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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks at a campaign rally Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

New Mexico reelects Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti meets with people ahead of a political forum hosted by the All Pueblo Council of Governors in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Ronchetti is running to unseat incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, in the Nov. 8, 2022 election.(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File0

Crime opens political lane for GOP governor hopeful in blue New Mexico

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of Nambé, N.M., seeks support from local party delegates at the Democratic Party preprimary convention in Pojoaque, N.M., Saturday, March 7, 2020. Candidates for open congressional and Senate seats underwent the first test of their political might as the Democratic and Republican parties of New Mexico held statewide conventions. The conventions decide the ballot order for candidates in the state's primary election on June 2. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Bitter US Senate contest dwells on crime, coronavirus

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2006, photo, KRQE-TV meteorologist Mark Ronchetti prepares the weathercast at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., is vastly outspending well-known Republican former television meteorologist Ronchetti, a first-time political candidate with a tough-on-crime message, in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Udall. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Senate race pits political scion against TV-savvy Republican

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., speaks as House Democrats hold a news conference in Washington. New Mexico is deciding on final contenders in open races for a U.S. Senate seat and a northern congressional slot that last changed hands a dozen years ago, as the sun sets on a Democratic political dynasty that emerged from a territorial 19th century legislature. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Luján: Virus bill may keep me away from more Senate debates

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of Nambé, N.M., seeks support from local party delegates at the Democratic Party preprimary convention in Pojoaque, N.M., Saturday, March 7, 2020. Candidates for open congressional and Senate seats underwent the first test of their political might as the Democratic and Republican parties of New Mexico held statewide conventions. The conventions decide the ballot order for candidates in the state's primary election on June 2. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

US Senate hopefuls in New Mexico release 1st attack ads

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

GOP US Senate hopeful in New Mexico releases 1st ad

Associated Press

In this Oct. 5, 2006 photo, KRQE-TV Chief Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti stands in front of a &quot;green screen&quot; as he gives the weathercast at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Ronchetti announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, that he is joining the race for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Ronchetti is jumping in the contest for the GOP nomination after stepping down for his job as chief meteorologist for the CBS affiliate in Albuquerque. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Republican TV meteorologist joins New Mexico Senate race

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press