New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District
U.S. House · New Mexico · District 3 · General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Candidates on the November 3 ballot
Teresa Leger FernandezDemocraticPhoto: U.S. Congress- Martin ZamoraRepublican
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate List, certified list (list retrieved 2026-10-30; retrieved 2026-10-30). Only candidates with status Qualified are shown. Names appear in capitals on the official list; shown here in title case. Order of names does not reflect ballot order. Incumbent tags appear only where the official list marks incumbents. Photos come from the Candidate Alerts database where one is on file; otherwise initials are shown.
Federal campaign finance filings for this seat: FEC election page (FEC registration is not the same as ballot qualification).
Certified candidates
- Teresa Leger Fernandez DemocraticIncumbent @RepTeresaLF
- Martin R Zamora Republican
Certified candidate list from Candidate Alerts, as of 2026-09-24, based on New Mexico Secretary of State. Includes candidates the database marks as on the November 3 ballot. Incumbent tags here follow the database.
Past election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Leger Fernandez | Democratic | 162,332 | 56.3% |
| Sharon E. Clahchischilliage | Republican | 126,078 | 43.7% |
| Total | 288,410 |
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State, ElectionStats (nm.elstats3.civera.com). Status: Certified, New Mexico Secretary of State ElectionStats (State Canvassing Board results by county and precinct). 9509 precinct cells with small counts are privacy-masked ('*') by the SOS and omitted; county totals are complete.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Leger Fernandez | Democratic | 134,202 | 58.2% |
| Alexis Martinez Johnson | Republican | 96,556 | 41.8% |
| Total | 230,758 |
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State, ElectionStats (nm.elstats3.civera.com). Status: Certified, New Mexico Secretary of State ElectionStats (State Canvassing Board results by county and precinct). 4818 precinct cells with small counts are privacy-masked ('*') by the SOS and omitted; county totals are complete.
Held under the district lines in effect at the time. Those boundaries differ from the 2026 district.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Leger Fernandez | Democratic | 186,277 | 58.7% |
| Alexis M. Johnson | Republican | 131,166 | 41.3% |
| Total | 317,443 |
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State, ElectionStats (nm.elstats3.civera.com). Status: Certified, New Mexico Secretary of State ElectionStats (State Canvassing Board results by county and precinct). 7406 precinct cells with small counts are privacy-masked ('*') by the SOS and omitted; county totals are complete.
Certified results from state or county election authorities, as compiled in the Candidate Alerts precinct results database (public API candidatealerts.com/api/district-results). Totals are sums of certified precinct and county-level rows.
Demographics
2020 Census demographics by district are not yet published in this data set.
104 of 699 precincts are above 50%, and 287 are above 25%. Source: Census American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year block groups, allocated to current precinct shapes by area.
Poll status
Map
Share of adults (18+) who speak Spanish at home, by precinct. Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates on the current precinct layer. Hover a precinct for its value.
District shown in red: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary file for the 119th Congress (cb_2024_us_cd119_500k). These are the lines in effect for 2026 in this state per the Candidate Alerts district registry.
Precinct map: past elections and demographics
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Precinct results
Certified precinct results on current precinct shapes, grouped by county. 676 precincts. "(part)" marks a precinct only partly inside this district; its full vote is shown, so district sums are approximate and are not the official district total. Elections were held under older lines and are shown on the 2026 district.
