Talk:Deb Haaland
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I am happy to discuss my edit with you. The Albuquerque Journal article that is cited is LITERALLY titled "Deb Haaland divorces husband after launching campaign for governor". Yet, you continue to remove the edit that I made because you say there is no connection between the timing of her campaign announcement and the timing of her divorce. It's obvious that there is a connection or else the Albuquerque Journal reporter (and their editors) would not have reported it as such. Therefore it IS indeed relevant. I am not engaging in an "edit war". My inclusion of this is both justified and verifiable.Antihero212 (talk)20:35, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The split from her ex-husband Lloyd “Skip” Sayre comes after three and a half years of marriage and during the early days of her gubernatorial bid.But this does not imply any connection. Refuting any connection, the article continues:
“I will support her for governor. I’ve supported her her entire political career, and this will not change that,” Sayre told the Journal on Thursday.He added that the publicity of the campaign was not a factor in the divorce.Plus there's
“Voters typically do not care about marital status, and single and married candidates fare equally well,” Jennifer Lawless, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, wrote to the Journal.and also
Divorces haven’t been a big deal to a campaign for decades, according Jessica Feezell, an associate professor with the Department of Political Science at the University of New Mexico, pointing to Ronald Reagan who became the first elected president to have been divorced in 1980.So why call it out here? – Muboshgu (talk)23:11, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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