From the article:
"Teresa Leger Fernandez, a New Mexican attorney, won the party's nomination and will compete for Representative Ben Ray Luján's seat, as he runs for retiring Senator Tom Udall's seat."Folks, this is "New Mexico".
More than ever before, the name is apropos.
New Mexico is the second state in the USA in which Euro-Americans (i.e. "whites") have dropped into the minority.
Could it be that the people who comprise the emerging majority there may prefer candidates who "look like they do", with proper-sounding names...
Remember when we gringos laughed at this graphic?