The New Mexico Senate handed the governor an early legislative victory Friday, passing three priority bills she had set a goal of getting through the chamber in the first week of the legislative session.

The Senate on Tuesday again failed to conclude work on the long-awaited Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, retreating into another extended closed-door session that ended without any clear resolution on the fate of the proposed reforms.

The Detroit Democrat's habitual absences in the state Senate break with a longstanding tradition in Michigan of presiding over daily sessions.