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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo, New Mexico state Rep. Andrea Romero, D-Santa Fe, a freshman lawmaker, talks to fellow House members before the start of the New Mexico Legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M. An agency that promotes the Los Alamos National Laboratory is asking Romero to pay back $8,000 in reimbursements paid to her while she served as the organization's executive director. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

Agency says state lawmaker hasn’t met request to repay $7K

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In this May 15, 2018, photo, Andrea Romero, a candidate for House District 46, takes part in a Democratic primary candidate forum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The New Mexico state auditor says an agency of New Mexico municipalities surrounding Los Alamos National Laboratory approved improper reimbursement for alcohol and baseball tickets. The audit released Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, hits former Regional Coalition of LANL Communities executive director Andrea Romero over reimbursements as she seeks to win a seat in New Mexico's House of Representatives. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico House speaker defends candidate hit by audit

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

In this May 15, 2018, photo, Andrea Romero, a candidate for House District 46, takes part in a Democratic primary candidate forum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The New Mexico state auditor says an agency of New Mexico municipalities surrounding Los Alamos National Laboratory approved improper reimbursement for alcohol and baseball tickets. The audit released Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, hits former Regional Coalition of LANL Communities executive director Andrea Romero over reimbursements as she seeks to win a seat in New Mexico's House of Representatives. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Audit hits pro-Los Alamos agency on booze, food spending

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Official at northern New Mexico agency defends her spending

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