New Mexico State Senate District 9

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Cindy Nava (Democratic) won by 11.7 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 27,908
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticCindy NavaWon	Democratic	15,58855.9%	55.9%
RepublicanAudrey Trujillo	Republican	12,32044.1%	44.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 29,839
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2020)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticBrenda Grace McKennaWon	Democratic	16,09553.9%	53.9%
RepublicanJohn Stahlman Clark	Republican	13,74446.1%	46.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 25,258
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2016)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn M. SapienWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,72450.4%	50.4%
RepublicanDiego L. Espinoza	Republican	12,53449.6%	49.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,147
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn M. SapienWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,65450.4%	50.4%
RepublicanDavid L. Doyle	Republican	11,49349.6%	49.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,841
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2004 to 2011)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn M. SapienWon	Democratic	11,98150.3%	50.3%
RepublicanSteve Komadina(incumbent)	Republican	11,86049.8%	49.8%

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve KomadinaWon(incumbent)	Republican	14,688100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,235
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteve KomadinaWon	Republican	11,70355.1%	55.1%
DemocraticBrad L. Hays	Democratic	9,53244.9%	44.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 17,768
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPauline EisendstadtWon	Democratic	9,15251.5%	51.5%
RepublicanVirgil O. Rhodes(incumbent)	Republican	8,61648.5%	48.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,261
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2003)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanVirgil O. RhodesWon	Republican	6,89545.2%	45.2%
DemocraticDennis C. Chavez(incumbent)	Democratic	6,59143.2%	43.2%
IndependentPete David Salazar	Independent	1,77511.6%	11.6%

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis C. ChavezWon(incumbent)	Democratic	11,416100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,781
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDennis C. ChavezWon	Democratic	7,69155.8%	55.8%
RepublicanAdolph B. Saenz	Republican	6,09044.2%	44.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 13,928
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanEdward A. McGoughWon	Republican	7,34152.7%	52.7%
DemocraticLorella Montoya Salazar	Democratic	6,58747.3%	47.3%

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTheodore MontoyaWon	Democratic	6,590100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 8,891
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1983)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfonso T. MontoyaWon(incumbent)	Democratic	4,82454.3%	54.3%
RepublicanCarlos R. Robinson	Republican	4,06745.7%	45.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 12,737
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

New Mexico Senate District 9, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAlfonso T. MontoyaWon(incumbent)	Democratic	8,45066.3%	66.3%
RepublicanMary Lou Baca	Republican	4,17232.8%	32.8%
OtherBelarmino Maes	Other	1150.9%	0.9%

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:9

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