New Mexico State Senate District 37

Next vote Tue, Nov 7, 2028 · Represented by Bill Soules Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Bill Soules (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBill SoulesWonName as filed: William Peter Soules	Democratic	15,693100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,910
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBill SoulesWon(incumbent)Name as filed: William P. Soules	Democratic	14,71456.8%	56.8%
RepublicanDavid W. Gallus	Republican	11,19643.2%	43.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,505
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBill SoulesWon(incumbent)Name as filed: William P. Soules	Democratic	11,37455.5%	55.5%
RepublicanCecelia H. Levatino	Republican	9,13144.5%	44.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,887
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticWilliam P. SoulesWon	Democratic	9,33052.2%	52.2%
RepublicanCathey Jo Alberson	Republican	8,55747.8%	47.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,872
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticStephen H. FischmannWon	Democratic	13,22951.1%	51.1%
RepublicanLeonard Lee Rawson(incumbent)	Republican	12,64348.9%	48.9%

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLeonard Lee RawsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	14,748100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,695
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLeonard Lee RawsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	9,05071.3%	71.3%
IndependentVincent Dovydaitis Jr.	Independent	3,64528.7%	28.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,519
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLeonard Lee RawsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	7,88863.0%	63.0%
DemocraticRoger Flemming	Democratic	4,63137.0%	37.0%

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLeonard Lee RawsonWon	Republican	8,048100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,033
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanHarold Chub ForemanWon(incumbent)	Republican	7,51950.0%	50.0%
DemocraticBruce Wilson	Democratic	7,51450.0%	50.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,658
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanHarold Chub ForemanWon	Republican	7,38254.0%	54.0%
DemocraticSteve R. Glover	Democratic	6,27646.0%	46.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 9,640
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJames J. RogersWon	Republican	5,11453.0%	53.0%
DemocraticEdward Fernandez	Democratic	4,52647.0%	47.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 8,778
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGladys HansenWon(incumbent)	Democratic	5,85766.7%	66.7%
RepublicanCalvin Lee Traylor	Republican	2,92133.3%	33.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 8,414
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGladys HansenWon	Democratic	5,13161.0%	61.0%
RepublicanJames Kirkpatrick	Republican	3,28339.0%	39.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 9,456
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

New Mexico Senate District 37, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticRobert H. McBrideWon	Democratic	4,75850.3%	50.3%
RepublicanGeorge R. Shaffer	Republican	4,69849.7%	49.7%

2024: OpenElections New Mexico 2024 general, county file, retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by OpenElections volunteers from official returns; not an official source
1970 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; OpenElections New Mexico 2024 general, county file (No license is stated in the OpenElections repositories. OpenElections says its data is free for anyone to use. Written permission requested (docs/PERMISSION-REQUESTS.md). No CC0 claim.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by OpenElections volunteers from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:nm/sldu:37

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), OpenElections New Mexico 2024 general, county fileData as of Oct 28, 2026