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The Republican Party and other plaintiffs argue Democratic lawmakers diluted GOP votes when they split the conservative southeastern corner of the state into three districts. Democrats argue redistricting is an inherently political process, but lawmakers acted appropriately in drawing a set of competitive districts.
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Election Day has come and gone for New Mexico and one race in particular is too close to call––the heavily contested Congressional District 2. Alex Curtas, spokesperson for the Secretary of State's office, joined KUNM Wednesday morning to chat about when we might see those results, what voter turnout looked like, and how election night went in general.
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President Joe Biden attended a rally with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hosted by the New Mexico Democratic Party in a South Valley community center in Albuquerque Thursday ahead of Election Day. The location, at the Ted M. Gallegos Community Center in the newly-redrawn Congressional District 2, wasn’t arbitrary.
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An attack ad by a Republican support group claims that Democratic Congressional candidate Gabe Vasquez would kill 62,000 New Mexico oil and gas jobs. Journalist Jerry Redfern at Capital and Main has dug into that claim and spoke to KUNM reporter Alice Fordham.
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In a debate that covered policing, border policy, abortion and energy, the two candidates seemed both to be softening previous stances on policy issues.
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We answer a question received via our America Amplified collaboration
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But some think that the Democratic candidate does have an increased chance of winning here, after the district was redrawn to include Albuquerque's South Valley, and lost some of the southeast of the state.
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Darshan Patel and Gabe Vasquez hope to run for Congress in a district that may, post-redistricting, favor a Democrat