# Ray Lara

Ray Lara is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 34
- Serving since: 2019-01-15
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e8d69d4c-dfd4-4e22-939a-cc356ba7ac05

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8d69d4c-dfd4-4e22-939a-cc356ba7ac05 (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

52% of Lara’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the bottom tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 94 donors and 293 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 100% (94.2%). 3 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 33 bills: 31 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 48.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 6 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HM 66: STUDY SANTA TERESA BORDER CROSSING FEE (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM66/
- HM 61: STUDY SCHOOL STAFF COMPENSATION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM61/
- HB 303: UTILITY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB303/
- HM 58: STUDY PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM58/
- HM 56: STUDY TRANSFERING OWNERSHIP OF ORPHANED WELLS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM56/
- HB 286: ELECTRIC VEHICLE WEIGHT ALLOWANCE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB286/
- HB 276: NM WINEMAKING INDUSTRY (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB276/
- HB 124: NEW AMERICANS DIVISION IN WSD (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB124/
- HM 23: STUDY MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION PROGRAM (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM23/
- HB 147: POSTING OF NOTICES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB147/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $53.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 52% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HLARA
- Campaign site: https://rayforhd34.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RayLaraforStateRepresentative
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymundo-lara-1217b989/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8d69d4c-dfd4-4e22-939a-cc356ba7ac05