IT'S SWEARING-IN DAY FOR THE NEWEST MEMBER OF NEW MEXICO'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM IS ONE OF 20 WOMEN LAWMAKERS BEING SWORN INTO OFFICE IN CONGRESS ... THE HIGHEST NUMBER EVER. LUJAN GRISHAM WON MARTIN HEINRICH'S CONGRESSIONAL SEAT WHEN HE VACATED THE POST TO RUN FOR THE SENATE SEAT LEFT VACATE WHEN JEFF BINGAMAN RETIRED. ALL THREE ARE DEMOCRATS. 

 

LUJAN-GRISHAM WON THE 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SEAT OVER REPUBLICAN JANICE ARNOLD-JONES IN NOVEMBER.