SANTA FE – Efforts to draw new political maps in New Mexico began in earnest Monday as a Democrat-led Legislature convened a special legislative session on redistricting. States must redraw ...

Democratic leaders say redistricting is an inherently political process ... the 2024 election. New Mexico is one of a number of states currently litigating congressional maps.

They claimed in court documents that the maps chosen by the legislature “accomplish a political gerrymander that unconstitutionally dilutes the votes of the residents of southeastern New Mexico.” ...

District Judge Fred Van Soelen has until Oct. 6 to decide if Democrats violated the New Mexico constitution in redrawing congressional districts.

“We are attracted often to that division and that rancor,” said Jessica Feezell a University of New Mexico political science professor. Feezell says the division with the nation’s ...

A top federal judge in New Mexico has struck down as unconstitutional New Mexico's limits on how much state political parties can contribute to political candidates and local political parties.

He also explores a recent survey polling current political candidates on ongoing efforts to modernize New Mexico’s legislature and elections.Eye on New Mexico airs Sundays at 9:00 a.m. on KOB 4 ...