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Melanie A. Stansbury​​​​​​​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍

US Representative (D-NM-1)
Tracked Sitting member of the House; tracked for votes, donor mapping, and committee oversight.
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic a​​​​​​​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍nchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: D+5
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anch​​​​​​​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍or: Spanish-language households: 107,863
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic a​​​​​​​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‍‍nchor: median property value: $304,400
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 36.1%
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 95.9%
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: foreign-born population: 8.03% (57,200 people)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Native American population share: 5.1% (36,000 people)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 41.8% (297,000 people)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 41.3
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 66.7%
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: uninsured rate: 7.54%
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid enrollment rate: 21.9%
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 13.5%
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $71,236
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 711,799 (2024 Data USA)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Albuquerque City Council — Abortion Rights Referendum (2023) (2023) — passed, margin city-level
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: New Mexico Constitutional Amendment 1 — Early Childhood Education and Care Fund (2022) (2022) — passed, margin 70.3% Yes — 29.7% No
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 61 (share 0.107)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 54 (share 0.117)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.154)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Presbyterian Healthcare Services (13000 employees)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kirtland Air Force Base (20000 employees)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Sandia National Laboratories (12000 employees)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] Top employer: University of New Mexico / UNM Hospital (22000 employees)
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Pending Review [constituency_baseline] District summary: New Mexico's 1st Congressional District encompasses the central area of New Mexico, including most of Bernalillo County (Albuquerque), all of Torrance County, and parts of Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Valencia counties. It includes almost three-fourths of Albuquerque and several Native American pueblos including Laguna Pueblo and Sandia Pueblo, as well as the Tohajiilee Navajo Reservation. Home to approximately 712,000 constituents, it is the most Democratic district in a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation (Cook PVI D+5). The district is majority-minority: 41.8% Hispanic (297,000), 44.9% White (non-Hispanic), 5.1% Native American, and 2.8% Black. The median household income is $71,236 — above the national median but below the state average — with a 13.5% poverty rate (significantly above the 12.4% national average). Homeownership is 66.7%, median property value $304,400, and median rent $1,132. Only 36.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. About 21.9% of residents rely on Medicaid and 7.54% are uninsured. The largest employment sectors are Health Care & Social Assistance (52,094 workers), Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (39,689), and Educational Services (36,166), anchored by the University of New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, and Lovelace Health System. Stansbury succeeded Deb Haaland, who was appointed U.S. Secretary of the Interior in 2021. She won the 2024 general election with 56.2% of the vote.
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Pending Review Voted nay on H.R. 7909 (Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (September 2024)) on 2024-09-18: Stansbury was one of 158 House Democrats to vote against legislation that would make non-U.S. nationals convicted of sex offenses or domestic violence inadmissible and deportable. The bill passed 266-158 with 51 Democrats in support. The New Mexico GOP used this vote repeatedly in attack ads and press releases, stating she 'voted to protect illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes against women and children.' Her silence on this vote — she did not issue a press release explaining her opposition — created a vulnerability that the GOP exploited. For a member endorsed by EMILY's List and Planned Parenthood who campaigns as a champion of women, this vote created a persistent political liability in her D+5 district.
Date: 2024-09-18 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Voted nay on H.R. 22 (SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, July 2024)) on 2024-07-10: Stansbury voted nay on legislation requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The Heritage Foundation and New Mexico GOP attacked her vote, with the RPNM saying she 'want[s] illegal immigrants to vote in our elections.' Her NM-01 district is 41.8% Hispanic and 95.9% citizen — documentation requirements could disproportionately burden minority, elderly, and low-income voters who lack easy access to passports or birth certificates. The Piñon Post headlined its coverage: 'All three of NM's congressional reps. want illegals to vote in U.S. elections.' The AFL-CIO opposed the bill. The bill passed 221-198 with only 5 Democratic votes. The vote aligned with Democratic opposition to voting restrictions and Stansbury's progressive civil-rights positioning.
Date: 2024-07-10 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: Stansbury voted yea on $61 billion in Ukraine military assistance, joining the bipartisan majority (311-112). She has been a consistent Ukraine supporter since the Russian invasion, reflecting a progressive internationalism that supports defensive military aid against authoritarian aggression. Her vote distinguished her from the isolationist GOP majority while aligning with Democratic leadership and the Biden administration's foreign policy.
Date: 2024-04-20 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Voted nay on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 2025)) on 2025-01-07: Stansbury voted nay on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. All three New Mexico House Democrats (Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernandez) voted nay — notably for a border state with significant immigration challenges. The New Mexico GOP condemned her vote multiple times, saying she 'once again voted against this vital legislation' and 'voted against deporting illegal immigrants who commit sexual and violent crimes.' Her NM-01 district is 8.03% foreign-born (57,200 people), 95.9% U.S. citizen, with 21.1% of households speaking a non-English language — predominantly Spanish (107,863 households). The vote was both party-aligned and constituent-aligned for a district with large Hispanic and immigrant communities.
