There is a significant sanctimonious base of liberal trust fund and red diaper babies who live in the Santa Fe-Taos nexus. Another Democrat cell of Aztlan Chicanos exists in the Las Cruces-Mesilla region. Nonetheless, slowly but surely the rational center at Albuquerque is dominating politics in New Mexico. The proof? A Republican mayor was elected in Albuqerque, which I believe was the first time ever.
No, there have been GOP Mayors before, last was in the ‘80s. They also currently have a majority GOP City Council now, too.
While Albuquerque does have a republican mayor, the fact is, two dems split the ticket, one as a dem, one as an independent. When that happened, the republican came out with the majority. However, when tallied, the two dems had the majority of votes. Albuquerque is still dominated by leftists and center left.