| County | 2024 President | 2022 Governor | 2020 President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | Votes | Margin | Votes | Margin | Votes | |
| Santa Fe | D+54.7 | 68,102 | D+57.8 | 57,425 | D+60.0 | 76,274 |
| San Juan | R+32.4 | 50,330 | R+32.3 | 38,331 | R+28.5 | 51,956 |
| McKinley | D+21.1 | 21,215 | D+34.3 | 16,821 | D+35.6 | 23,619 |
| Chaves | R+42.1 | 18,957 | R+44.1 | 13,803 | R+39.0 | 20,060 |
| Taos | D+48.1 | 16,417 | D+54.3 | 13,301 | D+55.2 | 17,051 |
| Lea | R+63.7 | 14,453 | R+69.6 | 9,976 | R+61.5 | 16,633 |
| Curry | R+43.2 | 14,770 | R+45.2 | 10,013 | R+41.0 | 14,965 |
| Los Alamos | D+30.3 | 10,108 | D+23.5 | 9,006 | D+26.8 | 12,213 |
| San Miguel | D+28.5 | 10,280 | D+39.4 | 9,110 | D+39.2 | 11,400 |
| Sandoval | D+30.8 | 9,171 | D+32.5 | 6,946 | D+36.8 | 10,665 |
| Eddy | R+69.1 | 6,558 | R+73.1 | 4,900 | R+65.7 | 7,333 |
| Roosevelt | R+43.3 | 5,740 | R+43.7 | 4,070 | R+43.2 | 6,552 |
| Colfax | R+14.2 | 5,742 | R+15.9 | 3,465 | R+11.1 | 5,945 |
| Rio Arriba | D+1.2 | 1,802 | D+11.8 | 2,748 | D+26.3 | 6,557 |
| Quay | R+41.7 | 3,653 | R+43.4 | 3,013 | R+38.1 | 3,838 |
| Mora | D+17.5 | 2,449 | D+30.8 | 2,442 | D+31.8 | 2,648 |
| Union | R+53.0 | 1,641 | R+52.0 | 1,491 | R+56.9 | 1,773 |
| Harding | R+39.8 | 425 | R+37.3 | 413 | R+28.6 | 496 |
| All counties (approx.) | D+3.3 | 261,813 | D+8.3 | 207,274 | D+9.6 | 289,978 |
Santa Fe: 146 precinct results and demographics
San Juan: 97 precinct results and demographics
McKinley: 60 precinct results and demographics
Chaves: 56 precinct results and demographics
Taos: 47 precinct results and demographics
Lea: 37 precinct results and demographics
Curry: 42 precinct results and demographics
Los Alamos: 21 precinct results and demographics
San Miguel: 33 precinct results and demographics
Sandoval: 27 precinct results and demographics
Eddy: 14 precinct results and demographics
Roosevelt: 19 precinct results and demographics
Colfax: 21 precinct results and demographics
Rio Arriba: 24 precinct results and demographics
Quay: 12 precinct results and demographics
Mora: 11 precinct results and demographics
Union: 6 precinct results and demographics
Harding: 3 precinct results and demographics
2024 President (Kamala D. Harris and Timothy Walz vs. Donald J. Trump and JD Vance). Source: New Mexico Secretary of State, ElectionStats (nm.elstats3.civera.com). Certified, New Mexico Secretary of State ElectionStats (State Canvassing Board results by county and precinct). 9509 precinct cells with small counts are privacy-masked ('*') by the SOS and omitted; county totals are complete..
2022 Governor (Michelle Lujan Grisham and Howie C. Morales vs. Mark V. Ronchetti and Ant L. Thornton). Source: New Mexico Secretary of State, ElectionStats (nm.elstats3.civera.com). Certified, New Mexico Secretary of State ElectionStats (State Canvassing Board results by county and precinct). 4818 precinct cells with small counts are privacy-masked ('*') by the SOS and omitted; county totals are complete..
2020 President (Joseph R. Biden And Kamala D. Harris vs. Donald J. Trump And Michael "Mike" R. Pence). Source: New Mexico Secretary of State, ElectionStats (nm.elstats3.civera.com). Certified, New Mexico Secretary of State ElectionStats (State Canvassing Board results by county and precinct). 7406 precinct cells with small counts are privacy-masked ('*') by the SOS and omitted; county totals are complete..
