MONICA YOUNGBLOOD IS NOT RETURNING TO SANTA FE. SHE LOST HER STATE REPRESENTATIVE SEAT … HOUSE SEAT 68 IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF ALBUQUERQUE … TO DEMOCRAT KAREN BASH. BASH WON WITH 58 PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO YOUNGBLOOD’S 42 PERCENT.
RECENTLY, YOUNGBLOOD WAS CONVICTED OF DWI AND HER ARREST WAS IN THE HEADLINES FOR SOME TIME. SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF DRUNK DRIVING IN SEPTEMBER AND SERVED A DAY IN JAIL AS PART OF HER SENTENCE.