https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/governor-appoints-mccutcheon-to-new-mexico-senate/article_208f8ab6-5664-11ee-927e-7b39389869a2.html
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Steve McCutcheon II to fill the #SD42 seat vacated by former Senator Gay Kernan in August.
The appointment was announced via press release by Lujan Grisham's office Saturday.
A rancher and Republican from Carlsbad, McCutheon was on the Eddy County Board of Commissioners from 2019 to 2023.
He was chosen over state Rep. Larry Scott, R-Hobbs, who also applied to finish out Kernan's term in #SD42, which includes Lea and parts of Eddy and Chaves counties.