NMiF election coverage 2026: The governor's race

This week, New Mexico in Focus begins its election coverage with the state's biggest contest of the season: the race for governor.

Democrat Deb Haaland, a former congresswoman and Interior Secretary, and Republican Gregg Hull, a former three-term mayor of Rio Rancho, are vying to replace Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is term-limited at year's end.

Host Nash Jones sat down with Haaland and Hull for one-on-one interviews, exploring some of the biggest issues facing the state: education, healthcare, energy, affordability, data centers and more.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 4, at 7 a.m., and streams on the PBS video app. Involved, informed, in-depth media: watch New Mexico in Focus again online shortly thereafter.

Host
Nash Jones

NMiF Segments
Deb Haaland on education, healthcare
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Deb Haaland on affordability, renewable energy

Correspondent
Nash Jones

Guest
Deb Haaland, Democratic governor candidate

Gregg Hull on education, healthcare
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Gregg Hull on affordability, renewable energy

Correspondent
Nash Jones

Guest
Gregg Hull, Republican governor candidate

New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, educational, and art issues, exploring them in depth with a critical eye to provide context beyond the "news of the moment."

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs, is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. Host and producer of New Mexico in Focus is Nash Jones. Antonio Sanchez is the producer, and Cailley Chella is the multimedia journalist.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You. Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund. Funding for Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present & Future is provided in part by the Neeper Natural History Programming.