New Mexico Statehood and Political Inequality.

The article looks at New Mexico history and politics, focusing on the impact of statehood on the political participation and representation of Hispanics in the state from the territorial period in the second half of the 19th century until the present. Topics include 19th-century disputes over the costs and benefits of becoming a state and the share of Hispanics among the state's governors and state and federal legislators from statehood in 1912 to the present.