Cynthia Borrego
2023 - Present
2026
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Cynthia Borrego (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing District 17. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Borrego (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Mexico House of Representatives to represent District 17. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Cynthia Borrego was born in New Mexico. Borrego earned a B.S. in education and a master's in public administration, both from the University of New Mexico, Lobo. Her career experience includes working as a city planner with the City of Albuquerque, where she managed the Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency, and owning a planning, development, sales and consulting company. Borrego was elected to the Albuquerque City Council, where she was the vice president and chaired the land use and zoning committee. She previously served as the chairman of the New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association and was the vice chair of the Mid Region Council of Governments Transportation Board.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Borrego was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Cynthia Borrego defeated Joshua Neal in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Borrego (D) | 54.1 | 7,860 | |
| Joshua Neal (R) | 45.9 | 6,679 | ||
| Total votes: 14,539 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17
Incumbent Cynthia Borrego advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Borrego | 100.0 | 1,582 | |
| Total votes: 1,582 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17
Joshua Neal advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joshua Neal | 100.0 | 1,008 | |
| Total votes: 1,008 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17
Cynthia Borrego defeated Ellis McMath in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Borrego (D) | 52.8 | 6,150 | |
| Ellis McMath (R) | 47.2 | 5,499 | ||
| Total votes: 11,649 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17
Cynthia Borrego defeated Darrell Deaguero in the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Borrego | 59.4 | 1,131 | |
| Darrell Deaguero | 40.6 | 773 | ||
| Total votes: 1,904 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17
Ellis McMath defeated Joshua Neal in the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ellis McMath | 59.6 | 1,051 | |
| Joshua Neal | 40.4 | 713 | ||
| Total votes: 1,764 | ||||
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2021
See also: City elections in Albuquerque, New Mexico (2021)
General election
General election for Albuquerque City Council District 5
Dan Lewis defeated incumbent Cynthia Borrego and Phillip Ramirez in the general election for Albuquerque City Council District 5 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Lewis (Nonpartisan) | 52.0 | 7,489 | |
| Cynthia Borrego (Nonpartisan) | 39.9 | 5,752 | ||
| Phillip Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 1,173 | ||
| Total votes: 14,414 | ||||
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2017
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, held elections for mayor and city council on October 3, 2017. The filing deadline for mayoral candidates was March 31, 2017, and the filing deadline for city council candidates was May 31, 2017.[2]
Cynthia Borrego defeated Robert Aragon in the Albuquerque City Council District 5 runoff election.
| Albuquerque City Council, District 5 Runoff Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Cynthia Borrego |
54.00% | 6,006 |
| Robert Aragon | 46.00% | 5,116 |
| Total Votes | 11,122 | |
| Source: Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Albuquerque Office of the City Clerk," December 18, 2017 | ||
Robert Aragon and Cynthia Borrego defeated Catherine Trujillo in the Albuquerque City Council District 5 general election.[3]
| Albuquerque City Council, District 5 General Election, 2017 | ||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Robert Aragon |
39.31% | 3,878 |
| Cynthia Borrego |
37.88% | 3,737 |
| Catherine Trujillo | 22.82% | 2,251 |
| Total Votes | 9,866 | |
| Source: City of Albuquerque, "Municipal Election Official Results," October 13, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2021
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Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the New Mexico State Legislature was in session from January 16 to February 15. A special session was held on July 18, 2024.
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2023
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In 2023, the New Mexico State Legislature was in session from January 17 to March 18.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Candidate New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 |
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Linda Garcia Benavides (D) |
New Mexico House of Representatives District 17 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Albuquerque City Council District 5 2017-2021 |
Succeeded by Dan Lewis |
| Preceded by - |
Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority District 2 2015-2022 |
Succeeded by Orlando Martinez Jr. |
