President Joe Biden exits Air Force One as he arrives Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Mattydale, N.Y., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Biden traveling to visit the Micron chip facility in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)FILE - New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an executive order aimed at ensuring safe harbor to people seeking abortions or providing abortions at health care facilities within the state, at a news conference in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday, June 27, 2022. Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, is running for reelection in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)FILE - Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti meets with people ahead of a political forum hosted by the All Pueblo Council of Governors in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Ronchetti is running to unseat incumbent Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, in the Nov. 8, 2022 election.(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File0
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President Joe Biden exits Air Force One as he arrives Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Mattydale, N.Y., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Biden traveling to visit the Micron chip facility in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is set to travel to New Mexico next week, days before the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
The White House in a statement said Biden will take part in events with Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is trying to win a second term in next month's election, and other state and local officials.
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Biden's scheduled visit to New Mexico comes after Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Albuquerque last week to campaign with Lujan Grisham.
The New Mexico governor is facing the GOP nominee Mark Ronchetti. The former TV meteorologist outpaced Donald Trump on the 2020 ballot as a Senate candidate but still finished with less than 46% of the vote.
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