New Mexico's 1st congressional district

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New Mexico District 1 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves the central area of New Mexico, in and around Albuquerque. The current Representative from District 1 is Republican Heather Wilson.

Contents 1 History 2 Representatives 3 Election results 4 Notes

[edit] History

The first district was New Mexico's only district until 1942. After there were two districts, both were elected at-large by the entire state until 1968. Since then the first district has centered around Albuquerque, though its size has shrunken significantly as Albuquerque's population increased.

[edit] Representatives

Congress	Representative	Term	Party	Residence	Occupation
62nd (1911–1913)	Harvey B. Fergusson	1912–1915	Democrat	Albuquerque	Lawyer
63rd (1913–1915)
64th (1915–1917)	Benigno C. Hernández	1915–1917	Republican	Tierra Amarilla	Merchant
65th (1917–1919)	William Bell Walton	1917–1919	Democrat	Deming	Lawyer
66th (1919–1921)	Benigno C. Hernández	1919–1921	Republican	Tierra Amarilla	Merchant
67th (1921–1923	Néstor Montoya[1]	1921–1923	Republican	Albuquerque	Journalist
	John Morrow	1923–1929	Democrat	Raton	Educator & Lawyer
68th (1923–1925)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)	Albert G. Simms	1929–1931	Republican	Albuquerque	Lawyer
72nd (1931–1933)	Dennis Chavez	1931–1935	Democrat	Belen	Lawyer
73rd (1933–1935)
74th (1935–1937)	John J. Dempsey	1935–1941	Democrat	Santa Fe	Oil Tycoon
74th (1937–1939)
75th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943)	Clinton P. Anderson	1941–1947	Democrat	Albuquerque	Insurance Agent
78th (1943–1945)
79th (1945–1947)
80th (1947–1949)	Georgia Lee Lusk	1947–1949	Democrat	Carlsbad	Educator
81st (1949–1951)	John E. Miles	1949–1951	Democrat	Tucumcari	Journalist & Retailer
82nd (1951–1953)	John J. Dempsey[2]	1951–1958	Democrat	Santa Fe	Oil Tycoon
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
	Thomas G. Morris	1958–1969	Democrat	Quay County	Rancher
86th (1959–1961)
87th (1961–1963)
88th (1963–1965)
89th (1965–1967)
90th (1967–1969)
91st (1969–1971)	Manuel Lujan, Jr.	1969–1989	Republican	Albuquerque	National Guardsman
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981)
97th (1981–1983)
98th (1983–1985)
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)	Steven Schiff[3]	1989–1998	Republican	Albuquerque	Lawyer
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)
104th (1995–1997)
105th (1997–1999)
	Heather Wilson	1998–present	Republican	Albuquerque	Air Force Pilot
106th (1999–2001)
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005)
109th (2005–2007)

[edit] Election results

U.S. House election, 1996: New Mexico District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Steven Schiff	109,290	57
	Democratic	John Wertheim	71,635	37
	Green	John Uhrich	7,694	4
	Independent (politician)	Betty Turrietta-Koury	4,459	2
Majority			37,655	20
Turnout			193,078
	Republican hold		Swing

U.S. House election, 1998: New Mexico District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Heather Wilson	88,784	48	-9
	Democratic	Phillip Maloof	75,040	42	+5
	Green	Robert Anderson	17,266	10	+6
	White-In	Orlin Cole	78	0
Majority			13,744	6	-14
Turnout			181,168
	Republican hold		Swing	-9

U.S. House election, 2000: New Mexico District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Heather Wilson	107,296	50	+2
	Democratic	John J. Kelly	92,187	43	+1
	Green	Daniel Kerlinsky	13,656	6	-4
Majority			14,109	7	+1
Turnout			213,139
	Republican hold		Swing	+1

U.S. House election, 2002: New Mexico District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Heather Wilson	95,711	55	+5
	Democratic	Richard Romero	77,234	45	+2
Majority			18,477	10	+3
Turnout			172,945
	Republican hold		Swing	+3

U.S. House election, 2004: New Mexico District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Heather Wilson	147,372	54.4	-0.9
	Democratic	Richard Romero	123,339	45.5	+0.9
	Write-In	Orlin Cole	194	0.1	+0.1
Majority			24,033	8.9	-2.1
Turnout			270,905
	Republican hold		Swing	-0.9

US House election, 2006: New Mexico District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Heather Wilson	105,986	50.2	-4.2
	Democratic	Patricia A. Madrid	105,125	49.8	+4.3
Majority			861	0.4	-8.5
Turnout			211,111
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] Notes

1. ^  Néstor Montoya died in office January 13, 1923.
   
2. ^  John J. Dempsey died in office March 11, 1958.
   
3. ^  Steven Schiff died in office March 28, 1998.

New Mexico's congressional districts
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