In the 2020 election, Republican candidate Yvette Herrell defeated Democratic representative Xochitl Torres Small in a rematch of their race in 2018.

Herrell is the third Native woman elected to Congress and she assumed office on January 3, 2021.

"[3] This district was made much more Democratic, as it gained more of Albuquerque while losing some heavily Republican areas in the eastern part of the state.

With a tight margin, Democratic challenger Gabe Vasquez won the 2022 midterm election.

[4] Nevertheless, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+1, it is the least Democratic district in New Mexico, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.