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Dirty little secret in New Mexico:

47% of the people living there are Hispanic. I guess they don’t bother following what’s required of them and ONLY voting Democrat. Obviously if she won by 16%, she go a LOT of Hispanic votes.

Same thing happened in Texas, by the way. The Republicans here (in Texas), and Ms. Martinez seem to do JUST FINE being associated with a party that opposes Amnesty and Open Borders.

Dirty little secret in New Mexico:
47% of the people living there are Hispanic. I guess they don’t bother following what’s required of them and ONLY voting Democrat. Obviously if she won by 16%, she go a LOT of Hispanic votes.Same for Republican Steve Pearce. He won NM-2 (all of southern NM from just south of ABQ to the Mexican border, and from Texas to AZ) by a 29 point shellacking of the Dem, 64 to 35%. He took every county in his district including the heavy Hispanic and Democratic ones. In my county he won with 85% off the vote.

How?? He’s a strong fiscal and Christian conservative who believes a strong private economy and less government intrusion and regulation is the best way to grow private wealth. Of course having the O&G patch in his district helps. But that is only in the SE corner. In the rest of the district his attention to constituent concerns and holding town meetings lets voters get to know him. On immigration, he believes we must secure the border before we do anything else. He’s pragmatic on those already present in the country illegally - institute a guest worker program and require those who want to work to sign up or be deported. But no green cards, no fast path to citizenship, no special treatment. And he's equally not afraid to make those points known to the citizens. In Washington he's known for siding with views of the Tea Party and has opposed the house speaker on a number issues.