Torres Small Picks Up New Mexico House Seat for Democrats

(Bloomberg) -- Democrat Xochitl Torres Small defeated Republican Yvette Herrell in the open race for New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District seat, according to projections by the Associated Press.

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Torres Small’s victory shifts the state’s sprawling southern district, which spans from the Mexican border to areas just south of Albuquerque, into Democratic hands. Seven-term House Republican Steve Pearce left the seat open to run for governor.

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