Haaland, who served as Joe Biden’s interior secretary, is one step closer to becoming the country’s first Native American woman elected governor.

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has won the Democratic nomination for New Mexico governorm giving her a path to become the first Native American woman in the U.S. elected to…

NBC News projects that Haaland, who is vying to become the first female Native American governor, secured her party’s nomination.

Exsecretaria del Interior y miembro del Pueblo de Laguna, ganó la primaria demócrata y competirá en noviembre para ser la primera gobernadora nativa americana de EE.UU.

The Associated Press called the race with 17% of the vote counted, showing Haaland with 78.3% to Bregman's 21.7%.

Haaland, who served as Joe Biden’s interior secretary, is one step closer to becoming the country’s first Native American woman elected governor.

Haaland, who served as Joe Biden’s interior secretary, is one step closer to becoming the country’s first Native American woman elected governor.

The former member of Congress and Interior secretary is a step closer to becoming the first Native American female governor in U.S. history.