Early voting turnout data suggests Latino voters were crucial in flipping the Republican district and electing Democratic Latino officials in the nation’s most heavily Hispanic state.
," Democrat Gabe Vasquez prevailed against Republican Yvette Herrell to represent the 2nd Congressional District in southern New Mexico.NBC News Decision Desk"Not a lot of people thought we could win this race," Vasquez told NBC News from Washington, where he was attending new member orientation and setting up his congressional office.
He will be representing the district with the state's largest Latino population. The 2nd Congressional District is 55% Hispanic. The district was represented by Democratic a Latina Democrat, Xochitl Torres Small, until 2020 when she lost her re-election to Herrell. Prior to Election Day, congressional districts in New Mexico were redrawn in a way that placed many Latino Democrats from Albuquerque in the southern district and made northern districts more competitive for Republicans, Gabriel Sanchez, a political scientist at the University of New Mexico, told NBC News.Rep. Melanie Stansbury comfortably prevailed
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