Wow! That's actually a pretty big margin. Obviously New Mexico is safe D and was always going to swing back to how it voted in both of Obama's elections, but I was under the impression that Democrats had a ceiling of 12% or so here as states like Colorado and Virginia would surpass it as far as them voting Democratic by more. I guess not! Good news for bellwether Valencia County, hopefully.
Michelle Lujan-Grisham lost Valencia County in 2018 while winning statewide by 14%, though I think it's possible that Steve Pearce had something of a "native son" boost there, considering that most of Valencia County is located within his old congressional district (NM-02). Most other statewide Democrats, including Martin Heinrich and Hector Balderas, carried the county.
