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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]
Flo Wells, Roswell Daily Record — Once again Rep. Greg Nibert is wrong. He said, “There is no desire for Chaves County to be part of CD-1 or frankly, part of CD-3.” (RDR, Dec. 15). I am thrilled to be moving to a district with a functional member of Congress instead of the party-line-spouting ineffective member I have had since the 2020 election. Local Republicans always ignore the fact that there are, in fact, Democrats living in Roswell. We are not heard by local representation. Except for Rep. Anderson (Ind.) I have never had a concern of mine addressed by my local representatives — city, county or state — and have had no letters replied to. I did, indeed, desire to be in at least one district where I can feel my voice is being heard. [READ MORE]
News Release, Grant County Beat -- SANTA FE — Today, the Senate Democrat Floor Leader called a late night floor session to take up the Senate Redistricting Map for consideration. Senate Republican Leadership issued the following statement following the halting of the proceeding with a call of the Senate: [READ MORE]
Alex Ross, Roswell Daily Record – Legislators from Chaves County have voiced frustration with a new map that would divide Roswell between two congressional districts. [READ MORE]
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