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New Mexico congresswoman seeks to defend GOP foothold

FILE - Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., speaks to members of the media following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 25, 2022. Fernandez is running for her reelection New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - Republican candidate Alexis Martinez Johnson campaigns for mayor of New Mexico's state capital city at a debate on housing in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 5, 2021. Johnson is seeking election to New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District seat in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File) FILE - In this April 30, 2021 file photo state Rep. Melanie Stansbury speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Stansbury, a Democrat is seeking reelection to New Mexico's 1st Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) FILE - Republican congressional candidate Michelle Garcia Holmes, of Bernalillo, N.M., speaks at a political rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Holmes is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury for New Mexico's 1st Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee,File) FILE - U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell speaks to a group of tribal officials during a political forum hosted by the All Pueblo Council of Governors in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Herrell, a Republican, is seeking reelection to New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election.(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell takes part in a meet-and-greet before a candidate forum hosted by the All Pueblo Council of Governors, Oct. 14, 2022 in Albuquerque, N.M. Herrell, a Republican, is seeking reelection to New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)