Former DACA recipient wins New Mexico legislative seat, making history from NPR Taylor Velasquez, KUNM

A pedestrian traverses the rotunda in the New Mexico state Capitol building in Santa Fe, N.M.

Cindy Nava came to the U.S. when she was 7 years old. She says she ran for the Albuquerque-area seat to boost political representation of the state’s Hispanic-majority population.

(Image credit: Morgan Lee)

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