MORE AND MORE WOMEN ARE BEING ELECTED TO THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT WHEN THE NEXT SESSION CONVENES IN JANUARY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE WITHIN FOUR SEATS OF GENDER PARITY. IN FACT, WOMEN WILL OUTNUMBER MEN AMONG DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.
OVERALL, 31 WOMEN WON ELECTION TO THE 70-SEAT CHAMBER ON TUESDAY. WOMEN ALSO WON THE TWO OPEN U.S. CONGRESSIONAL SEATS IN NEW MEXICO. THE STATE WILL HAVE ITS SECOND CONSECUTIVE FEMALE GOVERNOR…AND ITS FIRST EVER FEMALE LAND COMMISSIONER.
