Deb Haaland looks to make history again — this time as governor of New Mexico

Grace Panetta

Political reporter

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Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is seeking to make history yet again, this time as governor of New Mexico.

In 2018, Haaland and Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas became the first two Native American women elected to the U.S. House. In 2021, then-President Joe Biden named Haaland as secretary of the Interior, making her the first Native Cabinet secretary. Haaland, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, is vying to become the first Native woman elected governor in U.S. history.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman and former Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima are joining Haaland in the Democratic primary to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the first Latina Demo