# Micaela Cadena

Micaela Cadena is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 33
- Serving since: 2019-01-15
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5b9af862-0f9f-42b2-a694-f80055129d6c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5b9af862-0f9f-42b2-a694-f80055129d6c (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

Cadena missed 22% of 475 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the New Mexico House (average 91.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.80 (standard error 0.03), from 117 donors and 238 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 78% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 97.3% (94.2%). 8 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 not voting · 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 12.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 62 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HM 51: STATIC & DYNAMIC SCORINC IMPLICATIONS (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HM51/
- HB 504: NATIONAL RESEARCH FACILITY GROSS RECEIPTS (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB504/
- HB 428: RULES DEFINITIONS FOR CORRECTIONS (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB428/
- SB 431: LIQUOR TAX CHANGES & PROGRAMS (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB431/
- HB 427: REAL-TIME WATER QUALITY MONITORING (passed one chamber, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB427/
- HB 429: APPOINTIVE EXEC. POSITION NAMES & DATA (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB429/
- HB 417: LIQUOR TAX CHANGES & PROGRAMS (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB417/
- HB 59: EARNED WAGE ACCESS SERVICES ACT (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/HB59/
- HB 212: LIQUOR TAX RATE & FUND (in committee, 2024-03-19) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2024/HB212/
- SB 181: CORPORATE INCOME TAX LIABILITY (in committee, 2024-03-19) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2024/SB181/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $60.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 39% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HCADA
- Campaign site: https://lara-cadena4nm.com/
- X: https://x.com/mlaracadena
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laracadena4nm
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micaela-lara-cadena-95541a183/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5b9af862-0f9f-42b2-a694-f80055129d6c