In The News: Haaland Participates in Primary Election Debate, Commands Stage

Albuquerque, N.M. – In case you missed it, Deb Haaland, who is running to be the next governor of New Mexico, commanded the debate stage on Saturday night. 

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Santa Fe New Mexican: Haaland, Bregman face off in only Democratic governor debate

The two Democratic candidates for New Mexico governor faced off in their only debate before the primary Saturday night.

Deb Haaland and Sam Bregman clashed over a handful of environmental issues, with Haaland taking stronger stances against data centers, reuse of fracking wastewater and the proposed takeover of Public Service Company of New Mexico by the private equity giant Blackstone.

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Source NM: NM Democratic governor candidates Haaland, Bregman participate in only primary election debate

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman on Saturday participated in their only scheduled debate as the two compete for the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination in the June 2 primary election.

They responded similarly to questions from advocacy groups about President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns and the state’s nascent universal childcare initiative, and mostly diverged when it came to environmental issues.

Candidates had 90 seconds to answer questions, 60 seconds to offer rebuttals and 30 seconds to respond to rebuttals. The debate will air at 7 p.m. Thursday on New Mexico PBS’ YouTube channel and on TV on channel 5.1, as well as 9 p.m. Friday on channel 5.4.

Haaland touted her experience of holding Trump’s “feet to the fire” while she served in the U.S. House of Representatives and said the state and the nation are in a “break-glass moment” with “a chaotic administration in Washington, D.C. that is wreaking havoc across our state.”

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Navajo Times: Haaland, Bregman split on energy and environment in only Democratic debate

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman met Saturday for the only debate of New Mexico’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, drawing their clearest differences on environmental and energy issues while agreeing on much of an agenda that includes universal child care, expanded tax credits and resistance to federal immigration enforcement. 

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