New Mexico's 3rd congressional district

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district (Spanish: 3.º distrito congresional de Nuevo México) is a congressional district is the U.S state of New Mexico. The district is in the north part of the state. Many Native Americans live in the district and most of the Navajo Nation is also in the district.^[2] The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The current Representative is Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez.

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district
Interactive map of boundaries
Representative	Teresa Leger Fernandez D–Santa Fe
Distribution	64.70% urban 35.30% rural
Population (2019)	699,985
Median household income	$53,357
Ethnicity	41.4% Hispanic 36.5% White 17.7% Native American 1.6% Black 1.4% Asian 0.2% other
Cook PVI	D+8[1]

Election history

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Gore 52 – 43%
2004	President	Kerry 54 – 45%
2008	President	Obama 61 – 38%
2012	President	Obama 57 – 39%
2016	President	Clinton 52 – 37%
2018	Senator	Heinrich 57 – 27%
2018	Governor	Lujan Grisham 61 – 39%
2020	President	Biden 58 – 40%

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[3]

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	100.00
	Democratic win (new seat)

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[4]

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	100.00
	Democratic hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (Incumbent)	95,760	71.30
	Republican	David F. Cargo	38,552	28.70
Total votes			134,312	100.00
	Democratic hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (Incumbent)	124,938	73.11
	Republican	Cecilia M. Salazar	45,954	26.89
Total votes			170,892	100.00
	Democratic hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Richardson (Incumbent)	104,225	74.46
	Republican	Phil T. Archuletta	35,751	25.54
Total votes			139,976	100.00
	Democratic hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[8]

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	100.00
	Democratic hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[9]

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	100.00
	Democratic hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[10]

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	100.00
	Democratic hold

1997 (Special)

1997 New Mexico's 3rd congressional district special election^[11]

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	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[12]

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	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (Incumbent)	135,040	67.18
	Republican	Lisa L. Lutz	65,979	32.82
Total votes			201,019	100.00
	Democratic hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (Incumbent)	122,921	100.00
Total votes			122,921	100.00
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (Incumbent)	175,269	68.68
	Republican	Gregory M. Tucker	79,935	31.32
Total votes			255,204	100.00
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Udall (Incumbent)	144,880	74.64
	Republican	Ronald M. Dolin	49,219	25.36
Total votes			194,099	100.00
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 Democratic Primary Congressional Election, District 3^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray 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^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel K. East	14,767	53.89
	Republican	Marco Gonzales	12,634	46.11

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján	161,292	56.74
	Republican	Daniel K. East	86,618	30.47
	Independent	Carol Miller	36,348	12.79
Total votes			284,258	100.00
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján (Incumbent)	120,057	56.99
	Republican	Thomas E. Mullins	90,621	43.01
Total votes			210,678	100.00
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján (Incumbent)	167,103	63.12
	Republican	Jefferson L. Byrd	97,616	36.88
Total votes			264,719	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján (Incumbent)	113,249	61.52
	Republican	Jefferson Byrd	70,775	38.45
	Republican	Thomas Hook (Write-In)	52	0.03
Total votes			184,076	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján (Incumbent)	170,612	62.42
	Republican	Michael H. Romero	102,730	37.58
Total votes			273,342	100.00
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Ray Luján (Incumbent)	155,201	63.04
	Republican	Jerald S. McFall	76,427	31.02
	Libertarian	Christopher Manning	13,265	5.4
Total votes			244,893	100.00
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Leger Fernandez	186,282	58.07
	Republican	Alexis Johnson	131,166	41.03
Total votes			317,448	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
2. "Pueblos, Tribes & Nations". www.newmexico.org. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
3. "1982 Election Results" (PDF).
4. "1984 Election Results" (PDF).
5. "1986 Election Results" (PDF).
6. "1988 Election Results" (PDF).
7. "1990 Election Results" (PDF).
8. "1992 Election Results" (PDF).
9. "1994 Election Results" (PDF).
10. "1996 Election Results" (PDF).
11. Oswald, Mark (August 1997). "Greens shake-Up New Mexico" (PDF). Cornel.edu. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
12. "1998 Election Results" (PDF).
13. "2000 Election Results" (PDF).
14. "2002 Election Results" (PDF).
15. "2004 Election Results" (PDF).
16. "2006 Election Results" (PDF).
17. "2008 Primary Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
18. "2008 Election Results" (PDF).
19. "2010 Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
20. "Statewide Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017.
21. "Official Results General Election - November 4, 2014". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
22. "Election Night Results - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.