Moe Maestas
New Mexico State Senator, District 26 since 2024. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 1 yr
- Since 2024
- Bills became law
- 5
- 61 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 4.1%
- Chamber median 7.9%
- With party
- 92%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +26.8
- Won 2020
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Judiciary · vice chair
- Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy · designee
- Courts, Corrections and Justice
- Economic and Rural Development and Policy
- Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs
- Land Grant
- Water and Natural Resources
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Maestas sits in the New Mexico State Senate
Maestas is closer to the center than 88% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: Michael Padilla, Martin Hickey, Joe Cervantes
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:57 PM ET
With Maestas’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats92%
Black tick: the average of Democrats in the New Mexico State Senate.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Maestas’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Maestas | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | HB 200: NEW HOMES FOR NEW MEXICO PROGRAM | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 22–13 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | HB 165: PAYMENT OF CERTAIN IRB SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 30–10 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | HB 184: INVESTMENT OF CONSERVATION & LEGACY FUNDS | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 25–11 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | HB 7: APPRENTICESHIP ASSISTANCE ACT TRANSFERS | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 29–8 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | HJR 5: LEGISLATIVE COMPENSATION, CA | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 23–19 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Maestas was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Mexico State Senate, District 26 | Won | — |
| 2022 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | — |
| 2020 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | D+26.8 |
| 2018 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | — |
| 2016 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | — |
| 2014 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | D+13.3 |
| 2012 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | — |
| 2010 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | — |
| 2008 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | — |
| 2006 | New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 | Won | D+37.2 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Maestas has held
- New Mexico State Senate, District 26 · since 2024
- New Mexico House of Representatives, District 16 · 2006–2024
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Maestas has run against
- Antoinette Bernice Taft (R) · 2020 general, won
- Johnny F. Luevano Jr. (R) · 2014 general, won
- Storm T. Field (R) · 2006 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Maestas
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/2913173a-2bfe-4474-8bdc-d145f868c4de
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET