# Marian Matthews

Marian Matthews is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 27
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c2fb0283-189c-4b0c-9d99-7b70d2f62c40

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c2fb0283-189c-4b0c-9d99-7b70d2f62c40 (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

54% of the 26 bills Matthews sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the New Mexico House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.02), from 654 donors and 202 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 87% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 90% (94.2%). 12 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 26 bills: 24 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 53.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 4 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HM 54: MOBILE HOME PARKS UTILITIES PRC WORKING GROUP (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM54/
- HB 308: SUBSTITUTE CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL CHANGES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB308/
- HB 132: POLICE OFFICER WORKERS COMP CONDITIONS (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB132/
- HB 223: LITIGATION FINANCING TRANSPARENCY ACT (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB223/
- SB 32: PROSECUTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB32/
- SB 1: INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT ACT (became law, 2026-02-07) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB1/
- HB 91: CHANGE IN CAUSE OF DEATH DISCLOSURE EXCEPTION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB91/
- HB 33: PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB33/
- HB 32: COUNSELING LICENSURE COMPACT (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB32/
- HB 31: EMS PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB31/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HMATT
- Campaign site: https://marianmatthewsforhd27.com/
- X: https://x.com/Hd27Marian
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarianMatthewsHD27
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marian.matthews.hd27
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianmatthews/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c2fb0283-189c-4b0c-9d99-7b70d2f62c40