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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]
Daniel J. Chacon, Santa Fe New Mexican — After numerous delays, behind-the-scenes political maneuvering and a fiery floor debate, the New Mexico Senate approved a redistricting bill late Thursday that had ground the special legislative session to a halt. [READ MORE]
Dan Boyd and Dan McKay, Albuquerque Journal -- SANTA FE — The state Senate plunged into an unusually harsh, racially tinged debate Thursday before adopting a plan to redraw the chamber’s district boundaries in a map that reflects a hard-fought agreement with Native American leaders. [READ MORE]
Joe Monahan, Blog – The state is still waiting on a deal from the Senate. The special redistricting session stalled Monday as Native American leaders and key senators tussle over new boundaries for the 42 member Senate. Despite long hours of negotiating there was no deal late Tuesday. [READ MORE]
Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board – Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Chavez and retired Court of Appeals Chief Judge Roderick Kennedy “enthusiastically” accepted the invitation to co-chair a redistricting task force “to bring justice, fairness and transparency” to the contentious decennial process. And yet, the far-flung congressional map before Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham would carve the oil patch into three districts; split the population centers of Hobbs, Roswell and Albuquerque; and dilute the rural vote and shift even more political power to central New Mexico. [READ MORE]
Morgan Lee, Associated Press -- SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Leading Democratic legislators introduced a revised state Senate redistricting plan Wednesday that would preserve recommendations from Native American communities, amid an extended stalemate in drawing new political boundaries. [READ MORE]
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