Riding profile
NM-3
The question
NM-3: a safe seat for the Democrats?
Editorial read
NM-3, 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 59% vote share, against 41% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
LEGER FERNANDEZ, TERESA
Sits with Democrat
Who's running
The candidates
Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.
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Democrat Incumbent Leger Fernandez, Teresa
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Republican Challenger Zamora, Martin R
Current forecast
Democrat
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 18.6
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Democrat | Republican | |
|---|---|---|
| HereNM-3 | 59.3% | 40.7% |
| National averageUnited States | 51.9% +7.4 | 46.6% −5.9 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · US HOUSE_2024
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- Cycle
us_house_2026