{"id":16565,"date":"2020-05-29T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=16565"},"modified":"2020-10-03T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T17:22:23","slug":"in-touch-primary-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/in-touch-primary-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Primary Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Primary Voting | In Touch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/381iZiMUdS4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May <\/strong><strong>2<\/strong><strong>9<\/strong><strong>, 2020<\/strong> \u2013 Ahead of next week\u2019s primary elections, correspondent Gwyneth Doland talks with Gabe Sanchez, a professor in UNM\u2019s Political Science Department, and Heather Ferguson of Common Cause New Mexico. 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