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  • Redistricting shuffles state lawmakers

    Alisa Boswell|Jan 4, 2012

    Local state representatives say big changes are in store for state House districts under a new redistricting plan declared law Tuesday by Santa Fe Judge James Hall. "My district currently stretches from Portales to the Colorado state line, but in the new map, I would take on a bigger portion of Portales, almost the whole eastern portion," said Rep. Dennis Roch, of District 67. "It's a pretty compact district now compared to the one that took me all the way out to Clayton." Roch said he is very happy with the changes to his district, because...

  • Redistricting shuffles state lawmakers

    Jan 4, 2012

    Alisa Boswell Local state representatives say big changes are in store for state House districts under a new redistricting plan declared law Tuesday by Santa Fe Judge James Hall. “My district currently stretches from Portales to the Colorado state line, but in the new map, I would take on a bigger portion of Portales, almost the whole eastern portion,” said Rep. Dennis Roch, of District 67. “It’s a pretty compact district now compared to the one that took me all the way out to Clayton.” Roch said he is very happy with the changes to his distr...