The 2024 United States House District 2 election in in New Mexico was held on November 5, 2024.
The two leading candidates were Gabe Vasquez– Democrat and Yvette Herrell– Republican. Vasquez won.
The 2nd district encapsulates southern and western New Mexico, including the cities of Las Cruces, Carlsbad, and Alamogordo, as well as the southwestern suburbs of Albuquerque. Gabe Vasquez, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.34% of the vote in 2022.
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Current Position: Realtor
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: Lost in 2024 for the US Representative for District 2
Former Positions: Congresswoman for NM-02; State Delegate from 2011 – 2019
Quotes:
The Biden administration must admit that our border crisis is also a public health crisis. I urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to pass the SHIELD/PAUSE Act, which would preserve America’s ability to stop Covid at our borders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bwiPpv7GG8
Congresswoman Yvette Herrell, the first conservative Native American woman elected to represent New Mexico in the United States House of Representatives, joins Senator Blackburn to discuss the work being done by the historic number of conservative women in Congress. Listen as these conservative women discuss how they’re fighting to protect the individual freedom Americans are blessed to enjoy.
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