William Jennings - Guest Reporter

Herrell wins hotly contested 2nd Congressional District seat

A historic election by any measure saw another milestone in New Mexico on Tuesday night, as the state will send the first all-women of color congressional delegation to the capital in January. The 2020 election marked another fierce faceoff between Democratic incumbent Xochitl Torres Small and Republican challenger Yvette Herrell after the two locked horns in the 2018 election. Herrell won the seat with 54% of the vote, ousting Torres Small by just over 20,000 votes in the sprawling, largely rural district. The results marked a shift back to power for New Mexico Republicans, who had previously occupied the traditionally conservative congressional seat.