Deb Haaland, the former secretary of the Interior Department under President Joe Biden, is getting ready for a run to become New Mexico’s next governor. Haaland led the Department of the Interior during all four years of the Biden administration after previously being elected to Congress to represent New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District in 2018.

Haaland, a citizen of Laguna Pueblo and the nation’s first Native American cabinet secretary under President Joe Biden, could be the first Native American woman to serve as governor of any state

Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is “preparing” to run for governor of New Mexico in 2026, a campaign spokesperson confirmed to Source NM on Tuesday. If elected, Haaland would be the first Native American person to head the state government in its 113-year history.

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is running for the Democratic nomination for governor in New Mexico after championing conservation and clean energy during her tenure as Interior secretary under

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is gearing up to run to be New Mexico’s next governor. Just over a week after wrapping up her term working for former President Joe Biden, Haaland is assembling a team for a 2026 gubernatorial campaign, a person close to her said.

Former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland "preparing" to run for governor of New Mexico, spokesperson confirmed

In the final days before she departs, Deb Haaland has found time to reflect on her journey from the back roads of New Mexico to a sprawling office in the Stewart Udall Department of the Interior Building in Washington,