Haaland: Culture big part of campaign focus
Kyle Tomasi , Micaela Eldridge-Lane and Hayley Mitchell | October 20If Democratic candidate Deb Haaland is elected as New Mexico’s lieutenant governor on Nov. 4, she will be the first Native American to hold the position. Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, has spent most of her life in Albuquerque and said her values remain rooted in her native traditions.Haaland has been involved in political campaigns for the past 10 years. In 2004 she worked as a full-time volunteer for the John Kerry campaign. She also worked for the Barack Obama campaigns of 2008 and 2012 alongside her daughter, who has assisted with political campaigns since she was nine years old.