Sam Bregman

New Mexico – and the United States are one step closer to having the first female Native American governor as former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland beat out her Democratic opponent Sam Bregman with 72% of the vote Tuesday night in the primary election.

Sam Bregman is running against Deb Haaland to be the Democratic candidate for governor.

Haaland touts record of holding ‘Trump’s feet to the fire’; Bregman touts ‘getting things done’

On Thursday, Healthy Climate New Mexico will host a forum for all potential candidates for governor and lieutenant governor on health and climate issues.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland appealed to struggling families on Monday night amid donors and supporters at a fundraising event in Albuquerque.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and key members of her Organized Crime Commission on Tuesday announced the results of an operation tackling human trafficking and organized crime in southern New Mexico.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued her proclamation on Wednesday for a special session that starts on Thursday. She was joined by other leaders from around the state who support the session, despite pushback from lawmakers in her party.

The 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s primary race in Bernalillo County is now the battleground for the top two funded candidates in the entire state – incumbent Sam Bregman and his challenger, former U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez – both Democrats.

The primary race for Albuquerque’s top prosecutor job is the most expensive in the state so far, between incumbent Sam Bregman and challenger Damon Martinez. But a gap in disclosure laws means voters have less information about one candidate’s finances and potential conflicts than the other’s.

In a statement Monday evening, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she was “dismayed” that a Senate committee didn’t pass a bill that would keep more New Mexicans accused of crimes behind bars before being given a fair trial. Similar proposals have been shot down several years in a row now over concerns that it’s not a lawful or effective way to reduce violent crime in the state.