Deb Haaland won the Democratic nomination for a New Mexico congressional seat on Tuesday, clearing her path to becoming the nation’s first Native American congresswoman. Haaland, a former state party chair, defeated Damon Martinez and Antoinette Sedillo Lopez in their bids to represent New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. The district encompasses Albuquerque and is solidly blue ― it’s rated D+7 by the Cook Partisan Voter Index ― so Haaland is all but certain to win in November when she takes on the lone GOP candidate in the race, Janice Arnold-Jones. The House seat is open because its current occupant, Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), is running for governor.

Source: Huffington Post June 06, 2018 03:45 UTC