Precinct demographics
Demographics are Census American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates for block groups, assigned to precincts by area share. They describe the resident population, not registered or likely voters, and include non-citizens. ACS margins of error are not shown; small precincts carry large error. Area weighting assumes people are spread evenly within each block group, so large rural precincts are the least reliable. Median income is a household-weighted average of block-group medians, an approximation.
| Area | Population | Voting-age pop. | % White non-Hisp. | % Hispanic | % Black | % Asian | Median income* | % Bachelor's+ | % 18-29 (of adults) | % 65+ | % Homeowners | % Below poverty | % Spanish at home (adults) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | 686,039 | 532,070 | 34.3% | 42.9% | 1.0% | 1.1% | $71k | 28.2% | 18.9% | 20.0% | 72.0% | 19.7% | 24.8% |
| Santa Fe (in district) | 144,949 | 121,964 | 42.7% | 49.1% | 0.8% | 1.5% | $84k | 46.5% | 14.7% | 28.4% | 71.0% | 12.2% | 26.9% |
| San Juan (in district) | 119,547 | 89,796 | 36.0% | 19.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% | $63k | 18.1% | 19.4% | 16.9% | 71.4% | 23.2% | 8.8% |
| McKinley (in district) | 63,310 | 45,823 | 8.3% | 13.3% | 0.5% | 1.5% | $50k | 13.9% | 21.6% | 13.8% | 68.8% | 33.4% | 5.3% |
| Chaves (in district) | 56,839 | 42,838 | 34.9% | 60.0% | 1.3% | 1.1% | $56k | 17.0% | 22.4% | 16.4% | 70.2% | 25.3% | 35.0% |
| Lea (in district) | 51,390 | 36,724 | 34.6% | 60.1% | 1.8% | 0.8% | $85k | 17.4% | 23.4% | 11.7% | 74.5% | 16.8% | 42.5% |
| Curry (in district) | 44,183 | 32,496 | 42.6% | 46.7% | 4.7% | 1.4% | $63k | 22.8% | 28.0% | 12.8% | 62.4% | 20.7% | 26.3% |
| Rio Arriba (in district) | 39,796 | 30,835 | 14.0% | 67.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | $61k | 19.1% | 17.1% | 21.9% | 80.1% | 18.2% | 47.8% |
| Taos (in district) | 33,972 | 28,638 | 40.1% | 51.0% | 0.3% | 0.7% | $63k | 38.3% | 12.6% | 30.3% | 77.8% | 15.6% | 30.0% |
| San Miguel (in district) | 26,186 | 21,766 | 17.5% | 75.3% | 1.2% | 0.3% | $60k | 26.2% | 16.0% | 25.6% | 73.3% | 23.8% | 48.0% |
| Sandoval (in district) | 23,915 | 17,881 | 16.5% | 28.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | $77k | 23.5% | 19.3% | 17.8% | 88.2% | 19.8% | 12.6% |
| Los Alamos (in district) | 18,514 | 14,467 | 69.9% | 18.0% | 0.9% | 5.0% | $149k | 69.9% | 16.3% | 18.4% | 74.4% | 3.4% | 7.3% |
| Roosevelt (in district) | 18,466 | 13,885 | 48.2% | 44.9% | 0.6% | 0.5% | $59k | 21.3% | 30.5% | 15.1% | 61.1% | 21.3% | 25.5% |
| Eddy (in district) | 14,570 | 10,389 | 38.3% | 56.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | $84k | 19.7% | 24.6% | 11.6% | 70.6% | 14.7% | 28.8% |
| Colfax (in district) | 12,635 | 10,318 | 46.9% | 48.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | $56k | 25.2% | 15.4% | 28.3% | 71.2% | 18.8% | 19.5% |
| Quay (in district) | 8,872 | 7,107 | 47.3% | 45.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% | $47k | 19.4% | 14.0% | 26.3% | 71.6% | 26.9% | 20.6% |
| Mora (in district) | 4,157 | 3,445 | 24.8% | 73.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | $51k | 34.3% | 6.4% | 34.0% | 86.8% | 21.5% | 49.7% |
| Union (in district) | 3,997 | 3,145 | 53.3% | 40.1% | 1.1% | 0.0% | $50k | 18.4% | 12.6% | 22.8% | 72.4% | 16.6% | 21.7% |
| Harding (in district) | 740 | 553 | 47.5% | 36.5% | 1.8% | 0.0% | $49k | 33.3% | 11.9% | 26.6% | 76.9% | 19.4% | 22.6% |
Precinct-level demographics (699 precincts) are on the county pages linked above.
*Median income is approximate (see note above). ACS 2020-2024 5-year.
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