And hope this clarifies - not starts controversy.

The fact that there are two claims to the New Mexico state tartan came up on the Arizona tartan thread.

Knew Kathy Lare was involved with one New Mexico state tartan so asked her what the deal was. Here's her response.

"Yes, there are two NM tartans, the NM Land of Enchantment tartan and the New
Mexico tartan. Our St. Andrew Scottish Society of NM sponsored a contest
back in the 90's with the go ahead from then Gov. Johnson to take
submissions for a state tartan. 31 submissions were received and a vote was
taken. The winner [NM Land of Enchantment] is a tarttan designed by Polly Whittering, designer for the House of Edgar and also designer of the Irish County tartans. I was head of the Tartan Committee and held the tartan on my account with the House of Edgar because no one else had the knowledge to work with Scotland/or the funds.

When we took our winning tartan to the legislature we had a
disgruntled challenger who also vied to have his NM tartan made official. A
known trouble causer and maverick Ralph Stevenson proceeded to play dirty
politics with our legislature. Our tartan passed as official in the House of
Reps and went on to the Senate. While they were deciding the vote Mr.
Stevenson stood up and answered a question as to why there were two tartan
claiming, " Kathy Lare has an unrequited love for me". Needless to say the
Senate Rules Committee walked out on us and tabled the issue. Stevenson's
tartan was woven with polyviscose fabric and not authentic Scottish wool. He
has tried to promote it vigorously with out much success and actually has
angered many who paid a high price for the kilts.

I have made a bolt's worth of kilts and sashes from the NM Land of Enchantment tartan."

Just her opinion - not sure if anyone knows Mr. Stevenson's version.