Democratic candidate defeated Republican Gregg Hull, businessman and longtime mayor of Rio RanchoUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesDeb Haaland, the former interior secretary under Joe Biden, has been elected governor of New Mexico and will become the first Native American woman to govern a US state.Haaland, a Democrat, defeated her Republican opponent Gregg Hull, 60, a businessman and the longtime mayor of the city of Rio Rancho. Continue reading...

The former congresswoman and interior secretary pledged to resist the Trump administration. She will be the nation’s first female Native American governor.