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LAS CRUCES 鈥� Pete Buttigieg, a popular Democrat who ran for president in 2020 and served as Transportation Secretary under President Joe Biden, headlined a spirited campaign rally in Las Cruces Sunday.

Buttigieg, the son of former New Mexico State University instructors, appeared with gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland and U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez, urging voters to send Haaland to the governor鈥檚 mansion, elect Vasquez for a third time and help deliver a Democratic majority to the U.S. House of Representatives in November.

With a mariachi performance, Vasquez and Haaland dancing together on stage and Buttigieg professing a message of hope, the rally sought to convey a joyous spirit while rousing the crowd with swipes at President Donald Trump, who recently teased a proposal to change New Mexico鈥檚 name to 鈥淣ew America.鈥� 

鈥淲e are going to build a New Mexico for all New Mexicans,鈥� Haaland said in her speech. 鈥淭he stakes of this election are crucial, and if we want to keep universal childcare, the Opportunity Scholarship, and the progress we鈥檝e made in New Mexico, we need everyone's help.鈥�

A Journal poll last month found that 49% of likely voters supported Haaland, with 43% planning to vote for former Rio Rancho mayor Gregg Hull, a Republican, and 8% undecided. 

Haaland, if victorious, would be the first Native American woman elected governor in U.S. history. She is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo and has counted herself as a 35th-generation New Mexican. 

The rally also featured a brief appearance by the Democratic candidate for Do帽a Ana County Sheriff, Vanessa Ordo帽ez, a former Anthony, New Mexico police chief and an active reservist in the U.S. Navy. 

Vasquez is seeking a third term in one of the most competitive congressional races of 2026, facing Republican challenger Greg Cunningham. Cunningham, a Marine veteran and former Albuquerque police detective, has Trump鈥檚 endorsement as well as that of Yvette Herrell, the last Republican to hold southern New Mexico鈥檚 House seat.

Vasquez claimed Cunningham would make loyalty to the president his priority rather than New Mexico, while Cunningham argued Vasquez is an extremist posing as a moderate in a statement that also punched at Haaland鈥檚 service in Biden鈥檚 cabinet.

鈥淭oday (Vasquez) is on stage with a woman who ran the Interior Department while Washington froze new oil and gas leasing, and a man who wanted to decriminalize illegal border crossing,鈥� Cunningham said. 鈥淭he moderate act ends the second he thinks nobody from New Mexico is watching.鈥� 

Vasquez and Cunningham are vying to represent New Mexico鈥檚 2nd Congressional District, which spans the southern part of the state reaching as far north as Albuquerque. 

Vasquez, who has served in a congressional minority since joining Congress in 2023, spoke of his advocacy for New Mexico specialty crops, nutritional assistance and other features of the Farm Bill, law enforcement, border security in tandem with immigration reform and protections for public lands, including work with Republican colleagues. 

鈥淭here鈥檚 still so much more to be done, and it can only be done with a House majority,鈥� he told the cheering crowd. 鈥淲e have the opportunity 鈥� to tell the MAGA extremists in Washington D.C. and the billionaires who control them, 鈥樎�Ya basta!鈥� 鈥� enough is enough.鈥� 

The Las Cruces crowd booed lustily at mentions of data centers, which have emerged as a potent political issue over controversies surrounding Project Jupiter in Do帽a Ana County and other data centers under construction or proposed in New Mexico and West Texas. 

A recent Journal poll found that 65% of participants were opposed to the development of large-scale data centers, with opposition that crossed party lines and was consistent across most demographic groups. 

The bleachers at Centennial High School鈥檚 gym began to fill up two hours ahead of the event, with many saying they were particularly excited to see Buttigieg. Representing a younger generation of political stardom, Buttigieg entered the national spotlight as a former South Bend, Indiana mayor who dropped his 2020 presidential bid and became one of Biden鈥檚 most visible Cabinet secretaries and political champions. Buttigieg now lives in Michigan. 

鈥淗e seems kind,鈥� said Linda Corvet, attending the rally with her boyfriend. 鈥淪o well spoken and articulate 鈥� and he doesn鈥檛 seem to have the ego some politicians have.鈥� 

Opening with his family roots and childhood memories of southern New Mexico, Buttigieg gave an optimistic speech expressing confidence that Democrats were poised to make major gains in midterm elections, predicting that even more conservative voters would reject the policies and tone of Trump鈥檚 second term, specifically citing tariffs, the Iran War and provocations against Canada and other allies. Buttigieg also sought to tie Cunningham to Trump鈥檚 policies and the national party.

鈥淢ost Americans, even in conservative areas, already agree on the big issues, and they disagree with Washington Republicans on what needs to happen next,鈥� Buttigieg said.

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.