# Cynthia Borrego

Cynthia Borrego is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 17
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2e2ecadf-7236-48c5-8145-e7fea6fcd393

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2e2ecadf-7236-48c5-8145-e7fea6fcd393 (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

48% of Borrego’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.03), from 488 donors and 218 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 89% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 95.4% (94.2%). 9 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 57 bills: 54 reached committee, 23 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 40.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 23 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 310: STUDY LOWRIDER MUSEUM (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB310/
- HB 270: CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB270/
- HB 290: METRO REDEV PROJECT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB290/
- HB 295: ACCESSIBILITY ACT (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB295/
- HB 132: POLICE OFFICER WORKERS COMP CONDITIONS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB132/
- HB 128: FIREFIGHTER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE DISABLEMENT (became law, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB128/
- HB 242: COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR RETIREES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB242/
- HB 220: TIME OF SALE OR TRANSFER FOR DELINQUENT TAXES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB220/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $60.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 48% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=HBORR
- Campaign site: https://cynthiaborrego.com/
- X: https://x.com/Cynthia4Council
- X: https://x.com/Cynthia4nmhouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilorborrego
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cybas14
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-d-borrego-899bb732

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2e2ecadf-7236-48c5-8145-e7fea6fcd393