# Meredith Dixon

Meredith Dixon is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 20.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 20
- Serving since: 2021-01-19
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ac49b3cf-9fb8-4fa1-af55-4b35a6570c87

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac49b3cf-9fb8-4fa1-af55-4b35a6570c87 (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

Dixon sits at −0.96 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.96 (standard error 0.02), from 1,292 donors and 218 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 90.7% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 98.8% (94.2%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · house passage · HM 54 MOBILE HOME PARKS UTILITIES PRC WORKING GROUP · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM54/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 16 NMSU PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB, IN RECOGNITION · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM16/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · house passage · HM 47 STUDY TEACHER WORKLOADS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM47/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 14 "NEW MEXICO TRIO PROGRAMS DAY" · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM14/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 35 PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE & CONCURRENT CARE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM35/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 31 HOME HEALTH SERVICE DISTANCE LIMITATIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM31/

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 73 bills: 68 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 39.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 25 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 320: INDUSTRIAL CARBON REDUCTION ACT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB320/
- HB 250: TECH & INNOVATION NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB250/
- HB 267: WILDFIRE UTILITY MITIGATION & LIABILITY ACT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB267/
- HB 199: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION & FEDERAL LAW (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB199/
- HB 329: ENERGY AFFORDABILITY & GRID RELIABILITY (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB329/
- HB 321: MEDICAL SERVICES & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB321/
- HB 290: METRO REDEV PROJECT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB290/
- HB 284: CREATE OFFICE OF ENERGY INFO (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB284/
- HB 255: PUBLIC SAFETY WORKFORCE BUILDING PROGRAM (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB255/
- HB 165: PAYMENT OF CERTAIN IRB SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB165/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $170.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 80% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HDIXO
- Campaign site: https://www.meredithfornewmexico.com/
- X: https://x.com/meredithfornm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meredith.ritscher.dixon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/representativedixon
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-dixon-230b834/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac49b3cf-9fb8-4fa1-af55-4b35a6570c87