Too much is at stake to lose a Blue seat in Congress.
Democrats,
Today, Yvette Herrell brought US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy to Las Cruces, a city she ignored throughout her term, to announce another campaign for the Republican nomination for New Mexico’s Second Congressional District.
Unlike Herrell, Rep. Gabe Vasquez has consistently put New Mexicans over corporate interests. Rep. Gabe Vasquez’s first term is off to a strong start, including securing Community Project Funding dollars for his district, which Herrell never did, and ensuring the federal government always remembers NM-02.
While Herrell held the NM-02 seat from 2021 to 2023, her record included:
Herrell sponsored the Life at Conception Act, which would ban all abortions and certain types of contraceptives, such as IUDs nationwide - including New Mexico.