Editing Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (section)

==Politics==
From New Mexico's statehood to the early 1930s Rio Arriba was a traditional Republican county. The county became a Democratic stronghold from the 1930s onwards. The last Republican presidential candidate to carry the county was [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1956.htm|title=Presidential election of 1956 - Map by counties|website=geoelections.free.fr|access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref> No Republican candidate for governor has won the county since at least 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=2006&fips=35&f=1&off=5&elect=0|title=Gubernatorial General Election Map Comparison New Mexico|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref>
In the 2024 election, the county saw a Republican shift of over 7 percentage points. While [[Donald Trump]] still lost the county by almost 20 points, his performance was the best by a Republican since Nixon's landslide in 1972. In this election the Tierra Amarilla and Chama corridor flipped to a Republican majority. Española also saw a heavy Republican trend, as did all other major population centers in the county. Rio Arriba showed, along with [[McKinley County, New Mexico|McKinley]], [[Mora County, New Mexico|Mora]], and [[Guadalupe County, New Mexico|Guadalupe]] Counties, the strongest Republican shift in the state of New Mexico in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/elections/2024-election-map-precinct-results.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk4.9CUE.eUcpg0mNRL9r&smid=url-share | title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election | work=The New York Times | date=January 15, 2025 | last1=Datar | first1=Saurabh | last2=Marcus | first2=Ilana | last3=Murray | first3=Eli | last4=Singer | first4=Ethan | last5=Lemonides | first5=Alex | last6=Zhang | first6=Christine }}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|6,268|9,373|348|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|5,408|10,990|230|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|3,599|9,592|1,687|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|3,397|11,465|481|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|4,086|12,703|151|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|5,149|9,753|97|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,495|8,169|433|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,551|7,965|789|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,680|7,832|1,030|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|3,024|7,503|99|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|4,116|6,938|92|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,794|6,245|552|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,213|7,125|111|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|4,351|5,642|202|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|3,935|4,799|368|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,906|6,787|64|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,716|6,250|3|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,566|4,291|3|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|4,336|4,564|5|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,273|4,753|17|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|3,532|3,792|3|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|4,289|4,952|6|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,093|4,691|18|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,880|5,337|12|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,109|2,444|4|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,707|2,734|150|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,986|2,056|0|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,992|1,528|1|New Mexico}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Republican|1,549|1,004|106|New Mexico}}

It is located in [[New Mexico's 3rd congressional district]], which has a [[Cook Partisan Voting Index]] rating of D+7 and is represented by Democrat [[Teresa Leger Fernandez]]. In the New Mexico legislature it is represented by Representatives Christine Chandler (District 43),  Susan Herrera (District 41), Derrick Lente (District 65), Joseph Sanchez (District 40), Senator Leo Jaramillo (District 5), and Benny Shendo, Jr. (District 22).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/districts.aspx|title=Districts - New Mexico Legislature|website=www.nmlegis.gov|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>

Current commissioners are:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!District
!Name
!Party
!First elected
!Term ends
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
|District 1 || Brandon M. Bustos ||Democratic ||2023 || 2026
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
|District 2 || Alex M. Naranjo ||Democratic ||2023 || 2026
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
|District 3 || Moises A. Morales, Jr. ||Democratic ||2024|| 2027
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
|}