2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election

The 2020 New Mexico House of Representatives election took place on November 3, 2020 as part of the biennial United States elections. All the seats in the New Mexico House of Representatives were up for election. The previous election was held in 2018.

Primary elections were held on June 3, alongside the 2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary.

Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
 * 1) District 53, 0.6% 
 * 2) District 27, 2.1%
 * 3) District 22, 2.4%
 * 4) District 57, 4.4% 
 * 5) District 68, 5% 
 * 6) District 39, 5.6% gain
 * 7) District 20, 7%
 * 8) District 37, 7.2%
 * 9) District 44, 7.4% 
 * 10) District 36, 8%
 * 11) District 50, 8.3% 
 * 12) District 31, 8.5%
 * 13) District 4, 8.6%
 * 14) District 32, 8.6%
 * 15) District 29, 8.8%
 * 16) District 23, 9.6%
 * 17) District 28, 9.8%

Retiring incumbents
Eleven incumbent representatives (seven Democrats and four Republicans) did not seek reelection.


 * 1) Abbas Akhil (D), District 20
 * 2) Paul Bandy (R), District 3
 * 3) Daniel R. Barrone (D), District 42
 * 4) David Gallegos (R), District 61
 * 5) Tim Lewis (R), District 60
 * 6) Patricio Ruiloba (D), District 12 (sought reelection but was disqualified from the ballot; subsequently resigned on September 9, 2020)
 * 7) Tomás Salazar (D), District 70
 * 8) Joespeh Sanchez (D), District 40
 * 9) Gregg Schmedes (D), District 22
 * 10) Jim Trujillo (D), District 45 (subsequently resigned on September 29, 2020)
 * 11) Linda Trujillo (D), District 48 (subsequently resigned on July 9, 2020)

In primary
No incumbent representative was defeated in the primary.

In general election
One incumbent (a Democrat) was defeated in the general election.


 * 1) Art De La Cruz (D), District 12

District 11

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 12
Incumbent Democrat Patricio Ruiloba was disqualified from the primary ballot on March 31, 2020 for submitting incomplete information on his election paperwork. Subsequently, Ruiloba resigned effective September 9 in order to run for Bernalillo County Sheriff. Former Bernalillo County Commissioner Art De La Cruz was appointed to the vacant seat, but because the Democratic Party did not have a valid nominee to replace him on the ballot, De La Cruz was forced to run for election to a full term as a write-in candidate.

District 13

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 14

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 17

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 20

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 23

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 27
Incumbent Democrat Bill Pratt died on December 29, 2019. The Bernalillo County Commission appointed Marian Matthews to the vacant seat on January 9, 2020.
 * Democratic primary


 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 34

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 40

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 42
Democratic incumbent Roberto Gonzales was appointed to a vacant State Senate seat on December 20, 2019. Taos Mayor Daniel R. Barrone was appointed to succeed Gonzales on January 4, 2020. In April 2020, Barrone announced he would not seek a full term as Representative.
 * Democratic primary


 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 45

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 48
Incumbent Democrat Linda Trujillo resigned on July 9, 2020, after winning the Democratic primary unopposed. Democrat Tara Lujan was appointed to succeed Trujillo on July 23.

District 50

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 61

 * Republican primary


 * General election

District 65

 * Democratic primary


 * General election

District 70

 * Democratic primary


 * General election