# Joe Cervantes Joe Cervantes is a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate for district 31. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Mexico Senate, district 31 - Serving since: 2013-01-15 - Current term: NM 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/14f0186e-bf9b-46aa-aa00-1ccc8f58490b Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14f0186e-bf9b-46aa-aa00-1ccc8f58490b (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 100% of Cervantes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats. ## What Cervantes says (NM 2025–26 session) 43 classified statements: 43 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Cervantes | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 2.3% | 2.4% | 98 of 329 | | Policy criticism | 34.9% | 10.3% | 9 of 329 | | Policy discussion | 76.7% | 42.9% | 7 of 329 | | Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 3.4% | 170 of 329 | | Credit claiming | 18.6% | 16.1% | 131 of 329 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 | Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 58% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Law 12% (State Senate Democrats 2.2%); Environmental Protection 9.1% (State Senate Democrats 4.4%); Health 9.1% (State Senate Democrats 17%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.04), from 30 donors and 209 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NM 2025–26 session) 369 roll calls. Attendance 86% (New Mexico Senate 90.2%). Party unity 89% (93.1%). 13 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 108 WATERSHED DISTRICT TAXES AND DIRECTORS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB108/ - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HJM 2 IPRA IMPLEMENTATION STUDY TASK FORCE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJM2/ - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 256 DEFIBRILLATORS AT SCHOOL ATHLETIC EVENTS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB256/ - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 34 SCHOOL NURSE LICENSURE PROVISIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB34/ - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 43 DISABILITY & SURVIVOR PENSIONS CHANGES · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB43/ - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 306 PROHIBIT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITY FEES · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB306/ - 2026-02-19 · voted nay · senate passage · HB 200 NEW HOMES FOR NEW MEXICO PROGRAM · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB200/ - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 158 PLANS ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB158/ - 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 38 WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB38/ - 2026-02-18 · voted not voting · senate passage · HB 332 CAPITAL OUTLAY REAUTHORIZATIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB332/ ## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session) Sponsored 25 bills: 20 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico Senate 31.1%; rank 9 of 42). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 261: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB261/ - SB 264: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB264/ - SB 262: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB262/ - SB 263: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB263/ - SB 239: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CONTINUING SENTENCING (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB239/ - SJR 6: DENIAL OF BAIL, CA (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SJR6/ - SB 192: DATA BROKER PRIVACY ACT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB192/ - HB 9: IMMIGRANT SAFETY ACT (became law, 2026-02-07) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB9/ - SB 539: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB539/ - SB 504: AOC TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB504/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $11.3K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2094525324042400173 - 2026-08-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2093749659638603917 - 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2092307169932918925 - 2026-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2091980765177553067 - 2026-08-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2086937734300778584 - 2026-08-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2086456890826035623 - 2026-08-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2085030509332332576 - 2026-08-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2083372925064016362 - 2026-07-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2080635389736550703 - 2026-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes/status/2056831667642466441 ## Links - Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=SCERV - X: https://x.com/SenJoeCervantes - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joe4nm - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Joecervantes4nm - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-cervantes-82846821 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/14f0186e-bf9b-46aa-aa00-1ccc8f58490b