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Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press May. 10, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. May 6, 2021. Editorial: Iowa doesn’t have a labor shortage. It has a people shortage The next time...

A campaign sign for Republican U.S. House hopeful Yvette Herrell sits in front of the Wild West Ski Shop in Ruidoso, N.M., on Oct. 6, 2020. New Mexico is on the verge of electing the nation's largest all-female of color U.S. House delegation but the close race in the state's southern district, where Ruidoso sits, is grabbing the most attention. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)
Key GOP win wrinkles Democratic wave in New Mexico

By Susan Montoya Bryan Nov. 04, 2020 04:33 PM EST

A campaign sign for Republican U.S. House hopeful Yvette Herrell sits in front of the Wild West Ski Shop in Ruidoso, N.M., on Oct. 6, 2020. New Mexico is on the verge of electing the nation's largest all-female of color U.S. House delegation but the close race in the state's southern district, where Ruidoso sits, is grabbing the most attention. (AP Photo/ Russell Contreras)
Close congressional race in southern New Mexico draws eyes

By Russell Contreras And Morgan Lee Oct. 15, 2020 05:24 AM EDT

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

Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands adjusts her glasses as she wears a face mask during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, to consider bills to remove Confederate statues. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Congresswoman skips initial television debate in New Mexico

Oct. 06, 2020 10:09 PM EDT

Republican state House candidate Glenda Vargas of Albuquerque holds a doll representing a fetus to highlight her support for a ban on abortion procedures at a political rally in support of President Donald Trump and allied local candidates in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Republican candidates and party officials are touring the state by bus to court female voters and highlight Trump's efforts to bolster law enforcement, ban abortion procedures, improve internet access and reopen the economy. Democratic Party Chairwoman Marg Elliston said the rallies are risking lives as large groups gather largely without masks in defiance of state public health orders that requires masks in public and limits gatherings to 10 people. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Republicans, Democrats deeply divided over pandemic response

By Morgan Lee Sep. 10, 2020 01:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, former CIA operative Valerie Plame is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. New Mexico congressional candidate and former CIA operative Valerie Plame is wading into the discussion about President Trump's rationale for ordering the killing of a top Iranian general. Plame on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, questioned Trump's justification for ordering the attack and said the lives of thousands of American troops are at risk. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Fernandez defeats Valerie Plame in New Mexico House primary

By Morgan Lee Jun. 03, 2020 12:56 AM 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

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