Staff Writer Matthew Klein co-authored this report. A state district judge on Friday ruled that New Mexico’s congressional map, which Democrats drew last cycle in their successful bid to win all three House seats, isn’t such an egregious gerrymander that it violates the state constitution. Republicans have appealed the decision to the New Mexico Supreme Court, but as it stands, the current map looks likely to stay in place in 2024.
Staff Writer Matthew Klein co-authored this report. A state district judge on Friday ruled that New Mexico’s congressional map, which Democrats drew last cycle in their successful bid to win all three House seats, isn’t such an egregious gerrymander that it violates the state constitution. Republicans have appealed the decision to the New Mexico Supreme Court, but as it stands, the current map looks likely to stay in place in 2024.
U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., announced Tuesday that he would vote in favor of a House resolution rebuking his own state’s governor, fellow Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, over a controversial temporary suspension of gun possession in Albuquerque and parts of Bernalillo County. The order came in reaction to a spate of gun violence that resulted in the deaths of children, but met with bipartisan criticism. The Sept. 8 emergency public …
Issued by Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, 63, on Friday, the executive order pertains to all of Albuquerque, and conservatives were quick to speak out online.