# Matthew McQueen

Matthew McQueen is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 50.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 50
- Serving since: 2015-01-20
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e3affc46-1790-48ba-ae36-5c00473d6c35

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3affc46-1790-48ba-ae36-5c00473d6c35 (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

9.1% of McQueen’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from New Mexico, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.03), from 353 donors and 292 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 97.2% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 93.4% (94.2%). 19 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 31 bills: 26 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 48.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 7 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 315: FREE-ROAMING HORSE MANAGEMENT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB315/
- HB 361: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB361/
- HB 362: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB362/
- HM 20: RENEWABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY GROUP (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM20/
- SB 104: REMOVAL OF WILDLIFE COMMISSION MEMBERS (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB104/
- HJR 6: SESSION LENGTH AND BILL CONSIDERATION, CA (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJR6/
- HB 135: ELECTION NOMINATING PETITION CHANGES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB135/
- HJR 7: CONSIDERATION OF BILLS IN ALL SESSIONS, CA (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJR7/
- HB 88: LAND GRANT-MERCED ASSISTANCE FUND CHANGES (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB88/
- HJM 2: IPRA IMPLEMENTATION STUDY TASK FORCE (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJM2/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,449 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 9.1% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HMCQU
- Campaign site: https://www.mcqueenfornm.com/
- X: https://x.com/mcqueenfornm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcqueenfornm
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-mcqueen-86a8322/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3affc46-1790-48ba-ae36-5c00473d6c35