New Mexico

  • State Houses

    39
    DEM
    vs.
    31
    REP
    The Nebraska Legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan.

    State Senates

    25
    DEM
    vs.
    17
    REP
    New Mexico
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Latest News in New Mexico

  • A Tale of Voting Rights—New Mexico Democrats vs. Virginia Republicans

    Election Day 2016 is 1,367 days away. Most people are just getting over the last election, but state lawmakers are already advancing legislation that will impact who will be able to vote in future elections.
  • Democrats gaining control in Western States

    The Associated Press looks at how western states like California and Colorado--once dominated by Republicans--are now moving into the Democratic column. "From Washington state — where voters in November legalized marijuana and upheld the legality of gay marriage — to New Mexico, once a hotly contested swing state that Republicans ceded to Democrats in the presidential campaign, the West has become largely Democratic terrain."
  • DLCC Mourns the Passing of New Mexico Speaker Ben Lujan

    It is with great sadness that we learned today of the passing of New Mexico’s House Speaker Ben Lujan. Elected to the New Mexico legislature in 1975, Speaker Lujan rose through the ranks of New Mexico's legislature and today he is recognized as “one of the most influential” legislators in New Mexico history.
  • New Mexico legislature offers in-state tuition to all veterans, military families

    In a dramatic show of support, New Mexico’s Democratic-led House and Senate both voted unanimously to provide all U.S.