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Through her time in Congress and as U.S. Interior secretary, Haaland has broken historical barriers. She's now on the cusp of achieving another milestone, if she can defeat Republican Gregg Hull in November.

The next governor will succeed Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who reached her term limit. Democrats have won every statewide elected office since 2017.

For the first time, the primary will be open to voters who are independent. The semi-open primary system signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last year allows the roughly 23% of New Mexico voters who are not affiliated with a political party to vote.

The settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping along the dwindling river and retiring water rights from irrigated farmland in southern New Mexico.

University of New Mexico Hospital Chief Medical Officer Steve McLaughlin said during a news conference in Albuquerque that authorities were working “under the assumption” that fentanyl was to blame.

Three people were admitted to the hospital Wednesday. One — an emergency medical services official — has since been released, according to Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto. The substance in question has yet to be identified.

Pearce’s background as a Republican Party leader in New Mexico known for supporting public land leasing and industry made him a contentious pick.

Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose.

Indigenous leaders say that in the Trump administration's rush to build border walls, contractors are desecrating Native American sacred places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace, more than 170 years after the international boundary split the territories of dozens of tribes.

Sgt. Jose Serrano, an active duty soldier stationed in El Paso told The Associated Press that immigration agents arrested his wife during an appointment with immigration services to advance her application for permanent residency.