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President-elect Joe Biden listens as his Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
The Latest: Biden announces Buttigieg as transportation pick

Dec. 15, 2020 07:32 AM EST

Allie Young, a Diné woman on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, is among a group of Native Americans as they ride on horseback to the polls on Election Day in Kayenta, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Larry Price via AP)
Native American votes helped secure Biden's win in Arizona

By Felicia Fonseca And Angeliki Kastanis Nov. 19, 2020 02:31 PM EST

Republican Senate candidate Sen. Mitch McConnell, second from right, and his wife, Elaine Chao, right, look on as aides show him the election results in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 05, 2020 12:28 AM EST

Democratic Senate candidate Jamie Harrison thanks his supporters at an election watch party in Columbia, S.C., after losing the Senate race to incumbent Lindsey Graham, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jeff Blake/The State via AP)
Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 04, 2020 12:41 PM EST

Cattle rancher Ray Roybal poses in his truck after casting his vote on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at a middle school in Pojoaque, N.M.. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
New Mexico elects Democrat Luján to US Senate, backs Biden

By Morgan Lee And Cedar Attanasio Nov. 04, 2020 03:32 AM EST

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., prepares to speak to supporters with his wife Cindy during his election watch party in Bozeman, Mont., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
Senate Latest: Kelly win gives Arizona 2 Democratic senators

Nov. 03, 2020 07:33 PM EST

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roger Marshall celebrates his win, at an election watch party in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Democrats losing paths to Senate control as GOP hangs on

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 03, 2020 05:31 AM EST

FILE - In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, center, D-N.M., speaks as House Democrats hold a news conference on the first 200 days of the 116th Congress, at the House East Front Steps of the Capitol in Washington. Lujan, the son of a legendary Latino political powerbroker, a political protégé of Nancy Pelosi and a former casino dealer, has never lost in election in seven contests for federal and state office. Lujan is vastly outspending well-known Republican former television meteorologist Mark Ronchetti, a first-time political candidate with a tough-on-crime message, in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Udall. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Democrats keep New Mexico Senate seat, back Biden

By Morgan Lee And Cedar Attanasio Nov. 03, 2020 12:02 AM EST

Will Halm, foreground, joins a steady stream of voters to participate in the first day of balloting in New Mexico, at the Santa Fe Convention Center on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Santa Fe. Halm said he voted in-person and early to ensure his ballot counts and avoid crowds as a safety precaution against COVID-19. Election officials are witnessing a massive surge in absentee ballot requests. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Voter participation and virus infections surge in New Mexico

By Morgan Lee Nov. 02, 2020 01:50 PM EST

FILE - In this Friday, June 5, 2020, file photo, Republican congressional candidate Alexis Johnson awaits final results in New Mexico's primary election outside a public works building where local election officials tallied absentee votes in Santa Fe, N.M. Johnson of Santa Fe has won the Republican primary nomination in New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District. Johnson emerged victorious Saturday in the three-way primary amid a surge in absentee balloting that took several days to tally in the district's most populous county. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
Northern New Mexico district to pick its 1st congresswoman

By Morgan Lee Oct. 08, 2020 08:32 PM EDT

Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of Nambé, N.M., seeks support from local party delegates at the Democratic Party preprimary convention in Pojoaque, N.M., Saturday, March 7, 2020. Candidates for open congressional and Senate seats underwent the first test of their political might as the Democratic and Republican parties of New Mexico held statewide conventions. The conventions decide the ballot order for candidates in the state's primary election on June 2. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Bitter US Senate contest dwells on crime, coronavirus

By Morgan Lee Oct. 05, 2020 02:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2006, photo, KRQE-TV meteorologist Mark Ronchetti prepares the weathercast at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., is vastly outspending well-known Republican former television meteorologist Ronchetti, a first-time political candidate with a tough-on-crime message, in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Udall. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)
Senate race pits political scion against TV-savvy Republican

By Morgan Lee Oct. 02, 2020 03:47 PM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 9, 2016, file photo is the Hull-Rust Mahoning Mine viewed from the overlook in Hibbing, Minn. The Trump administration is seeking to fast-track mining projects and could offer grants and loans to help companies pay for equipment, administration officials said Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, as they offered details on a plan that critics said could spoil rivers and lakes in Minnesota, Idaho and elsewhere with mining pollution. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
Trump pushes mining with order, but effects are uncertain

By Matthew Brown And Steve Karnowski Oct. 01, 2020 06:20 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 1957 – "The Great American Outdoors Act," in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks

By Darlene Superville Aug. 04, 2020 04:05 PM EDT

In this Oct. 5, 2006 photo, KRQE-TV Chief Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti prepares the weathercast by analyzing numbers and designing maps at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Ronchetti announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, that he is joining the race for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Ronchetti is jumping in the contest for the GOP nomination after stepping down for his job as chief meteorologist for the CBS affiliate in Albuquerque. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
GOP US Senate hopeful blasts New Mexico virus campaign rules

Jul. 31, 2020 05:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 4, 2019, file photo fireworks go off over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Government watchdogs say President Trump’s 2019 Fourth of July gala in the nation’s capital cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Watchdogs: Trump's Independence Day gala in 2019 cost $13M

By Ellen Knickmeyer Jun. 25, 2020 03:31 PM EDT

In this Oct. 5, 2006 photo, KRQE-TV Chief Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti stands in front of a "green screen" as he gives the weathercast at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Ronchetti announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, that he is joining the race for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Ronchetti is jumping in the contest for the GOP nomination after stepping down for his job as chief meteorologist for the CBS affiliate in Albuquerque. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
The Latest: Embattled senator loses Democratic nomination

Jun. 02, 2020 09:08 PM EDT

Voters drop off their ballots Tuesday outside the City-County Building during Montana's primary election Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in Helena. Montana’s June 2 primary is being held by mail because of the coronavirus. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)
The Latest: Ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame loses N.M. race

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2020 08:44 PM EDT

In this Feb. 13, 2020, photo, GOP U.S. House candidate Claire Chase speaks to voters in Los Lunas, N.M. Chase and two other Republican hopefuls seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small for a key southern New Mexico seat are hitting the airwaves early. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
Democratic nomination eludes ex-CIA operative Valerie Plame

By Morgan Lee And Russell Contreras Jun. 02, 2020 12:18 AM EDT

Official: US must move ahead with nuclear weapons work

By Susan Montoya Bryan May. 06, 2020 03:52 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top nuclear security official says the U.S. must move ahead with plans to ramp up production of key components for the nation’s...