High court keeps Vigil-Giron on CD1 ballot

Rebecca Vigil-Giron will appear on the June primary ballot as a Democratic candidate for the 1st Congressional District seat in the U.S. House, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday.

Three supporters of Vigil-Giron primary opponent Michelle Lujan Grisham had challenged Vigil-Giron’s candidacy, alleging that she submitted more than 600 signatures that weren’t valid, which would have left her 100 short of the 1,214 needed to qualify for the ballot.

A district judge in Santa Fe had already ruled in favor of Vigil-Giron, but the Grisham supporters appealed last week.

“Our justice system does work and I am proof of it,” Vigil-Giron said following the high court’s ruling.