Deb Haaland

Democratic Platform

Democrats support progressive taxation, with higher rates on top earners and corporations to fund public investment. The party favors raising the minimum wage, strengthening unions, and expanding worker protections. Democrats generally support government investment in infrastructure, education, and social programs as drivers of broad economic growth.

Deb Haaland

Haaland supports investment in New Mexico's clean energy economy and its growing technology and film sectors as sources of diversified economic growth beyond oil and gas. She backs workforce development, expanding broadband access to rural and tribal communities, and policies that support small businesses and working families. She views responsible management of New Mexico's public lands as an economic and cultural asset.

Republican Platform

Republicans favor lower taxes across income levels, with particular emphasis on cutting corporate and capital gains taxes to stimulate investment and job creation. The party supports deregulation, reduced government spending, and free market solutions over federal programs as the primary engine of prosperity.

Democratic Platform

Democrats support expanding access to affordable healthcare, including protecting the Affordable Care Act and moving toward a public option or expanded Medicare coverage. The party broadly favors government negotiation of prescription drug prices and opposes removing protections for pre-existing conditions.

Deb Haaland

Haaland supports expanding healthcare access in New Mexico, including protecting the ACA and Medicaid expansion. She has been a strong advocate for Native American health equity, working during her tenure as Interior Secretary to address the chronic underfunding of Indian Health Service and expand health resources for tribal nations. She supports reproductive healthcare access and mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Republican Platform

Republicans have generally sought to repeal or significantly reform the Affordable Care Act, favoring market-based solutions. The party supports expanding health savings accounts, increasing competition among insurers across state lines, and reducing federal mandates on coverage requirements.

Democratic Platform

Democrats generally support pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including DACA recipients, and favor comprehensive immigration reform. The party supports increased resources for legal immigration processing and a humanitarian approach to asylum seekers at the border.

Deb Haaland

Haaland supports comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients and long-term undocumented residents. As a border state governor candidate she has engaged immigration through both humanitarian concerns and the economic contributions of immigrant communities to New Mexico's agriculture and construction sectors.

Republican Platform

Republicans prioritize border security and strict enforcement of existing immigration law. The party broadly supports completing physical border barriers, ending policies they view as incentivizing illegal entry, and reforming legal immigration to favor applicants with marketable skills.

Democratic Platform

Democrats favor robust federal investment in public K-12 education and higher education, along with policies to reduce or eliminate student loan debt. The party generally opposes using public funds for private school vouchers and supports universal pre-K and affordable childcare.

Deb Haaland

Haaland supports robust investment in New Mexico's public school system, which has historically ranked among the least-funded in the nation. She backs tribal schools and Native language preservation programs, increased teacher pay, and early childhood education investment. She views closing New Mexico's educational achievement gaps as the defining challenge for the state's economic future.

Republican Platform

Republicans support school choice, including voucher programs for private and religious schools, and local control over curriculum decisions. The party generally opposes federal education mandates and broadly supports parental rights in schooling. Many Republicans oppose student loan forgiveness as unfair to borrowers who repaid their loans.

Democratic Platform

Democrats broadly support stricter gun safety measures, including universal background checks, red flag laws, and restrictions on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. The party frames these regulations as consistent with the Second Amendment and necessary to reduce mass shootings.

Deb Haaland

Haaland supports expanded background checks, red flag laws, and other gun safety measures. She has approached gun violence as a public health crisis and backed comprehensive gun safety legislation during her time in Congress. She supports policies that address both urban and rural gun violence in New Mexico.

Republican Platform

Republicans strongly defend Second Amendment rights and generally oppose new gun control legislation, arguing that existing laws should be enforced more effectively. The party emphasizes mental health intervention, the right to self-defense, and opposes what they view as infringement on law-abiding gun owners.

Democratic Platform

Democrats view climate change as an urgent crisis requiring immediate government action. The party supports transitioning to clean energy through federal investment and regulation, reducing carbon emissions across the economy, and meeting international climate commitments. Democrats generally oppose expanding fossil fuel development on public lands.

Deb Haaland

Haaland has made climate and environmental protection a career centerpiece. As Interior Secretary she oversaw federal land and water management with a focus on conservation and clean energy transition. She supports accelerating New Mexico's solar and wind energy development, protecting the state's public lands and watersheds, and addressing the climate risks facing New Mexico's communities and agricultural sector.

Republican Platform

Republicans emphasize American energy independence through domestic production of oil, gas, and coal alongside renewable development. Many in the party are skeptical of aggressive climate regulations they argue harm economic growth and jobs. Republicans generally prefer market-based energy solutions over government mandates and oppose restrictions that raise energy costs for families.

Democratic Platform

Democrats generally support a multilateral approach to foreign policy, emphasizing alliances, international institutions, and diplomacy as the first line of engagement. The party broadly supports maintaining NATO commitments, providing aid to democratic allies, and engaging international bodies to address shared challenges.

Deb Haaland

Haaland supports U.S. alliances and multilateral engagement on global challenges. As a governor candidate she engages foreign policy through New Mexico's border with Mexico — supporting trade through New Mexico's ports of entry and comprehensive immigration reform — and through the state's significant national security and defense research infrastructure.

Republican Platform

Republicans emphasize American sovereignty, a strong military as a deterrent, and bilateral relationships over multilateral institutions. The party broadly supports robust defense spending and is skeptical of international agreements they view as constraining American action or requiring open-ended foreign commitments.

Democratic Platform

Democrats oppose cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits and support expanding both programs. The party generally favors raising the Social Security payroll tax cap on high earners to ensure long-term solvency and opposes any form of privatization.

Deb Haaland

Haaland is a strong defender of Social Security and Medicare and opposes cuts to earned benefits. She supports protecting both programs and backs allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. She has been particularly focused on ensuring Native American elders have access to both Social Security and the tribal elder care programs that complement federal benefits.

Republican Platform

Republicans support reforming Social Security and Medicare to ensure long-term fiscal solvency, which some in the party argue requires adjusting benefits or eligibility ages. The party opposes tax increases to fund the programs and some members have supported personal investment account options.

Democratic Platform

Democrats broadly support criminal justice reform, including reducing mandatory minimum sentences, addressing racial disparities in policing and incarceration, and investing in community-based alternatives. The party generally supports police accountability measures and evidence-based approaches to reducing recidivism.

Deb Haaland

Haaland supports criminal justice reforms addressing racial disparities and over-incarceration, as well as the particular challenges of tribal justice systems. She has backed Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People legislation and worked to address violence in Native communities. She supports community-based violence prevention and reentry programs alongside accountability for violent crime.

Republican Platform

Republicans emphasize law and order, strong support for law enforcement, and tough penalties for crime. The party generally opposes reducing mandatory minimum sentences for violent offenses and supports prosecutors pursuing strong sentences. Republicans broadly oppose policies they view as undermining police authority or creating leniency for criminals.