About this effort

RedistrictNM.com was built on the recommendations of the cross-partisan New Mexico Redistricting Task Force, convened by the nonpartisan organization, New Mexico First.
 
​The task force, comprised of Democrats, Republicans and Independents, believed that the New Mexico Legislature should adopt legislation to improve the openness, transparency, and fairness of political redistricting. The task force determined that the lack of firm legal criteria creates too much ambiguity and mistrust in the redistricting process and adds to the challenges that disenfranchised communities must navigate. Read the full report for more information. 
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Task Force Facilitation and Co-Chairs

• New Mexico First, facilitator
• Justice Ed Chavez, retired, NM Supreme Court
• Judge Roderick Kennedy, retired, NM Court of Appeals

​Redistricting Reform Leadership Team

• Common Cause New Mexico 
• Election Reformers Network
• Fair Districts New Mexico 
• League of Women Voters of New Mexico 

Legislative Efforts in Previous Sessions

• 2022: HJR9 to establish an Independent Redistricting Commission, sponsored by Rep. Natalie Figueroa.
• 2021: SB199 (previous version combined with SB15): Senators Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D) and Mark Moores (R)
• 2021: HB211: Representatives Rebecca Dow (R) and Natalie Figueroa (D)
• 2021: Senate Bill 304: Voting District Geographic Data sponsored by Senator Brenda G. McKenna, D.  The legislation absorbed some aspects of Senate Bill 15 – Redistricting Committee and other important recommendations from the New Mexico Redistricting Task Force.

Champions for Redistricting
Courageous state leaders have advanced redistricting reform in various ways. Check out our "hall of fame."

2025 Legislative Session

• New redistricting bill introduced in 2025 by Senator Natalie Figueroa. Stay tuned for updates on SJR9.  

2024 Legislative Session

• SJR7, if passed by the legislature and approved by the voters, would have amended the New Mexico Constitution to create an Independent Redistricting Commission to handle the redrawing of voting lines every ten years for the U.S. Congress, NM Senate, NM House and the NM Public Education Commission.
• Lead sponsors of the bill were Sen. Leo Jaramillo, Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, and Representative Natalie Figueroa.

2023 Legislative Session

• HJR1 would have amended the New Mexico constitution to create an independent redistricting commission to handle the redrawing of voting lines every ten years for the U.S. Congress, NM Senate, NM House and the NM Public Education Commission.
• The bill was co-sponsored by Representatives Natalie Figueroa (D) and Jason Harper (R).
• If passed by the legislature, voters would have been asked whether the approve. It would have appeared as a ballot question in 2024.
• In previous years, multiple state lawmakers of both parties carried legislation calling for an Independent Redistricting Commission, including (but not limited to) Rep. Daymon Ely, Rep. Rebecca Dow, Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, Sen. Bill O’Niell, Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto, Sen. Dede Feldman, Sen. Rod Adair, and Sen. Mark Moores.

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