With her second and final full term as New Mexico secretary of state drawing to a close, Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver said in May she was weighing her options for the future. "I'm still waiting to see kind of what the universe has to offer up,

There is no talk of redrawing congressional districts in New Mexico, where Democrats control all levers of governmental power. All three of the state’s U.S. House members are Democrats. And the current legislative proposal for an independent redistricting commission would leave the power to draw congressional seats in the hands of state lawmakers.

The 2025 local election season is off to an interesting start, with the question of whether a mayoral seat should have been included on the ballot being