Steve Pearce

New Mexico Republican Steve Pearce will attempt to reclaim the U.S. House seat he used to hold.

Pearce on Monday announced that he will challenge Democratic Rep. Harry Teague , who was elected last November to represent the state’s 2nd District, a 69,000-square-mile expanse of southern New Mexico that takes in Las Cruces and Roswell.  

It’s not a rematch.