[FredZarguna]

What's the secret? It's actually very simple, and I will leave it as an exercise for the student. You will find -- I believe -- a very similar percentage of Latinos in NM-1 as you have in NM-2. I believe you will also find that a Republican can't get elected in NM-1.

So the difference isn't one of being Latino or non-Latino, and it isn't being legal or illegal. The answer lies in what you are not showing in the map that lies in NM-1.

[CedarDave]

I believe you will also find that a Republican can't get elected in NM-1.

They can though not since 2008 when Heather Wilson ran for Senate and lost in the primary to Pearce. Pearce lost in the general to Tom Udall, but came roaring back in 2010 to take the District 2 seat. Heather also lost the Senate seat in the general election last Tuesday.*

The answer lies in what you are not showing in the map that lies in NM-1.

I'm not going to speculate; what's your solution?

(*Heather lost to new US Senator, Martin Heinrich, who, with the help of the heavily Democratic and poverty-ridden area of northern NM and enviros in Santa Fe, is a radical left-wing nut job with documented ties to eco-terrorists (just as Obama has to the radical Bill Ayers). His comment on energy: "Oil and coal are fuels of the past."

http://newsnewmexico.blogspot.com/2012/09/heinrich-ties-to-eco-terrorists-well.html)