# Derrick Lente

Derrick Lente is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 65.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 65
- Serving since: 2017-01-17
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0421351b-6a8c-4731-bf93-5029d6b4feab

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0421351b-6a8c-4731-bf93-5029d6b4feab (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

20% of Lente’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.04), from 23 donors and 236 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 76% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 91.7% (94.2%). 8 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 17 TV & FILM INDUSTRY TASK FORCE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM17/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · house passage · SB 273 PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB273/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 54 MOBILE HOME PARKS UTILITIES PRC WORKING GROUP · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM54/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 16 NMSU PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB, IN RECOGNITION · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM16/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 21 "NEW MEXICO FOOD & FARMS DAY" · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM21/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · house passage · HM 30 PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE STUDY · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM30/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 47 STUDY TEACHER WORKLOADS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM47/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 14 "NEW MEXICO TRIO PROGRAMS DAY" · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM14/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 35 PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE & CONCURRENT CARE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM35/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 31 HOME HEALTH SERVICE DISTANCE LIMITATIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM31/

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 24 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 53.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 5 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HM 64: BUILD CAPACITY FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY CHANGES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM64/
- HB 374: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB374/
- HB 291: TAX CHANGES (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB291/
- HB 373: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB373/
- HB 332: CAPITAL OUTLAY REAUTHORIZATIONS (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB332/
- HB 298: RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE TAX CREDIT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB298/
- HB 296: INCREASE WORKING FAMILY TAX CREDIT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB296/
- HB 248: GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB248/
- HB 247: CAPITAL OUTLAY CHANGES (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB247/
- HB 148: PROPERTY TAX AFFIDAVITS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB148/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 20% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HLENT
- Campaign site: https://www.derrickjlente.com/
- X: https://x.com/DerrickLente
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/derrickjlentefornmhousedistrict65
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djlente

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0421351b-6a8c-4731-bf93-5029d6b4feab