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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's office on Saturday announced who will take over a state Senate seat in southern New Mexico.
Caroline Sweeney, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Lujan Grisham appointed Steven McCutcheon II to the District 42 seat.
She said McCutcheon’s term begins immediately and ends after the next general election. The District 42 seat had been vacant since former Sen. Gay Kernan retired in August.
Sweeney said McCutcheon, a Carlsbad native, most recently served as an Eddy County commissioner from 2018 to 2022.
"He is also a rancher and businessman," she said in a news release Saturday afternoon. "He has been married to his wife, Lisa, for 12 years and they have 4 children."
