# Pat Boone

Pat Boone is a Republican member of the New Mexico Senate for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Mexico Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4093c9b8-d07a-4a12-b13b-abbd4130b1fe

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4093c9b8-d07a-4a12-b13b-abbd4130b1fe (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

Boone sits at +0.69 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 90% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.69 (standard error 0.05), from 136 donors and 128 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

369 roll calls. Attendance 88% (New Mexico Senate 90.2%). Party unity 98.5% (93.1%). 7 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 nay · senate passage · HB 332 CAPITAL OUTLAY REAUTHORIZATIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB332/

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico Senate 31.1%; rank 16 of 42).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJM 2: RESPONSIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ED. PROGRAMS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SJM2/
- SB 143: UPDATE CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL FEES (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB143/
- SM 6: NAME ROSWELL BYPASS FOR NANCY LOPEZ (became law, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SM6/
- SJR 2: LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS & SALARIES, CA (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SJR2/
- HM 59: STUDY ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH IRELAND (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HM59/
- SM 19: NEW MEXICO MEAT, CHEESE & PRODUCE IN SCHOOLS (became law, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SM19/
- SB 485: REDUCE EARLY VOTING TIME (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB485/
- SM 16: OPPOSITION TO EMINENT DOMAIN FOR TRANSMISSION (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SM16/
- SB 415: AGRITOURISM PROMOTION (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB415/
- SB 398: CITIZENS TAX REBATE (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB398/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,200 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=SBOON
- Campaign site: https://senatorpatboone.com/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4093c9b8-d07a-4a12-b13b-abbd4130b1fe