Jianna Le Noir, center, alongside the other members of the Advanced Strings Program at The Montessori Elementary and Middle School practice on their violins before their performance in the New Mexico State Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. The group of students, with ages ranging from 8 to 12, have been practicing every week with their teacher Megan Holland for their yearly performance at the state Capitol. Photo by Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican

State Senate President Pro Tem Mimi Stewart, left, D-Albuquerque, and Sens. Angel Charley, D-Acoma, Elizabeth Stefanics, D- Cerrillos, Katy Duhigg, D- Albuquerque, Crystal Brantley, R-Elephant Butte and Heather Berghmans, D-Albuquerque, come together in front of the state seal on the Senate floor to take a group photo on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. The women all wore white to celebrate the women’s suffrage movement. Photo by Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican

Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque, center, alongside other female Senators all dressed in white join together in front of the state seal on the Senate floor to take a group photo Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. The women all wore white to celebrate the women’s suffrage movement. Photo by Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican