Deb Haaland: “I am here because they persevered, and I think Native folks across the country recognize that they’re where they are…”

Budget cuts never help us.

The climate and the environment are absolutely the most important issue, if we don’t have our Earth, we don’t have anything.

I’m a single mom. I’ve lived paycheck to paycheck. I survived off of SNAP and WIC. I’m over 35 years sober. I started school later in life and paid my own way. These are the same struggles so many New Mexicans face today.

I feel so strongly that representation matters.