Stuff you need to know, 9.19.23

“Vasquez announces reelection bid in southern NM congressional district”
by Nicole Maxwell, NM Political Report
September 18, 2023

Democratic Gabe Vasquez, Sierra County’s representative in the U.S. House, will run for re-election, likely against Republican challenger Yvette Herrell, who held the seat before him. At his announcement campaign stop Saturday, Vasquez argued that the people of southern New Mexico cannot afford a return to “far-right extremism that gridlocks Congress.”

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“Poll: Herrell Starts In Strong Position In Rematch With Vasquez; Race In A Dead Heat”
New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan
September 19, 2023  

The first public poll of the 2024 race in New Mexico’s second congressional district, conducted by SurveyUSA for KOB-TV 4, shows Republican contender Yvette Herrell beating the current CD2 officerholder, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez, 46 to 45 percent, with a margin of error of 4.8 percent. The poll was taken between September 6 and 12 among 541 likely voters. 

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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