Posts by Myah Wilmarth
Voting in the Special Election
May 21, 2021 – The Line opinion panel tackles the issue of voting in the special election for the 1st Congressional District. Turnout is low so far in the special congressional election. The group talks about whether voters are fatigued, distrustful, distracted or planning to vote later in the race to replace Deb Haaland. Gene Grant also spoke with Bernalillo County Clerk Linda Stover this week via Facebook on…
Read MoreSenator Ben Ray Luján
May 21, 2021 – US Sen. Ben Ray Luján is the new freshman senator from New Mexico – and the first Hispanic senator from the state in a generation. He comes from a political family and spent a decade in the U.S House of Representatives before abandoning a leadership post for his Senate run. Sen. Luján spoke with NMiF correspondent Russell Contreras about his first months in the new body and…
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