Haaland projected to win Democratic nomination; GOP race still tight

YOU CAN COUNT ON KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. IT IS PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT IN NEW MEXICO. POLLS CLOSED HOURS AGO AND RESULTS ARE STILL COMING IN. OF COURSE, THE TOP OF THE BALLOT, THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE, DEB HAALAND, WILL BE THE NOMINEE WITH A SIZABLE VICTORY OVER SAM BREGMAN TOO CLOSE TO CALL ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. BUT RIGHT NOW, GREG HULL IS LEADING WITH 46% OF THE VOTE. NOW WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. ALIYAH CHAVEZ IS AT THE HAALAND WATCH PARTY. THAT’S RIGHT, ALIYAH CHAVEZ WITH BREGMAN AND PEYTON SPELLACY IS COVERING THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR GOVERNOR. PLUS OUR SASHA LENNINGER WITH OTHER RACES ACROSS OUR STATE. FAITH EGBUONU WITH VOTER TURNOUT AND OUR KOAT POLITICAL EXPERT BRIAN SANDEROFF ANALYZING THE RESULTS. THAT’S RIGHT. OF COURSE, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR RIGHT NOW. KOAT CALLING THE RACE FOR DEB HAALAND ABOUT AN HOUR, HALF HOUR AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED. LET’S GO NOW. LIVE TO ALIYAH CHAVEZ, WHO IS LIVE FOR US AT THE HAALAND WATCH PARTY. HEY, SHELLY. DOUG. THAT’S RIGHT. DEB HAALAND JUST FINISHED HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH HERE. SHE’S OVER MY SHOULDER, GREETING SUPPORTERS. IN HER SPEECH, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE OLD TOWN PLAZA WHERE THIS PARTY IS. SHE SAYS THAT IT’S REPRESENTS WHO NEW MEXICO IS AS A STATE, THAT IT’S A BLEND OF MANY CULTURES. VERY EARLY ON IN HER SPEECH, SHE TALKED ABOUT FIGHTING DONALD TRUMP. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HERE IN NEW MEXICO. SHE TALKED ABOUT PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM ICE AND AS WELL AS EVERYDAY NEW MEXICANS AS WELL. SHE HAD MORE TO SAY. TAKE A LISTEN. I PROUDLY ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR. OVER THE PAST YEAR, I’VE TRAVELED TO EVERY SINGLE COUNTY IN OUR STATE AND MET WITH THOUSANDS OF NEW MEXICANS. I LISTENED TO YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR HOPES FOR THE FUTURE. MY SOLUTIONS REFLECT THE GRIT, CREATIVITY, AND PERSISTENCE OF OUR PEOPLE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR STATE MORE AFFORDABLE, INCREASE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, IMPROVE EDUCATION, AND BUILD SAFE COMMUNITIES. YOU CAN HEAR THAT MUSIC IS GOING. IT IS A GIGANTIC PARTY HERE. WE’RE TOLD THAT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, SHE’S ALREADY GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM VARIOUS POLITICIANS AROUND THE COUNTRY. I’M TOLD THAT THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY, ANDY BESHEAR, AND THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA, KATIE HOBBS, HAVE GIVEN HER A CALL TO CONGRATULATE HER. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM THIS CAMPAIGN AND HOPEFULLY HEAR FROM HER SOON. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH KOAT. FOR NOW, WE’LL SEND IT TO YOU ALL BACK IN THE STUDIO. ALL RIGHT. SAM BREGMAN ARRIVING HERE ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO. HE JUST FINISHED HIS CONCESSION SPEECH. HERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE SAID. TAKE A LISTEN. BECAUSE WE DIDN’T GET THE RESULT WE WANTED TONIGHT DOESN’T MEAN THAT THE FIGHT IS OVER. DOESN’T MEAN THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO STRIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY. ALL OF US. AND WE BUILT THIS CAMPAIGN ON THE NOTION THAT WE WANT A SAFER NEW MEXICO. ALL RIGHT. BREGMAN SAYS HE PLANS ON CALLING HAALAND TO SUCCEED. I ASKED HIM JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHAT WAS IT THAT CAUSED THIS LOSS? HE SAID HAALAND HAD NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND MORE MONEY IN THE WAR CHEST. LET’S SEND IT BACK TO YOU FOR NOW, JOHN. THANK YOU. LET’S TAKE A LOOK NOW AT THOSE LATEST NUMBERS COMING IN ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. TONIGHT, OUR PEYTON SPELLACY IS COVERING THE LATEST ON THIS RACE. BREGMAN, I THINK CLOSER. YEAH. HEY, SHELLY. WE’VE MOVED FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HEADQUARTERS OVER HERE TO GREG HOLT’S PARTY ON THE WEST SIDE. WE’RE HERE AT OASIS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE CROWD THAT WE’VE GOT GOING ON HERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW AS THESE RESULTS ARE COMING IN. THEY JUST POPPED UP THOSE PERCENTAGES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE CHEERING AS HOLE IS IN THE FRONT RUNNING RIGHT NOW. SO WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM BRIAN SANDEROFF IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT HE SAYS THAT HE’S NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO CALL THIS RACE QUITE YET. WE’RE STILL WAITING ON A LOT OF RESULTS AND A LOT OF PRECINCTS TO COUNT THEIR VOTES, BUT HOLE IS IN THE FRONT. A LOT OF HIS VOTES COMING FROM MORE CITY PRECINCTS AND TRAILING NOT TOO FAR BEHIND HIM IS DOUG TURNER. A LOT OF HIS VOTES ARE COMING IN FROM RURAL AREAS, BUT GREG HULL DID SPEAK EARLIER AT OUR PNM HEADQUARTERS, AND HE MADE A SPEECH TO THE CROWD THERE, AND HE SAID HIS EXPERIENCE IS WHAT SETS HIM APART. HE’S BEEN THE MAYOR OF