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LeftInTX

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15. Some GOP rep in NM government wants the land to go to Texas.

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:03 PM

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It's got a bunch of oil.

The proposal, sponsored by Republican Reps. Randall Pettigrew of Lovington and Jimmy Mason of Artesia, didn’t gain any traction.
It was panned by Democrats.

“Representative Pettigrew has always wasted time with partisan nonsense like this,” Lea County Democratic Party Vice Chair Clayburn Griffin told the Albuquerque Journal in an email. “I wish he’d work with his colleagues to address issues people care about, like making life more affordable for working families. Like most Republicans, he’s only looking for ways to divide us instead of doing the work he was elected to do. Real leaders bring people together.”

Pettigrew noted the proposal, House Joint Resolution 10, didn’t receive a committee hearing.

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/texas-house-speaker-eyes-annexing-part-of-oil-rich-new-mexico/article_be398f8f-e33b-4223-8456-d4382aa73ecb.html

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Texas house speaker directs committee to study annexing parts of New Mexico [View all] Jilly_in_VA Mar 30 OP

If NM is ignoring this as is, it's already dead in the water. Torchlight Mar 30 #1

Some GOP rep in NM government wants the land to go to Texas. LeftInTX Tuesday #15

All I could find was that Torchlight Tuesday #17

Yeah, that's what I found too. LeftInTX Tuesday #18

This has as much chance as Eastern Oregon joining Idaho. yellowcanine Mar 30 #2

Or Indiana annexing part of Illinois Mad_Machine76 Mar 30 #6

Any New Mexican who went for that would be crazy. Ritabert Mar 30 #3

Of course it's not legal. Neither was the invasion of Crimea. Nor was sending troops into Sudetenland. jls4561 Mar 30 #4

Dustin Burrows must be a NAZI's NAZI. Kid Berwyn Mar 30 #5

Maybe New Mexico could annex that west wing of Tx. Ilsa Mar 30 #7

Am I safe to assume he doesnt know New Mexico Johonny Mar 30 #8

Crazy talk from crazy people alittlelark Mar 30 #9

Illegal or Unconstitutional randr Tuesday #10

I'm gonna annex my neighbor's property... PCIntern Tuesday #11

Don't forget the Tip Line. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #16

Idaho can have Washington State's eastern red counties GenThePerservering Tuesday #12

What happened to "Don't Tread On Me?" City Lights Tuesday #13

Oh, good grief. There are no bounds in KRASNOV world. UTUSN Tuesday #14