DemocraticIncumbent
Yanira Gurrola
Incumbent state representative
- Experience
- State legislature
New Mexico › New Mexico House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
New Mexico House District 16
Yanira Gurrola has no major-party opponent.
Yanira Gurrola has no major-party opponent.
The candidates
The district
Lean D+22: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 32,784
- People per km²
- 1,716
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 31%
- White, no degree
- 19%of adults
- White 28%
- Hispanic 59%
- Black 3%
- Asian 1%
- Other / multiracial 8%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024
13,550 votes · D+18.2✓ Yanira Gurrola Valenzuela (D)59.1%
Leland Benwood H. Bohannon (R)40.9%
2024 President Vote in this district
14,166 two-party votes · D+20.1 · D+21.6 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)60.0%
Donald Trump (R)40.0%
2022
7,575 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Antonio Maestas (D)100.0%
2020 Earlier district lines
13,673 votes · D+26.8✓ Antonio Maestas (D)63.4%
Antoinette Bernice Taft (R)36.6%
2020 President Vote in this district
25,183 two-party votes · D+28.0 · D+23.4 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)64.0%
Donald Trump (R)36.0%
2016 President Vote in this district
12,311 two-party votes · D+23.8 · D+21.6 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)61.9%
Donald Trump (R)38.1%