# Cathrynn Brown

Cathrynn Brown is a Republican member of the New Mexico House for district 55.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 55
- Serving since: 2011-01-18
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8b51e39c-5f4c-48dd-affd-b97c6062d87e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b51e39c-5f4c-48dd-affd-b97c6062d87e (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

100% of Brown’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.03), from 69 donors and 289 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 96.7% (94.2%). 18 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 42 bills: 40 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 26.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 49 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 199: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION & FEDERAL LAW (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB199/
- HB 322: TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND & PROGRAM FUND (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB322/
- HB 325: CREATE RAILYARD CROSSING SAFETY FUND (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB325/
- HB 327: TIME PERIOD FOR PRODUCED WATER WELL DECISIONS (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB327/
- HB 288: NM HISTORIC WOMEN MARKER PROGRAM (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB288/
- HB 207: WATER QUALITY COMMISSION PRODUCED WATER RULES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB207/
- HB 255: PUBLIC SAFETY WORKFORCE BUILDING PROGRAM (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB255/
- HB 233: PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB233/
- HB 201: IPRA TASK FORCE FUNDING (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB201/
- SB 78: NUCLEAR ENERGY AS RENEWABLE ENERGY (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB78/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,500 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HBROW
- Campaign site: https://cathrynnbrown.com/
- X: https://x.com/CathrynnBrown
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepCathrynnBrown
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathrynnbrown

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b51e39c-5f4c-48dd-affd-b97c6062d87e