# Art De La Cruz

Art De La Cruz is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 12
- Serving since: 2022-02-03
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/057c7d79-a168-4b7b-ae96-66cf41e4f115

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/057c7d79-a168-4b7b-ae96-66cf41e4f115 (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

Cruz has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 316 donors and 228 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 94.9% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 93.3% (94.2%). 7 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 53 bills: 43 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 35.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 36 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 303: UTILITY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB303/
- HB 325: CREATE RAILYARD CROSSING SAFETY FUND (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB325/
- HB 339: JUVENILE JUSTICE CHANGES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB339/
- HB 375: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB375/
- HB 5: JUVENILE JUSTICE CHANGES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB5/
- HB 376: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB376/
- HB 270: CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB270/
- HB 294: CANNABIS PRODUCT PACKAGING REGULATIONS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB294/
- HB 285: DISABLED VETERAN PROPERTY TAX CHANGES (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB285/
- HB 286: ELECTRIC VEHICLE WEIGHT ALLOWANCE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB286/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=HDELA
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/art.delacruz.1297943/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art_de_la_cruz

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/057c7d79-a168-4b7b-ae96-66cf41e4f115