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House Maj. Whip Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, left, Rep. D. Wonda Johnson, D-Church Rock, center, and Rep. Cristina Parajon, D-Albuquerque, talk before the start of a special session, in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

House Maj. Whip Reena Szczepanski, D-Santa Fe, left, Rep. D. Wonda Johnson, D-Church Rock, center, and Rep. Cristina Parajon, D-Albuquerque, talk before the start of a special session, in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

The Albuquerque Journal, KOAT and KKOB sponsored a town hall meeting on crime at the African American Performing Arts Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, April 17, 2024. On the panel are, from left, Nicole Chavez, who lost her son in 2015 to violent crime and is now a candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives, Attorney General Raul Torrez, Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman and Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen. (Eddie Moore /The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

The Albuquerque Journal, KOAT and KKOB sponsored a town hall meeting on crime at the African American Performing Arts Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, April 17, 2024. On the panel are, from left, Nicole Chavez, who lost her son in 2015 to violent crime and is now a candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives, Attorney General Raul Torrez, Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman and Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen. (Eddie Moore /The Albuquerque Journal via AP)