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Constitution of the State of New Mexico
The Great Seal of the State of New Mexico
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The Constitution of the State of New Mexico ( Spanish: Constitución del Estado de Nuevo México) is the document that establishes the fundamental political framework of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It sets forth the principles and structure of government, enumerates the rights of citizens, and functions as the supreme law of the state, subordinate only to the United States Constitution.

New Mexico held its first constitutional convention in 1850, two years after being annexed as a territory of the U.S.[1] Over the next sixty years, it produced four constitutions,[2] of which the current document was drafted by the Constitutional Convention of 1910; the resulting draft was adopted by referendum in both English and Spanish,[3] ratified by popular vote on January 21, 1911, and became effective on January 7, 1912 upon [admission to the union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A