Deb Haaland won the Democratic nomination for a New Mexico congressional seat on Tuesday, clearing her path to becoming the nations first Native American congresswoman.

Haaland, a former state party chair, defeated Damon Martinez and Antoinette Sedillo Lopez in their bids to represent New Mexicos 1st Congressional District.

The district encompasses Albuquerque and is solidly blue its rated D+7 by the Cook Partisan Voter Index so Haaland is all but certain to win in November when she takes on the lone GOP candidate in the race, Janice Arnold-Jones.

The House seat is open because its current occupant, Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D), is running for governor.