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Rethinking Redistricting

State district map of New Mexico.

February 12, 2021 – Is it time for New Mexico to change the way it redraws political boundaries? Power is at stake every ten years, but a task force convened by New Mexico First says the state needs to join dozens of others in making the important process less political. The group recommends the creation…

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Phelps Anderson’s Abortion Vote Prompts Party Switch

Composite of logo of the Republican Party of New Mexico, and Phelps Anderson.

February 12, 2021 – A primary goal of many Democrats heading into New Mexico’s 2021 was the repeal of a decades-old law that criminalized abortion. Unenforceable unless the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, the law’s existence on the books has made reproductive rights advocates nervous. In joining with Democrats on a…

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