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Melanie Stansbury

Melanie Stansbury is a Democratic incumbent in New Mexico's 1st district. $1.4M raised, $1.1M spent, $417K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$1.4Mraised
$1.1Mspent
$417Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$1.4M raised
Raised$1.4M
Spent$1.1M
Cash on hand$417K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$1,353,564
Spent (disbursements)$1,082,562
Cash on hand$416,711
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 47 · 3 terms · votes right of 18% of the House
47age on Election Day
3House terms (since 2021)
Democratparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeStansbury
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)-0.43
Votes more conservative than18% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted560

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosureassets $100K to $250K

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-05-12.

$100K to $250Kreported assets (ranges added up)
$50K to $100Kreported liabilities
none reportedearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between $1 and $200K Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
Nusenda Credit Union bank accountsBAself$100K to $250K

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
Bank of Albuquerque August 2019 Mortgage on personal residence$50K to $100K

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention12,577 views in 30 days
12,577Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#70 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Melanie Stansbury on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 83%PACs and other committees 15%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 2%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$1,126,43183.2%
PACs and other committees$202,33514.9%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$24,7981.8%
This raceNM-01, rank #1 of 1

Melanie Stansbury ranks #1 of 1 in reported fundraising in this race.

No other candidates on file.

NM-01 · New Mexico · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H2NM01144, committee C00765099. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.