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Longtime politician Deb Haaland is making an history bid for governor of New Mexico. (Credit: Gage Skidmore, Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Women governors<\/a> are making history of late. If Deb Haaland wins her race to preside over New Mexico in 2026, she\u2019ll continue that trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Haaland, who most recently served as Secretary of the Interior under President Joe Biden<\/a>, announced in a video<\/a> that she will be running for governor of the Land of Enchantment, as current Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has reached her term limit. If Haaland wins, she will be the first Native American woman governor in United States history. She is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haaland, 64, said in the launch video \u2013 a precursor to a statewide tour \u2013 that she\u2019s ready for the fight. \u201cIn my life, I\u2019ve learned that nothing comes easy,\u201d she said, offering a candid look at some of her past struggles as proof. \u201cMoving around a lot as a kid in a military family; raising my child on my own; achieving 35 years of sobriety. But here in New Mexico, struggle makes you fierce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her video announcement, Haaland touched upon the efforts she made to keep her family afloat in tougher times, including starting up to sell her own salsa, living with friends during periods of homelessness, and cleaning at her child\u2019s preschool in exchange for a reduction in tuition. <\/p>\n\n\n

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When elected to Congress in 2018, and then appointed to the Department of the Interior in 2021, she says she felt galvanized to use those positions of power to effect change \u2013 in hopes of making people\u2019s lives easier than what she\u2019d experienced. Specifically, she helped minority entrepreneurs<\/a> launch small businesses, promoted<\/a> solar energy use and enacted<\/a> water protection measures, among other efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, she aims to bring that spirit of action to the post of New Mexico\u2019s governor, citing small business creation and affordable housing as top priorities, along with increasing funding for schools and lowering crime rates. \u201cThe problems we face now are bigger than ever \u2013 and we must be fierce to solve them,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There appears to be solid momentum around her campaign \u2013 in addition to a glut of national press coverage, she told the Albuquerque Journal<\/a> that she\u2019d already raised $686,000 in campaign contributions, from over 13,000 donors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The historic nature of her candidacy, and of the work she\u2019s already done, is not lost on Haaland \u2013 nor is the importance of having voices like hers involved in government.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Haaland spoke to The Story Exchange<\/a> in 2018, she emphasized the need for a diverse mix of people at every decision-making table \u2013 and added that Native Americans have been excluded to the point where the rest of the nation is now estranged from her community. \u201cSometimes I feel like folks don\u2019t have enough knowledge or understand the history of what Native people have endured in this country,\u201d she told us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaybe they need somebody to help them to understand some of those things,\u201d Haaland continued \u2013 maybe someone like her.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The former Congressperson and Secretary of the Interior would be the first Native American woman governor in U.S. history, if elected to the office next year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":76807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"Longtime politician Deb Haaland is making an history bid for governor of New 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