New Mexico – and the United States are one step closer to having the first female Native American governor as former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland beat out her Democratic opponent Sam Bregman with 72% of the vote Tuesday night in the primary election.

The latest results in New Mexico's 2026 primary races.

Election officials in Sandoval County, which includes growing suburban Rio Rancho, said they expect Tuesday’s voter turnout in their New Mexico county will break the record previously set in the 2016 presidential primary election.

The national arts advocacy organization Americans for the Arts will be hosting its annual conference in Albuquerque from June 2-5, 2026. Among the speakers will be 1980’s famed actress Molly Ringwald, as well as national and local officials focused on the importance of arts and culture in communities.

Doug Turner said on New Mexico in Focus that his job running a strategic communications firm has prepared him well to be governor.

In the lead up to World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the New Mexico Department of Health on Friday announced smoking rates have decreased across the state. At the same time, however, vaping rates have increased.

Ahead of the primary election, KUNM answers a listener question about the Commissioner of the New Mexico State Land Office and what it does.

A dozen University of New Mexico law students will spend the summer working in rural district courts across the state through a program aimed at improving access to legal services.

Greg Hull describes himself as a pragmatic leader rather than an ideological Republican, and he tells New Mexico in Focus correspondent Gwyneth Doland the things that made him a successful mayor in one city will serve him well as governor overseeing a whole state.