# Joseph Sanchez

Joseph Sanchez is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 40
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0ed175a3-3c71-4b42-bf53-9435d0f93f52

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ed175a3-3c71-4b42-bf53-9435d0f93f52 (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

30% of Sanchez’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.30 (standard error 0.03), from 257 donors and 205 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 86% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 83% (94.2%). 14 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 58 bills: 57 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 36.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 35 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/
- HM 47: STUDY TEACHER WORKLOADS (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM47/
- HB 310: STUDY LOWRIDER MUSEUM (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB310/
- HM 45: IMPORTANCE OF WATER IN TAOS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM45/
- HB 276: NM WINEMAKING INDUSTRY (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB276/
- HB 242: COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR RETIREES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB242/
- HB 243: EQUINE SHELTER FUND & TRUST FUND (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB243/
- HM 22: FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT BENEFITS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM22/
- HB 212: VOICE & VISUAL LIKENESS RIGHTS ACT (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB212/
- HB 184: INVESTMENT OF CONSERVATION & LEGACY FUNDS (became law, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB184/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $97.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 30% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=HSAJO
- Campaign site: https://www.josephsancheznm.com/
- X: https://x.com/JosephSanchezNM
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josephsanchezfornm
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephsanchez4nm
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-sanchez-p-e-ba981141/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ed175a3-3c71-4b42-bf53-9435d0f93f52