{"id":29584,"date":"2022-11-11T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=29584"},"modified":"2022-11-11T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T18:40:44","slug":"native-lawmaker-yvette-herrell-loses-re-election-bid-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/11\/native-lawmaker-yvette-herrell-loses-re-election-bid-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Native lawmaker Yvette Herrell loses re-election bid in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Gabe<\/a>
“Si se pudo” — “Yes, we did it” in English, Democratic candidate Gabe Vasquez said on social media<\/a> after winning election to New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. Photo: Gabe Vasquez for Congress<\/figcaption>\r\n
Native lawmaker Yvette Herrell loses re-election bid in Congress<\/div>\r\n
Friday, November 11, 2022<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Native contingent in the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a> will be down by one come the next session of the U.S. Congress.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nYvette Herrell<\/a>, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation<\/a>, lost her re-election bid to represent New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District<\/a>. The Republican lawmaker conceded defeat on Wednesday, a day after voters went to the polls in the Land of Enchantment.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“While we are disappointed by the final results, I am incredibly proud of our team and the work we did serving our district, and I am grateful for the steadfast support of so many who helped us along the way,” Herrell said<\/a> in a statement.\r\n

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<\/P>\r\nIn the statement, Herrell congratulated Democratic candidate Gabe Vasquez<\/a> on his victory. The race was a close one — only about 1,300 votes separated the pair, according to unofficial results from the New Mexico Secretary of State<\/a>.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n“Make no mistake about it, there’s nothing that happens in Washington that New Mexico can’t do better,” Vasquez said after declaring victory<\/a> on Wednesday. \r\n

<\/p>\r\n“To everyone out there struggling, no matter whether you voted\r\nfor me or not, please know this: I see you, I hear you, and I’ll fight my heart out for you, because public service is a sacred responsibility that I will never take for granted,” Vasquez said.\r\n

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<\/p>\r\nHerrell first ran for Congress in 2018, losing to Democrat Xochitl Torres Small at the time. In a 2020 matchup, she defeated the incumbent in a district located in the southern part of New Mexico and one that has been home to the Mescalero Apache Tribe<\/a>, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe<\/a>, parts of the Navajo Nation<\/a> and some Pueblo communities.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe district has since been redrawn, with the Mescalero Apache Reservation now in New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District. The other tribal nations continue to be a part of the 2nd.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nVasquez’s victory means New Mexico’s Congressional delegation is entirely Democratic for the first time since the 2018 season. Rep. Melanie Stansbury<\/a> (D-New Mexico) won her re-election bid for the 1st District<\/a> and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez<\/a> (D-New Mexico) was re-elected in the 3rd<\/a>. Both candidates won by comfortable margins, according to unofficial results<\/a>.\r\n

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