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Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham owes retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Chavez and retired Court of Appeals Chief Judge Roderick Kennedy an explanation — if not an apology. [READ MORE]
Dan Boyd, Albuquerque Journal – SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law Friday a bill setting new political boundary lines for New Mexico’s three congressional districts for the next decade. The new congressional map, which was passed by state lawmakers on largely party-line votes with majority Democrats voting in favor, could reshape the political landscape in New Mexico. [READ MORE]
Julia Goldberg, Santa Fe Reporter — Lawmakers yesterday resolved a stalemate over Senate Bill 2—legislation to redistrict state Senate seats—following what the Albuquerque Journal describes as an “unusually harsh, racially tinged debate.” [READ MORE]
Andy Lyman, NM Political Report —The New Mexico state Senate approved a proposal to redraw its own districts on Thursday by a 25-13 vote. SB 2, sponsored by Sens. Linda Lopez and Daniel Ivey-Soto, both Albuquerque Democrats, would redraw the state Senate districts and also adopt a Native American consensus map that tribes and pueblos spent months crafting. [READ MORE]
Morgan Lee, Associated Press -- SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Democrat-led New Mexico state Senate endorsed a new map for its own political boundaries Thursday that embraces recommendations from Native American communities for shoring up Indigenous voting blocs in the northwest of the state. [READ MORE]
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