Unlike some of his fellow Democrats in Congress, New Mexico Rep. Gabe Vasquez hasn’t tried to break through the tumultuous, Donald Trump-dominated news cycle with a pithy post or a video calibrated to go viral.
Instead, Vasquez, who represents a purple-tinged stretch covering the southern and western parts of the state, says he’s charting a different course, one that hews closely to the kitchen table concerns of his working-class, majority Latino district, which Trump carried in 2024.
“I’m not looking to actively get into conflict with Republicans or folks who voted for Trump,’’ the second-term congressman said in an interview. “I understand the economic anxiety that exists out there. I understand the anxiety around asylum seekers and the immigration process, which is completely broken. … I’m here to find solutions.”
