{"id":92,"date":"2020-11-04T08:22:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/nativevote\/?p=92"},"modified":"2024-08-11T13:12:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:12:06","slug":"yvette-herrell-cherokee-wins-in-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2020\/11\/04\/yvette-herrell-cherokee-wins-in-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Yvette Herrell, Cherokee, wins in New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yvetteherrell.com\/\">Yvette Herrell<\/a>, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is making history as the 3rd Native woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Herrell, a Republican, won election in New Mexico&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District on November 3, 2020. She ousted Xochitl Torres Small, the Democrat incumbent, with 54 percent of the vote, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nmresults.azurewebsites.net\/resultsSW.aspx?type=FED&amp;map=CTY\">unofficial results from the Secretary of State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">It\u2019s the honor of my life to be elected to serve <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NM02?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#NM02,<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yvette4congress\/status\/1323883308535685121\">Herrell wrote on social media<\/a> on Tuesday night. &#8220;My commitment to each citizen of our district is that I will serve each of them with integrity as we work together to rebuild our economy and protect the values that make America great!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Herrell lost to Torres Small in 2018 in a district that is heavily competitive. <a href=\"https:\/\/cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\">Cook Political Report<\/a>\u00a0rated the seat a\u00a0\u201cDemocratic Toss Up\u201d in the run-up to the election.<\/p>\n<p>With Herrell&#8217;s\u00a0victory, New Mexico bears the unique distinction of having 2 out of 3 Congressional seats held by Native women. Deb Haaland, who <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/nativevote\/2020\/11\/04\/deb-haaland-laguna-pueblo-wins-in-new-mexico\/\">won re-election in the 1st Congressional District<\/a> on Tuesday, hails from the Pueblo of Laguna.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s the honor of my life to be elected to serve <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NM02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NM02<\/a>. My commitment to each citizen of our district is that I will serve each of them with integrity as we work together to rebuild our economy and protect the values that make America great! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NMPOL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NMPOL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8LTYnJvncu\">pic.twitter.com\/8LTYnJvncu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yvette Herrell (@Yvette4congress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yvette4congress\/status\/1323883308535685121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yvette4congress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Yvette4congress<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>NRCC Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomemmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tomemmer<\/a>&#39;s statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NM02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NM02<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K2vmqxgMJC\">pic.twitter.com\/K2vmqxgMJC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NRCC (@NRCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRCC\/status\/1323887869937803266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yvette Herrell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is making history as the 3rd Native woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. 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