Date: 2025-01-07 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Voted nay on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 2025) on 2025-07-03: Stansbury voted nay on legislation the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. She released a video statement slamming the bill for 'slashing Medicaid' and 'gutting food assistance to give billionaires permanent tax breaks.' Her NM-01 district has 13.5% poverty, 21.9% of residents on Medicaid, and 7.54% uninsured — meaning the bill's healthcare cuts would directly impact tens of thousands of her constituents. She held a town hall with Sen. Ben Ray Luján to warn constituents about the GOP attacks on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. The AFL-CIO, which gave her a 100% score, opposed the bill. All 212 Democrats plus 2 Republicans voted nay. Only 2 Republicans voted nay. The SBA Pro-Life America scorecard criticized her for opposing what it called the defunding of 'Big Abortion businesses' through H.R. 1.
Date: 2025-07-03 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review [disclosure] New Mexico has one of the highest rates of violent crime in the country. Albuquerque set a homicide record in 2022 and has persistently high rates of domestic violence. Stansbury's votes against immigration enforcement legislation have been used by Republican opponents to paint her as soft on crime against women — a charge the RPNM has made repeatedly in press releases targeting her.
Date: 2025-01-16 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review [vote] Stansbury voted nay on the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (September 2024), which would make non-U.S. nationals convicted of sex offenses or domestic violence inadmissible and deportable. She was one of 158 Democrats to oppose it, drawing sharp criticism from the New Mexico GOP: 'Stansbury and Leger Fernandez have voted to protect illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the U.S.'
Date: 2024-09-18 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review [statement] Stansbury also stated she 'stands with the people of Israel' and condemned Hamas's October 7 attack as 'horrific violence.' She supports Israel's right to self-defense and a two-state solution. JStreetPAC — a pro-Israel, pro-peace PAC — is her second-largest organizational donor at $43,417. She has been a consistent supporter of Israel's right to exist while opposing the Netanyahu government's military operations and calling for conditioning of U.S. military aid.
Date: 2023-10-09 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review [statement] Stansbury refuses AIPAC money and was listed among '83 in Congress NOT Owned By AIPAC.' She called for a bilateral ceasefire in Gaza in January 2024, signed a letter urging President Biden to withhold military aid to Israel after the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers, supported the Sanders JRD to block offensive arms sales, and boycotted Netanyahu's July 2024 address to Congress. She co-sponsored the Khanna-Massie War Powers Resolution and was one of the most outspoken advocates for constraining Trump's war-making authority in Iran.
Date: 2024-01-18 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Stansbury serves as Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, is on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (appointed January 2023), and is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE). She is one of the highest-ranking freshmen/early-career members on the powerful Oversight Committee.
Date: 2025-01-22 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Stansbury is a scientist and former ecology instructor. She earned a B.A. in human ecology and natural science from Saint Mary's College of California and an M.S. in development sociology from Cornell University. She worked as a STEM educator, researcher on land and water issues, and served as a staffer on the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and in the White House Office of Management and Budget. She received the 2021 U.S. Water Prize for Outstanding Public Official.
Date: 2021-06-14 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Quiver Quantitative estimates Stansbury's net worth as not readily calculable from disclosed assets — she has no publicly traded individual stock holdings and no trades listed in MarketBeat's STOCK Act tracking. A 2022 estimate placed her net worth below $1 million. OpenSecrets 2018 financial disclosure: she has relatively modest means compared to most members of Congress. She does NOT trade individual stocks and co-sponsors legislation to ban congressional stock trading.
Date: 2025-12-31 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review 2024 cycle top PACS: ActBlue ($117,450 in 2,077 payments), EMILY's List ($5,000), Human Rights Campaign PAC ($4,000), League of Conservation Voters ($3,500), Planned Parenthood ($2,500), and AFSCME ($1,500). Her campaign does not accept corporate PAC money. Total outside spending supporting Stansbury: $52,652 (Planned Parenthood, LCV, AFSCME, Sierra Club).
Date: 2024-12-31 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Top career contributor: University of New Mexico at $55,412 (all individuals). Second: JStreetPAC at $43,417 ($38,917 individuals, $4,500 PAC). Labor unions dominate: Carpenters & Joiners Union ($25,000), IBEW ($25,000), Lobo PAC ($25,000). AIPAC does NOT appear among her top 20 contributors — Stansbury refuses AIPAC money and was listed as one of '83 in Congress NOT Owned By AIPAC' on the Rosenberg Substack in 2022. She is endorsed by JStreetPAC, which supports a two-state solution.
Date: 2024-12-31 Added: 03 May 2026
Pending Review Career total raised (2019-2024): $4,899,995. Top contributing industry: Retired ($559,042), followed by Lawyers/Law Firms ($278,479), Leadership PACs ($277,301), Democratic/Liberal ($228,497), and Casinos/Gambling ($207,653).
Date: 2024-12-31 Added: 03 May 2026
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