# Catherine Cullen

Catherine Cullen is a Republican member of the New Mexico House for district 57.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 57
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/35f36593-4252-4205-b123-cc7236e96954

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/35f36593-4252-4205-b123-cc7236e96954 (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

Cullen voted against the majority of New Mexico House Republicans 26 times; party unity 74%, in the bottom 5% of the New Mexico House (average 94.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.03), from 88 donors and 187 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 74% (94.2%). 26 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · 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 yea · house passage · HM 54 MOBILE HOME PARKS UTILITIES PRC WORKING GROUP · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM54/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · house passage · HM 35 PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE & CONCURRENT CARE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM35/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · house passage · HM 31 HOME HEALTH SERVICE DISTANCE LIMITATIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM31/

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 25 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 46.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 10 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 263: SCHOOL MATH & SCIENCE CHANGES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB263/
- HB 192: NO FOREIGN CORPORATION PURCHASE OF HOMES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB192/
- SB 102: "SEARCH & RESCUE DOG" DEFINITION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB102/
- SB 71: PERA CHANGES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB71/
- HB 144: CRIME OF UNLAWFUL SQUATTING (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB144/
- SB 74: COCKFIGHTING PENALTIES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB74/
- SB 37: HIGH QUALITY LITERACY INSTRUCTION ACT (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB37/
- SB 29: MATH REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING LICENSE (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB29/
- HB 107: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM CHANGES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB107/
- HB 45: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE COMPACT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB45/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $109.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 16% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HCUCA
- Campaign site: https://cullen4nm.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cullen4nm/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/35f36593-4252-4205-b123-cc7236e96954