How did the 2025 stack up when compared to other recent sessions?

The Rio Grande Foundation’s Freedom Index is the pre-eminent way to see how New Mexico’s Legislature votes on issues of freedom. These include individual liberty, taxes, regulations, education reform/choice, and the Constitution.

RGF has more than a decade of results from our index. So, how does New Mexico’s 2025 session compare to other recent sessions? We took the average score of each legislator and compared those scores to other recent sessions. The answer is that the average score is quite similar to the other recent 60-day sessions which have taken place under Michelle Lujan Grisham’s term in office.

For obvious reasons 30-day sessions have fewer votes and thus less positive/negative numbers. After 8 years of Republican Susana Martinez being in office 2019 (MLG’s first session) remains the worst session in terms of average vote totals. Better scores were seen in the Legislature under Martinez as well. Check out the details for yourself below: