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New Mexico's 2nd congressional district

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.

Representative

Distribution

Population (2019)

705,615

Median income

$46,817

Ethnicity

R+6

New Mexico's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the state of New Mexico. The district is the 5th largest congressional district in the United States of America and the largest district that is not the entire state. The district is currently represented by Republican Yvette Herrell. Yvette Herrell defeated the incumbent Democrate Xochitl Torres Small in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections. The district was one of the 15 districts who used to have a Democrat representative but now a Republican representative in the 2020 elections.

Election history

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Skeen (Incumbent)	100,742	58.11
	Democratic	Michael A. Montoya	72,614	41.89
Total votes			173,356	100.0
	Republican hold

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pearce	79,631	56.23
	Democratic	John Arthur Smith	61,916	43.72
	Green	George L. Dewey (as a write-in)	43	0.03
	Republican	Padraig M. Lynch (as a write-in)	39	0.02
Total votes			141,629	100.0
	Republican hold

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pearce (Incumbent)	130,498	60.20
	Democratic	Gary King	86,292	39.80
Total votes			216,790	100.0
	Republican hold

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pearce (Incumbent)	92,620	59.42
	Democratic	Albert Kissling	63,119	40.49
	Democratic	C. Dean Burk (as a write-in)	135	0.09
Total votes			155,874	100.0
	Republican hold

2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry Teague	129,572	55.96
	Republican	Edward R. Tinsley	101,980	44.04
Total votes			231,552	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pearce	94,053	55.40
	Democratic	Harry Teague (Incumbent)	75,709	44.60
Total votes			169,762	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pearce	133,180	59.06
	Democratic	Evelyn Madrid Erhard	92,162	40.87
	Independent	Jack A. McGrann (Write-In)	173	0.8
Total votes			225,515	100.0
	Republican hold

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pearce	95,209	64.43
	Democratic	Rocky Lara	52,499	35.52
	Republican	Jack McGrann (Write-In)	69	0.05
Total votes			147,777	100
	Republican hold

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Pearce (Incumbent)	143,514	62.72
	Democratic	Merrie Lee Soules	85,232	37.25
	Republican	Jack A McGrann (write in)	70	0.03
Total votes			228,816	100
	Republican hold

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xochitl Torres Small	101,489	50.90
	Republican	Yvette Herrell	97,767	49.10
Total votes			199,256	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

**New Mexico's 2nd congressional district** election, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Yvette Herrell	142,169	53.75
	Democratic	Xochitl Torres Small (incumbent)	122,314	46.25
Total votes			264,483	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic