New Mexico Republican Yvette Herrell flips US House seat

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Republican Yvette Herrell has staged an upset to win a contested race for a U.S. House seat in New Mexico. Herrell defeated Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small in a 2018 rematch to flip back the 2nd District seat that represents the southern half of the state. Herrell embraced President Donald Trump’s border wall and worked to portray Torres Small as a tool of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other liberal U.S. House members. Herrell also made