2012Final results
2012 election for New Mexico Senate District 31
New Mexico State Senate · New Mexico
Joe Cervantes (D) won with 68.3% of the vote, defeating Brett C. Preston (R) by 36.5 points.
Joe CervantesDemocrat · winner
68.3%7,513
Brett C. PrestonRepublican
31.7%3,493
11,006 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2012
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET