Riding profile

NM-1

US House district — NM · Mixed · us nm

The question

NM-1: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
24.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.1%

    Melanie Stansbury incumbent

  • Republican 37.9%

    Ndidiamaka Okpareke

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereNM-1 62.1%37.9%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +7.8 44.9% −7.0

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

NM-1, a mixed riding in NM, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 62% vote share, against 38% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

STANSBURY, MELANIE

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

MELANIE ANN STANSBURY 100.0%

79,823 votes

Republican primary

Winner

NDIDIAMAKA EKWUA CHARLENE OKPAREKE 100.0%

31,809 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Stansbury, Melanie

  • Republican Challenger

    Okpareke, Ndidiamaka

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
12.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+11.5 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026