# Linda López

Linda López is a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 1997-01-21
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ecc60fc8-8598-4650-8a55-6e91d24e991e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ecc60fc8-8598-4650-8a55-6e91d24e991e (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

100% of López’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 158 donors and 34 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 70 bills: 66 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 15.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico Senate 31.1%; rank 37 of 42).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 270: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB270/
- SB 271: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB271/
- SM 28: STUDY GUN VIOLENCE (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SM28/
- SM 29: HEALTH CARE BARRIERS & GAPS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SM29/
- SM 20: STATEWIDE YOUTH VIOLENCE SUMMIT (became law, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SM20/
- SB 301: FOSTER PARENT CARING FOR INDIAN CHILD SUPPORT (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB301/
- SB 302: CHILDREN'S CODE PROCEEDING FILING FEES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB302/
- SB 272: PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB272/
- SB 300: CYFD COMPUTER HARDWARE & SOFTWARE (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB300/
- SB 305: JUVENILE CORRECTIONS FUND USES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB305/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,350 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=SLOPE
- X: https://x.com/Lopez4Gov
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linda.m.lopez.39
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-lopez-018b9111

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ecc60fc8-8598-4650-8a55-6e91d24e991e