Haussamen Weighs in on Speaker Contest

Heath Haussamen
NMPolitics.net - The battle over who is going to be speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives could have a significant impact on the redrawing of the state’s congressional districts later this year. The process of reworking the state’s political boundaries begins once new Census numbers are released on April 1. If Ben Luján, D-Nambé, remains speaker of the House, there’s reason to expect him to push for changing the boundaries to protect his son, the congressman from Northern New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. That would likely involve shifting some Republican voters into Southern New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. Read full column here:

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