# Joy Garratt Joy Garratt is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 29. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New Mexico House, district 29 - Serving since: 2019-01-15 - Current term: NM 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/930a9ffb-d292-49d5-8c43-c42bdab290ff Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/930a9ffb-d292-49d5-8c43-c42bdab290ff (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 9.6% of Garratt’s statements contain a personal attack, 3.8 times the State House Democrat average of 2.5%. ## What Garratt says (NM 2025–26 session) 3,342 classified statements: 3,342 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Garratt | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 9.6% | 2.5% | 56 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 8.2% | 10.4% | 363 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 28.1% | 39.2% | 546 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 2.9% | 468 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 1.8% | 14.4% | 649 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 1.8% | 1.0% | 133 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: International Affairs 27% (State House Democrats 1.4%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State House Democrats 15%); Armed Forces and National Security 15% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Immigration 9.3% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.2% (State House Democrats 8.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.86 (standard error 0.02), from 931 donors and 287 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NM 2025–26 session) 475 roll calls. Attendance 96.8% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 100% (94.2%). 4 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 67 bills: 64 reached committee, 31 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 0. 46.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 11 of 68). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 149: CHARTER SCHOOLS & NMFA (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB149/ - HM 30: PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE STUDY (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM30/ - HB 185: PED SECRETARY & LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB185/ - HB 253: PUBLIC EDUCATION CHANGES (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB253/ - HB 261: SCHOOL ACTIVITY BUSES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB261/ - HB 262: SCHOOL TRANSPORT EMERGENCY FUND USES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB262/ - SB 169: COST-OF-LIVING FOR SOME RETIREES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB169/ - HB 146: FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM PENALTY (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB146/ - HB 175: REPORTING ON SCHOOL BUS DATA (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB175/ - HB 155: FIREWORKS BANS, VIOLATIONS & FINES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB155/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $88.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114828302703845870 - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114842807924109532 - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114844415986680117 - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114857349274034416 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114352827669897525 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114353996299419858 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114368396884406575 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2114461895323480095 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2113125643663954071 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/joyousgarratt/status/2113326774398419310 ## Links - Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HGARR - Campaign site: https://www.joy4newmexico.com/ - X: https://x.com/joyousgarratt - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Joy4NewMexico - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joygarratt - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joygarratt/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/930a9ffb-d292-49d5-8c43-c42bdab290ff