{"id":1128578,"date":"2021-12-17T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128578"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:43:36","slug":"new-mexicos-new-congressional-map-is-bad-news-for-its-lone-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexicos-new-congressional-map-is-bad-news-for-its-lone-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico\u2019s New Congressional Map Is Bad News For Its Lone Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-mexicos-new-congressional-map-is-bad-news-for-its-lone-republican%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128578&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A congressional map signed into law Friday by Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham could spell doom for Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell.<\/p>\n<p>Herrell\u2019s southern Second District swings from a seat Donald Trump won by twelve points in 2020 to one that Joe Biden won by six. It adds part of Democratic-leaning Albuquerque to Herrell\u2019s district, while moving southeastern parts of the state into Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez\u2019s Third District.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.5\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed into law a Democratic congressional map that coverts Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell\u2019s southern 2nd District from Trump +12 to Biden +6 by adding D-leaning west Albuquerque and removing parts of R-heavy southeast NM. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nm02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nm02<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SoVan9quir\">pic.twitter.com\/SoVan9quir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Giroux (@greggiroux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greggiroux\/status\/1471875627737391105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe gerrymandered map New Mexico Democrats have proposed shows how desperate they are to try to save Nancy Pelosi\u2019s majority,\u201d Herrell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/2455025\/governor-signs-off-on-new-nm-congressional-map.html\">said<\/a> in a statement to the Albuquerque Journal. \u201cI look forward to running and winning in 2022 and providing New Mexico voters the conservative representation they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New Mexico legislature passed the map almost entirely along party lines, with all Republicans in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/Sessions\/21%20Special2\/votes\/SB0001HVOTE.pdf\">House<\/a> opposing and all but one Democrat supporting the map. No Republicans in the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/Sessions\/21%20Special2\/votes\/SB0001SVOTE.pdf\">Senate<\/a> supported the new map. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/behind-scenes-fight-2022-election-gerrymandering-maryland\/\"><strong>(RELATED: An Inside Look At The Behind The Scenes Fight To Set The 2022 Election)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people\u2019s elected representatives in the New Mexico Legislature have spoken with respect to data-driven and representative new congressional boundaries,\u201d Grisham said in a statement. \u201cIt is my duty to ratify the will of the majority here, which I believe has established a reasonable baseline for competitive federal elections, in which no one party or candidate may claim any undue advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats hope that redistricting in states like <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/10\/two-house-republicans-face-potential-defeat-under-redrawn-maps-maryland-new-mexico\/\">New Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/18\/illinois-democrats-float-congressional-map-jeopardize-3-of-5-republicans\/\">Illinois<\/a>, and New York will help them offset Republican gains in states like <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/19\/texas-republican-district-map-greg-abbot\/\">Texas<\/a> and Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Herrell is one of several members of Congress who have publicly complained about redistricting decisions made by their state\u2019s legislatures. Democratic North Carolina Rep. GK Butterfield, who is retiring, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/18\/gk-butterfield-blames-gerrymandering-retirement-north-carolina\/\">claimed<\/a> that his state\u2019s new First District is \u201cracially gerrymandered,\u201d and urged lawsuits under the Voting Rights Act. Democratic Nevada Rep. Dina Titus <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/16\/dina-titus-totally-got-fcked-nevada-redistricting\/\">said<\/a> Thursday that her legislature \u201cfucked\u201d her and fellow Democrat Steven Horsford in drawing new maps that could eliminate all three Democratic members of Nevada\u2019s congressional delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/news\/local\/maryland-govenor-larry-hogan-wants-maryland-lawsuit-president-biden-new-congressional-map-redistricting-gerrymandering\">urged<\/a>&nbsp;the Biden administration to sue Maryland over its notoriously gerrymandered congressional districts. A map&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/10\/two-house-republicans-face-potential-defeat-under-redrawn-maps-maryland-new-mexico\/\">passed<\/a>&nbsp;by the state legislature over the veto of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan could give Democrats an 8-0 majority in Maryland\u2019s House delegation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A congressional map signed into law Friday by Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham could spell doom for Republican Rep. 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