New Mexico congresswoman seeks to defend GOP foothold


              Stewart Ingham waves to motorists while campaigning for his wife Mary Ingham, a candidate for the New Mexico State House of Representatives, outside a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              Paul Klopfer, left, is helped by election volunteer Isidor Abeita to introduce his ballot into the counting machine at a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              Miranda Padilla holds her 11-month-old son Grayson Sanchez while marking her ballot at a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              A woman marks her ballot at a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              Stewart Ingham waves to motorists while campaigning for his wife Mary Ingham, a candidate for the New Mexico State House of Representatives, outside a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              Paul Klopfer, left, is helped by election volunteer Isidor Abeita to introduce his ballot into the counting machine at a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              Miranda Padilla holds her 11-month-old son Grayson Sanchez while marking her ballot at a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              A woman marks her ballot at a polling center in the South Valley area of Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
            
              FILE - Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., speaks to members of the media following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 25, 2022. Fernandez is running for her reelection New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
            
              FILE - Republican candidate Alexis Martinez Johnson campaigns for mayor of New Mexico's state capital city at a debate on housing in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 5, 2021. Johnson is seeking election to New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District seat in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
            
              FILE -  In this April 30, 2021 file photo state Rep. Melanie Stansbury speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Stansbury, a Democrat is seeking reelection to New Mexico's 1st Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
            
              FILE - Republican congressional candidate Michelle Garcia Holmes, of Bernalillo, N.M., speaks at a political rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Holmes is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury for New Mexico's 1st Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee,File)
            
              U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell takes part in a meet-and-greet before a candidate forum hosted by the All Pueblo Council of Governors, Oct. 14, 2022 in Albuquerque, N.M. Herrell, a Republican, is seeking reelection to New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
            
              Former Las Cruces City Councilor and 2nd Congressional District candidate Gabe Vasquez speaks to two of his supporters during his primary election watch party, June 7, 2022 in Las Cruces, N.M. Vasquez, a Democrat, is seeking to unseat incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell. (Meg Potter/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP)
            
              FILE - U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell speaks to a group of tribal officials during a political forum hosted by the All Pueblo Council of Governors in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Herrell, a Republican, is seeking reelection to New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election.(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
New Mexico congresswoman seeks to defend GOP foothold