New Mexico's 2nd congressional district (Spanish: 2.º distrito congresional de Nuevo México) is a congressional district in the state of New Mexico. The district is the 5th largest congressional district in the United States of America and the largest district that is not the entire state. The district is currently represented by Republican Yvette Herrell. Yvette Herrell defeated the incumbent Democrate Xochitl Torres Small in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections. The district was one of the 15 districts who used to have a Democrat representative but now a Republican representative in the 2020 elections.
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New Mexico's 2nd congressional district |
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Distribution | |
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Population (2019) | 705,615 |
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Median household income | $46,817[1] |
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Ethnicity | |
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Cook PVI | R+6[2] |
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2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[3]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Joe Skeen (Incumbent) |
100,742 |
58.11 |
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Democratic |
Michael A. Montoya |
72,614 |
41.89 |
Total votes |
173,356 |
100.0 |
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Republican hold |
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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[4]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Steve Pearce |
79,631 |
56.23 |
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Democratic |
John Arthur Smith |
61,916 |
43.72 |
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Green |
George L. Dewey (as a write-in) |
43 |
0.03 |
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Republican |
Padraig M. Lynch (as a write-in) |
39 |
0.02 |
Total votes |
141,629 |
100.0 |
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Republican hold |
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2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[5]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Steve Pearce (Incumbent) |
130,498 |
60.20 |
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Democratic |
Gary King |
86,292 |
39.80 |
Total votes |
216,790 |
100.0 |
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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[6]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Steve Pearce (Incumbent) |
92,620 |
59.42 |
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Democratic |
Albert Kissling |
63,119 |
40.49 |
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Democratic |
C. Dean Burk (as a write-in) |
135 |
0.09 |
Total votes |
155,874 |
100.0 |
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2008 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[7]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Democratic |
Harry Teague |
129,572 |
55.96 |
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Republican |
Edward R. Tinsley |
101,980 |
44.04 |
Total votes |
231,552 |
100.0 |
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2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[8]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Steve Pearce |
94,053 |
55.40 |
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Democratic |
Harry Teague (Incumbent) |
75,709 |
44.60 |
Total votes |
169,762 |
100.0 |
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2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[9]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Steve Pearce |
133,180 |
59.06 |
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Democratic |
Evelyn Madrid Erhard |
92,162 |
40.87 |
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Independent |
Jack A. McGrann (Write-In) |
173 |
0.8 |
Total votes |
225,515 |
100.0 |
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Republican hold |
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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[10]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Steve Pearce |
95,209 |
64.43 |
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Democratic |
Rocky Lara |
52,499 |
35.52 |
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Republican |
Jack McGrann (Write-In) |
69 |
0.05 |
Total votes |
147,777 |
100 |
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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New Mexico: District 2[11]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Steve Pearce (Incumbent) |
143,514 |
62.72 |
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Democratic |
Merrie Lee Soules |
85,232 |
37.25 |
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Republican |
Jack A McGrann (write in) |
70 |
0.03 |
Total votes |
228,816 |
100 |
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Republican hold |
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