Former Department
of the Interior secretary under Joe Biden, Deb Haaland, won the election in New
Mexico, securing her place as the first female Native American governor of a US
state.
The 65-year-old
Democrat defeated her 60-year-old Republican opponent, Gregg Hull, a
businessman and the longtime mayor of Rio Rancho.
Haaland had
previously broken boundaries as the first Indigenous cabinet secretary. Her
victory in New Mexico, where Native Americans constitute 12 percent of the
populat...
