# Martha Garcia

Martha Garcia is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House for district 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 6
- Serving since: 2025-02-27
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb0443f9-b6d7-4b3b-a87e-0d8b143ed64b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb0443f9-b6d7-4b3b-a87e-0d8b143ed64b (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

8.1% of Garcia’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New Mexico, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.07), from 29 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 65 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HM 55: RADIATION EXPOSURE & COMPENSATION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM55/
- HB 300: CARE & MANAGEMENT OF HORSES (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB300/
- HM 15: "GALLUP/ MCKINLEY COUNTY DAY" (became law, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM15/
- SB 457: LOW-INCOME CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB457/
- SB 436: WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DEPT. FUNDING (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB436/
- SB 435: NATIVE AMERICAN PUBLIC RELATIONS & ID SYSTEM (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB435/
- SJR 13: OPEN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, CA (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SJR13/
- SB 308: NATIVE AMERICAN OMBUD ACT (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB308/
- SB 276: URANIUM MINING RECLAMATION REVOLVING FUND (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB276/
- SB 234: TRIBAL EDUCATION TRUST FUND (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025/SB234/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $60.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 8.1% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb0443f9-b6d7-4b3b-a87e-0d8b143ed64b