August 30, 2018

Candidate Q&As: Federal, gubernatorial candidates weigh in on abortion, contraception and more

This week, NM Political Report will publish Q&As with candidates for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and governor about their policy platforms regarding a range of topics, including abortion, contraception, LGBTQ issues and domestic violence. See the introduction here. 1st Congressional District Janice Arnold-Jones (R) Deb Haaland (D) Lloyd Princeton (L) 2nd Congressional District Yvette Herrell […]

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This week, NM Political Report will publish Q&As with candidates for U.S. House, U.S. Senate and governor about their policy platforms regarding a range of topics, including abortion, contraception, LGBTQ issues and domestic violence.

See the introduction here.

1st Congressional District

Janice Arnold-Jones (R)

Deb Haaland (D)

Lloyd Princeton (L)

2nd Congressional District

Yvette Herrell (R) – Did not participate

Xochitl Torres Small (D) – Did not participate

3rd Congressional District

Ben Ray Lujan (D)

Christopher Manning (L)

Jerald Steve McFall (R)

U.S. Senate

Martin Heinrich (D)

Gary Johnson (L)

Mick Rich (R) – Did not participate

Governor/Lt. Governor

Michelle Lujan Grisham/Howie Morales (D)

Steve Pearce/Michelle Garcia Holmes (R) – Did not participate

All of this week’s candidate Q&A’s were edited for clarity and length, although we did not edit the meaning of candidates’ answers. We did not include, however, tangents or off-topic issues candidates raised during the course of the conversations. It’s also important to note that the candidate’s answers aren’t annotated and we don’t point out any possible inaccuracies or misstatements.