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The New Mexico Supreme Court issued an order Monday affirming a lower court鈥檚 ruling that the state鈥檚 congressional map is constitutional. The state Republican Party had appealed, arguing Democratic lawmakers 鈥渆gregiously鈥� gerrymandered the 2nd Congressional District, making it difficult for their party to win even one of the state鈥檚 three seats.

The state Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in the New Mexico Republican Party鈥檚 appeal in a case that saw Democratic lawmakers cleared of accusations of egregious partisan gerrymandering in the state's 2nd Congressional District. The question before the high court is whether Democrats had to guarantee their party鈥檚 victory to have drawn the map illegally, or simply make it harder for the GOP to win.

The Republican Party of New Mexico has appealed a district court ruling on the state鈥檚 congressional map, which upheld it as constitutional.

New Mexico is the latest state to look to the courts to make a call on whether legislative maps were drawn fairly. A deadline is approaching for a district court here to decide whether the state鈥檚 new congressional map egregiously favors Democrats, as the state Republican Party argues. A group of non-partisan advocates and redistricting experts have submitted proposed guidance to the judge for making his decision.

With the midterm elections approaching in November, the Republican National Committee is expanding the footprint of what they鈥檙e calling their 鈥渕inority outreach centers鈥� by opening their latest Hispanic Community Center in Albuquerque.

This week, New Mexico voters blew past turnout records of years past, and pushed the state Senate further to the left. That means that in the next鈥�

Steve Pearce, chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico, said Wednesday, April 22, that the party did not participate in or endorse the actions of鈥�

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Big-money influences political races at every level around the U.S. Part of the answer, advocates say, is giving candidates access to public money for鈥�

The state supreme court will hear a lawsuit next week challenging the New Mexico Secretary of State鈥檚 decision to reinstate straight party voting on鈥