# Miguel García

Miguel García is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 14
- Serving since: 1997-01-21
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3363aa83-2490-4631-b04b-9a52fdbad14b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3363aa83-2490-4631-b04b-9a52fdbad14b (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

44% of García’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.92 (standard error 0.03), from 141 donors and 23 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

63 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 100% (94.2%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-02-27 · voted yea · house passage · HB 252 KINSHIP CAREGIVER SUPPORT PILOT PROGRAM · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB252/
- 2025-02-27 · voted yea · house passage · HB 111 SEARCH FOR MISSING QUALIFIED SERVICE ANIMAL · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB111/
- 2025-02-27 · voted yea · house passage · HJR 1 SESSION LENGTH, SUBJECTS & OVERRIDES, CA · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HJR1/
- 2025-02-27 · voted yea · house passage · HB 104 CRIMES AGAINST PEACE OFFICER DEFINITIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB104/
- 2025-02-27 · voted yea · house passage · HJR 2 ELIMINATE POCKET VETOES, CA · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HJR2/
- 2025-02-27 · voted yea · house passage · HB 220 IGNITION-RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB220/
- 2025-02-26 · voted yea · house passage · HB 69 LOAN FORGIVENESS MULTIPLIER ACT · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB69/
- 2025-02-26 · voted yea · house passage · HB 129 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PROBATION PERIOD · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB129/
- 2025-02-26 · voted yea · house passage · HB 172 "NEW MEXICO RED & GREEN CHILE MONTH" · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB172/
- 2025-02-25 · voted yea · house passage · HB 249 UNEMPLOYMENT & EMERGENCIES & DISASTERS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB249/

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 52 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 59: LAND GRANT-MERCED & ACEQUIA TRUST (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB59/
- HB 21: LAND GRANT-MERCED ACEQUIA INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB21/
- HB 522: WAGE INCREASES FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB522/
- HB 330: LAND GRANT-MERCED & ACEQUIA INFRASTRUCTURE (passed one chamber, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB330/
- HB 305: PUBLIC CONTRACT REIMBURSEMENTS & WAGES (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB305/
- HB 52: RURAL HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT ELIGIBILITY (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB52/
- HB 25: LAND GRANT-MERCED INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB25/
- HB 24: COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ATTORNEYS CHANGES (became law, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB24/
- HM 50: EL JARAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING (in committee, 2024-03-19) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2024/HM50/
- HM 15: TRANSFER LAS TRAMPAS ESCUELITA BUILDING (in committee, 2024-03-19) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2024/HM15/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 44% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HGAMP

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3363aa83-2490-4631-b04b-9a52fdbad14b