ABQ Journal (Nov. 15, 2024) —With the large number of state representatives and senators who decided to retire from the Legislature this year, New Mexico has known for quite some time 2025 would bring a lot of new faces in the Roundhouse.
Now that the 2024 election cycle has wrapped up and unofficial results are in, the state has concrete numbers: There will be 28 new representatives and senators serving New Mexico come 2025.
The 42-member Senate is getting 15 new legislators, nine Republicans and six Democrats. That includes four policymakers who formerly served in the House.
The 70-member House is getting 13 new legislators, seven Republicans and six Democrats.
Three of the 28 policymakers are also ex-legislators who served in past years returning to the Roundhouse: Republican Gabriel Ramos and Democrat Linda Trujillo in the Senate, and Republican Rebecca Dow in the House.
Republicans picked up a few seats in the election, shifting the Democratic majority to a margin of 26-16 in the Senate and 44-26 in the House.
The new senators:
District 2: Steve Lanier, R-Aztec
District 9: Cindy Nava, D-Bernalillo
District 12: Jay Block, R-Rio Rancho
District 13: Debbie O’Malley, D-Albuquerque
District 15: Heather Berghmans, D-Albuquerque
District 18: Natalie Figueroa, D-Albuquerque
District 19: Ant Thornton, R-Sandia Park
District 21: Nicole Tobiassen, R-Albuquerque
District 24: Linda Trujillo, D-Santa Fe
District 27: Patrick Henry Boone IV, R-Elida
District 28: Gabriel Ramos, R-Silver City
District 30: Angel Charley, D-Acoma
District 32: Candy Spence Ezzell, R-Roswell
District 33: Nicholas Paul R-Alamogordo
District 34: James Townsend, R-Artesia
District 42: Larry Scott, R-Hobbs
The new representatives:
District 3: William Hall, R-Aztec
District 4: Joseph Hernandez, D-Shiprock
District 18: Marianna Anaya, D-Albuquerque
District 30: Elizabeth Diane Torres-Velasquez, D-Albuquerque
District 31: Nicole Chavez, R-Albuquerque
District 38: Rebecca Dow, R-Truth or Consequences
District 53: Sarah Silva, D-Las Cruces
District 54: Jonathan Allen Henry, R-Artesia
District 57: Catherine Cullen, R-Rio Rancho (potential vote recount)
District 58: Angelita Mejia, R-Dexter
District 62: Elaine Sena Cortez, R-Hobbs
District 69: Michelle Abeyta, D-Tohajiilee
District 70: Anita Amalia Gonzales, D-Las Vegas
