) |
| Election4: | April 5, 2024 |
| Term Length: | 2 years |
| Authority: | Article IV, New Mexico Constitution |
| Salary: | None + per diem |
| Members: | 70 |
| Structure1: | New Mexico House of Representatives 2022.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Majority
Minority
|
| Last Election1: | November 8, 2022 (70 seats) |
| Next Election1: | November 5, 2024 (70 seats) |
| Redistricting: | Legislative Control |
| Meeting Place: | House of Representatives Chamber New Mexico State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico |
The New Mexico House of Representatives (Spanish; Castilian: Cámara de representantes de Nuevo México ) is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature.
There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico.
The most recent elections were held on November 8th, 2022.
| Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant | ||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | End 2010 | 42 | 0 | 28 | 70 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Begin 2011 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 70 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | End 2012 | 36 | 1 | ||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 2013-2014 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 70 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 2015-2016 | 33 | 0 | 37 | 70 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | 2017-2018 | 38 | 0 | 32 | 70 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Begin 2019 | 46 | 0 | 24 | 70 | 0 | |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | End 2020 | 43 | 67 | 3 | |||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Begin 2021 | rowspan=2 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 70 | 0 |
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | February 6, 2021[1] | 1 | 24 | ||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Begin 2023 | rowspan=1 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 70 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | |||||||
| Position | Representative [2] | Party | District | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker of the House of Representantes | Javier Martínez | Dem | 11 | ||
| Majority Floor Leader | Gail Chasey | Dem | 18 | ||
| Majority Whip | Reena Szczepanski | Dem | 47 | ||
| Minority Floor Leader | Rod Montoya | Rep | 1 | ||
| Minority Whip | Alan Martinez | Rep | 23 |
† Member was originally appointed.
* Member served a previous non-consecutive term.
See main article: Political party strength in New Mexico.
(The party control table shows the balance of power after each recent general election. The preceding Makeup table includes results of special elections since the last general election.)
| Years | Democrats | Republicans | Independents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–2002 | 42 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2003–2004 | 43 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2005–2006 | 42 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2007–2008 | 42 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2009–2010 | 45 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2011–2012 | 36 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | 38 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 37 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2015–2016 | 33 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2017–2018 | 38 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2019–2020 | 46 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2021–2022 | 45 | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2023–2024 | 45 | 25 | 0 |