RIO RANCHO FOR 12 YEARS AND HE IS A RIO RANCHO IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE SAFEST CITIES IN NEW MEXICO. AND HE WANTS TO DO THAT STATEWIDE AS GOVERNOR. HE SAYS HE WOULD START FIRST WITH ALBUQUERQUE, SO PUBLIC SAFETY IS ON HIS LIST. AS WELL AS AFFORDABILITY. HE SAYS HE WANTS PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE HERE IN NEW MEXICO AND TO STAY HERE IN NEW MEXICO. SO THOSE TWO ARE AT THE TOP OF HIS LIST. NOW WE’RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING ALL OF THESE RESULTS HERE FROM GREG HULL PARTY COMING UP HERE, AND WE’LL BE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED LIVE ON THE WESTSIDE AND PEYTON SPELLACY KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. AND OUR POLITICAL EXPERT BRIAN SANDEROFF IS JOINING US NOW. HAALAND WON BIG TONIGHT. YOUR POLL HAD HER WITH MORE THAN A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD, BUT THIS ONE TONIGHT IS SIGNIFICANT. IS THIS A SURPRISE TO YOU? WELL, WE WEREN’T SURPRISED THAT SHE WON, BUT WE WERE SURPRISED BY THE MARGIN. WHAT IT REALLY SHOWS US IS THAT MANY PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT DEB HAALAND. BOTH HER PERSONAL STORY AND HER PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY. THERE’S JUST NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. NOW, DID SHE HAVE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE, OR DID BREGMAN SHOW UP IN POCKETS WITH SOME SUPPORT? BASICALLY, DEB HAALAND WENT EVERYWHERE. SHE REALLY. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT, BUT IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO, IN EDDY LEE CHAVEZ COUNTY, SHE WAS WINNING BY 20 OR 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS. THESE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE SOME DEMOCRATS. AND EVEN IN INDIAN COUNTRY, IN MCKINLEY COUNTY, WHICH IS 75% NATIVE AMERICAN, SHE WON BY 40 PERCENTAGE POINTS. YEAH, A BIG WIN ON THAT SIDE. LET’S MOVE OVER TO THE GOP SIDE. HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING OVER THERE? GREG HULL WITH A ABOUT A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. GREG HULL IS IN VERY GOOD POSITION IN THIS RACE. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THIS RACE IS THAT HE’S DOING TREMENDOUSLY WELL IN ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA WHERE HE’S FROM. HE WAS THE FORMER MAYOR OF RIO RANCHO. OF COURSE, ALL HE’S DOING GREAT, ALBUQUERQUE DOING GREAT, AND VALENCIA COUNTY, BUT IT DOUG TURNER IS DOING WELL IN THE RURAL AREAS IN THE STATE. YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING, THOUGH, THAT DUKE RODRIGUEZ, WHO WAS LIKE AN OUTSIDER IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, HE JUST DIDN’T CATCH ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, WE’LL SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES. MORE UPDATES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANOTHER BIG RACE WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING IS FOR LAND COMMISSIONER. LET’S GO RIGHT OVER NOW TO SASHA LENNINGER. SHE IS IN STUDIO WITH US. ABOUT TO JOIN US WITH SOME OF THOSE RESULTS TONIGHT. SASHA, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US OVER THERE? YEAH, LET’S GET RIGHT TO THOSE RESULTS FOR LAND COMMISSIONER ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. THERE ARE THREE MAIN CANDIDATES HERE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE MATTHEW MCQUEEN AND FORMER VICE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF NEW MEXICO, JUAN SANCHEZ. GOING HEAD TO HEAD AS THESE RESULTS POURED IN, OUR KOAT POLITICAL EXPERT BRIAN SANDEROFF CALLING THIS RACE FOR SANCHEZ WITH MORE THAN 55% OF THE VOTES HERE ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. MICHAEL JACK PERRY RUNNING UNCONTESTED. PERRY SERVES ON THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSION AS THE VICE CHAIR THERE AND IS ALSO A FORMER GAME WARDEN FOR THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH. AND COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES, WE’LL HAVE RESULTS FROM TWO OTHER MAJOR RACES TONIGHT, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE. DOUG, BACK TO YOU. AND STAY WITH US AS WE CONTINUE OUR ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE.

Haaland projected to win Democratic nomination; GOP race still tight

New Mexico will have a new governor elected in November. Before the election in November, several candidates are running for the Democratic and Republican nomination for the seat. On the ballot in the primary for the Democrats are former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman. >>> Election Coverage: All election results | Governor’s Race Running on the ticket for the Republicans are former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, Duke Rodriguez, and Doug Turner.

New Mexico will have a new governor elected in November.

Before the election in November, several candidates are running for the Democratic and Republican nomination for the seat.

On the ballot in the primary for the Democrats are former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman.

>>> Election Coverage: All election results | Governor’s Race

Running on the ticket for the Republicans are former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull, Duke Rodriguez, and Doug Turner.