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After Maggie’s List first endorsed her to represent New Mexico’s 2nd district in 2020, Yvette Herrell became the first Republican Native woman elected to Congress, as well as the first Cherokee woman, the third Native American woman, and the second Native woman from New Mexico elected to the House. She was the only Republican member of New Mexico’s congressional delegation during the 117th Congress and the last Republican U.S. representative from the state.