Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang launches NM Forward Party

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 10, 2026

Words: 526

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang took to the Roundhouse steps in Santa Fe on Friday afternoon to announce that the political party he co-founded, the Forward Party, will officially organize as a minor party in New Mexico.

Yang co-founded the party with former Republican New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who served as Environmental Protection Agency secretary during George W. Bush’s presidency. Party organizers have said they hope to appeal to voters …

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