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Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Democrat Melanie Stansbury won election to Congress for New Mexico on Tuesday with a campaign closely tied to initiatives of the Biden administration. Stanbury prevailed in an open, four-way race to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. The 42-year-old state legislator outpaced her Republican rival by more than 30,000 votes, garnering roughly six of every 10 votes as ballots were tallied into the night. Stansbury closely tethered her bid for Congress to proposed and enacted Democratic legislation on pandemic relief, infrastructure spending and interventions to slow climate change. Her victory shores up the Democratic majority in Congress ahead of 2022 midterm elections. ....
Her victory preserves an all-female House delegation for the state. Libertarian nominee Chris Manning and independent Aubrey Dunn Jr. campaigned unsuccessfully. ....
First Posted: Jun 02, 2021 09:33 AM EDT Photo : Wikimedia/ Sweet William Photo & Films With her campaign similar to the initiatives of the Biden administration, Democrat Melanie Stansbury won House Election Race in New Mexico on Tuesday, June 1. Democrats Domination Stansbury prevailed in an open, four-way race to fill the vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. According to Fox News, the 42-year-old New Mexico native Melanie Stansbury linked her bid to Congress to the proposed and enacted Democratic legislation on pandemic relief, infrastructure spending, and interventions to slowing down climate change. The victory of Stansbury adds up to the increasing Democratic majority in Congress ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. ....
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Stanbury’s victory preserves an all-female House delegation for the state. She defeated third-term Republican state Sen. Mark Moores to fill an Albuquerque-based seat that has been held by Democrats since 2009. Libertarian nominee Chris Manning and independent Aubrey Dunn Jr. campaigned unsuccessfully to represent the 1st Congressional District, which encompasses Albuquerque, rural Torrance County and other outlying areas that include the Indigenous community of Sandia Pueblo. Stanbury reiterated her push for a $15 minimum wage, economic and racial equality and police reforms. She said there’s a lot of work to do and she wants to give everyone a seat at the table as the country and its infrastructure is rebuilt. ....