SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The incumbent district attorney who pursued the manslaughter prosecution against Alec Baldwin beat off a Democratic challenger in New Mexico’s primary election on Tuesday, securing reelection.
Other results showed that Donald Trump Attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election failed He won the Republican nomination for state Senate, advancing him into a tight general election, and Democrats ousted a state senator accused of sexual harassment as voters chose partisan positions to reshuffle the Democratic-led Legislature, where all 112 seats are up for election in November.
The results for the first Senate election after the 2021 redistricting election are as follows: Impact on Native American communities, The state’s oil industry And that #MeToo.
New Mexico has a closed primary system that only allows voters registered with a major party to participate, excluding independents and voters with no party affiliation, but not Libertarian Party members.
Native American influence
Native American candidates won two highly-anticipated Democratic primaries, making strides toward expanding their representation in Congress.
In the 30th Senate District, activist Angel Charlie Coalition to Stop Violence Against Indigenous Women He won the Democratic nomination against a pro-business, socially conservative opponent. Former Senator Clemente Sanchez A reorganized neighborhood with a stronger Native American influence.
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Charlie is Diné, of Laguna and Zuni descent, and there are no Republican candidates in his district, which runs from Ysleta Pueblo near Albuquerque to the Arizona border and crosses the Acoma and Laguna pueblos.
In the 69th Congressional District, incumbent Democratic Rep. Harry Garcia (Grants) lost his bid for a fifth term. Michelle “Pauline” Abeyta, an attorney from To’hajiilee on the Navajo Reservation, won the nomination to represent a district where two-thirds of registered voters identify as Native American. Abeyta faces no Republican rival in the general election.
Alec Baldwin
Local prosecutors also fended off challengers in primary elections in crime-ridden Albuquerque and Santa Fe, where special prosecutors are preparing to try Alec Baldwin in July on manslaughter charges.
In the vote of confidence, incumbent District Attorney Mary Carmack Altwis of Santa Fe defeated former District Attorney Marco Serna. Carmack Altwis He vowed to hold Baldwin accountable. We mourn the passing of cinematographer Halina Hutchins.
In Albuquerque, incumbent District Attorney Sam Bregman, who was appointed by the governor, is running for the Democratic nomination. Damon MartinezHe served as U.S. attorney for New Mexico under President Barack Obama.
#MeToo movement
The Democratic primary for the 15th Senate District saw a probe into sexual harassment allegations.
Albuquerque-area Democratic voters Sexual harassment allegations He also disputed that he bullied women. A complaint about his consulting work for the county clerk and a possible conflict of interest was dismissed in May.
Progressive candidate Heather Bergmans won the primary and will face Republican candidate Craig Degenhart in November in the district that stretches from the intersection of Interstates 25 and 40 to the city’s northeast highlands.
At the same time, in the 18th Congressional District, progressive activist and lobbyist Marianna Anaya won a four-way Democratic primary in a district with no Republican candidate. Previously, Ivy Soto accused him of molesting her. Ivy Soto said she had no memory of touching Anaya at a hotel reception in 2015 in the eastern Albuquerque neighborhood that straddles Interstate 40.
Oil Region
Republicans competed in politically conservative parts of the state as defenders of the oil industry and standard-bearers for conservatives.
In the 42nd Senate District, oilman and state Rep. Larry Scott of Hobbs defeated rancher and recently appointed state Sen. Steve McCutcheon of Carlsbad to win control of the senate district in the heart of southeastern New Mexico’s oil economy. McCutcheon was appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last year to replace retiring state Sen. Gay Kernan.
In the overlapping 62nd House District, three Republicans from Hobbs are vying to replace Scott without any Democrat competition: Elaine Sena Cortez, Debra Hicks and attorney Donnay Robinette Mills.
Conspiracy theorist
Republicans who supported Donald Trump Attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election failed He won primaries for two state senatorial districts.
In the 12th District, Sandoval County Commissioner Jay Bullock of Rio Rancho defeated former state Sen. Candace Gould to win the Republican nomination. He will face Democrat Phillip Ramirez of Albuquerque in the Compact City District in November. Bullock has voted twice as a commissioner in 2022. Opposed to certification of local election results This is raising doubts about the fairness of the election.
In the 9th District, Audrey Trujillo of Corrales was elected as the Republican candidate for the vacant seat. She ran unsuccessfully for Secretary of State in 2022.Trujillo has cheered on Trump’s efforts to overturn the will of voters in 2020. In November, he will face the winner of the Democratic primary between Heather Barras of Corrales and Cindy Nava of Bernalillo in a district that stretches from Bernalillo to Algodones and includes parts of Sandia Pueblo.
The incumbent is challenged
More than 20 incumbent candidates have challengers in the primary.
In the 13th Senate District, incumbent state Sen. Bill O’Neill of Albuquerque was competing for the Democratic nomination against another veteran politician, Bernalillo County Commissioner Debbie O’Malley, in a heavily redrawn district that includes downtown Albuquerque.
In the 3rd Senate District, incumbent Shannon Pinto of Tohatchee, Navajo Nation, defeated Democratic candidate Shereen Yazzie of Coyote Canyon in a hard-fought election. Pinto succeeded her grandfather, John Pinto, a Navajo code talker from World War II who was the state’s longest-serving senator. The northwest district includes parts of the Navajo Nation and Gallup.
