GRANT COUNTY – Deputy District Attorney Norman Wheeler today announced he will be running as a Republican for District Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District serving Grant, Luna and Hidalgo Counties. 

Over the last several years, drugs have permeated the community fueling high crime rates and devastating families. Despite New Mexico’s intense uptick in crime, Wheeler has leveraged his extensive legal experience prosecuting violent crime as well as his relationships with law enforcement to successfully manage hundreds of cases at a time.

“The District Attorney’s Office should not be politicized as it has been. I intend to refocus the office around an aggressive, intelligent analysis of facts applied to the law, not around who knows who,” said Wheeler.

Before prosecuting felony-level cases in judicial districts across the state, Wheeler focused on family law and juvenile court matters. In addition to his legal work, he sat on the Adult Drug Court panel in the sixth and eighth judicial districts. In 2018 Wheeler was named “Southwest New Mexico Prosecutor of the Year” by the New Mexico State Bar Association. 

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