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TABLE OF CONTENTS Voter Information in Spanish ...... 3-4 CANDIDATES VOTER GUIDE FEDERAL OFFICES VOTER GUIDE United States President and Vice-President ...... 5 League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico United States Senator ...... 5 PDF available online at www.lwvcnm.org or go to VOTE411.org for extended Q&A for the United States Representative ...... 6-7 candidates listed here as well as unopposed candidate Q&A and more races in New Mexico. LWVCNM: 2501 San Pedro NE, Ste. 216, Albuquerque, NM 87110-4122; 505-884-8441 NEW MEXICO STATE JUDICIAL OFFICES Justice of the Supreme Court ...... 8 Copyright © 2020. Prepared by the League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico Copyright © 2020. League of Women Voters of New Mexico Judge of the Court of Appeals ...... 9-10 NEW MEXICO STATE DISTRICT OFFICES State Senator ...... 12-19 State Representative ...... 21-34 GENERAL ELECTION Public Regulation Commissioner ...... 35 Public Education Commissioner ...... 36 District Judge ...... 36-38 NOVEMBER 3, 2020 District Attorney ...... 38 BERNALILLO COUNTY OFFICES Metropolitan Court Judge ...... 39 A General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. A General Election is held the first County Commissioner ...... 39-40 Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even numbered years. If you are a citizen of the United County Clerk ...... 40 States, 18 years of age or older on Election Day, and registered to vote, you may vote in this General County Treasurer ...... 40 Election. Questions about the election or voter registration should be directed to your County Clerk. SANDOVAL COUNTY OFFICES County Commissioner ...... 40-41 Bernalillo County Clerk Sandoval County Clerk County Clerk ...... 42 505-468-1291 505-867-7572 County Treasurer ...... 42 One Civic Plaza NW 1500 Idalia Rd. NE, Bldg. D TORRANCE COUNTY OFFICES Albuquerque, NM 87102 Bernalillo, NM 87004 County Commissioner ...... 43 www.bernco.gov/clerk/elections www.sandovalcountynm.gov/boe County Clerk ...... 43 County Treasurer ...... 43 Torrance County Clerk Valencia County Clerk VALENCIA COUNTY OFFICES 505-544-4350 505-866-2073 County Commissioner ...... 43-44 205 S. Ninth Street 444 Luna Avenue County Clerk ...... 45 Estancia, NM 87016 Los Lunas, NM 87031 County Treasurer ...... 45 torrancecountynm.org/departments/county-clerk co.valencia.nm.us/235/clerk County Magistrate Judge ...... 46 JUDICIAL RETENTION Important Dates to Remember: Judge of the Court of Appeals ...... 46 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there may be last minute changes. Please check the sos.nm.gov District Court Judges - Retention ...... 47-48 or vote411.org websites for up-to-date information. BALLOT QUESTIONS State Constitutional Amendments ...... 49-50 10/06/20 Last day to register to vote online & by mail (5:00 pm). Early voting starts at limited State Bond Questions ...... 51 locations. Bernalillo County 10/06/20 BERNALILLO COUNTY ONLY: Same-day in-person registration begins at County Bond Questions ...... 52-53 Clerk’s Annex at 1500 Lomas NW, Ste. A, Albuquerque. AMAFCA Bond Question ...... 53 Sandoval County 10/17-10/31 Early voting starts at all early voting locations. (See inside for times & locations.) Same- Bond Question ...... 53 day voter registration available during early voting from Oct. 17 to October 31. Same day registration in Bernalillo County is available from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at these locations. 10/20/20 Deadline for absentee ballot applications 5 pm. The League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico is a nonpartisan organization that provides 10/27/20 Recommended final day for a voter to mail in an absentee ballot. Because of problems information about political issues and candidates for at the USPS, we recommend getting your ballot in as soon as possible. public office in order to promote greater responsibility 11/03/20 Election Day: Polls are open 7 am-7 pm; deadline for return of absentee ballots. and participation in government. Because the League is nonpartisan, it DOES NOT support or oppose any political party or candidate. It does publish and NOTE: Completed absentee ballots may be turned in by the voter who signed the packet, distribute factual information for citizens to use when a member of the voter’s immediate family, or a caretaker at any early voting site. preparing to vote. There will be absentee ballot dropboxes at all Bernalillo County early voting sites The information in this Voter Guide was obtained by or a polling place on election day. means of questionnaires sent to all the candidates. The answers provided by unopposed candidates can Completing Your Application for an Absentee Ballot - All registered voters in Bernalillo and Sandoval be found at VOTE411.org. Answers are printed Counties will receive an absentee ballot application in the mail. Or you can download an application to exactly as provided by candidates through our online fill out and mail in from www.sos.state.nm.us/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal/absentee-and- portal. Because of space restrictions, candidates are early-voting/#. limited to a specific number of words. All candidates are listed in the order they appear on the Secretary 1. Type or print your name, STREET ADDRESS (no P.O. boxes), and your year of birth in the spaces of StateCandidate List. provided. The information in this Voter Guide has been carefully 2. Only fill in the area under “Mail ballot to address below” if you want your ballot sent to an address assembled and compiled to assure maximum other than the street address you indicated in step 1 above. accuracy. However, the LWVCNM assumes no 3. Sign and date your application. responsibility either for the correctness of the 4. Return this application in person or by mail within 48 hours after completion. information furnished to the League by candidates or other organizations or for errors or omissions. In If all steps are not properly completed, your application will be rejected, causing delay in the instances where there is a question of potentially mailing of your ballot. County Clerks are required to check this information and reach out to the defamatory content, the League will defer to the voter if they forgot to sign it or fill in something on the envelope. opinion of counsel. You can also request your absentee ballot completely online through nmvote.org. Page 2, Voter Guide To Register - When you register to vote, identification is required only if you Sandoval County: Early Voting and Same Day Registration are registering for the first time in New Mexico by mail. You can submit any 10/06-10/30 Early voting begins at the County Administration Building ONLY, current valid photo ID, a current utility bill, bank statement, government Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and on Saturdays 10:00 am to check, paycheck, student or tribal ID, or any other document that shows 7:00 pm Oct. 17, 24, 31. your name and current address with the registration form. 10/17-10/31 Early voting at County Vote Centers, Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, except as noted below: You can fill out your registration to vote online through the secretary of state’s Voter Information Portal Voting Machine Warehouse, 800 South Hill Rd, Bernalillo, NM (https://www.sos.state.nm.us/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal/). Corrales Community Center, 4326 Corrales Rd, Corrales, NM Our Lady Queen of Angels, 1701 Tulip Rd. SE, Rio Rancho, NM Community of Joy Lutheran Church, 841 Saratoga Dr NE, Rio Rancho, NM NOTE: If you have moved, changed your name, or had any other changes Plaza @ Enchanted Hills, 3575 Hwy 528 NE, Rio Rancho NM in your legal circumstance since the last election, you must reregister to South Rio Church, 2003 Southern Blvd, Rio Rancho, NM vote. Italian American Club, 1565 Stephanie Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM First Baptist Hall, 6361 Hwy 550, Cuba, NM To Vote - When you go to vote in person, either at Early Voting or on Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, 7 Paseo De San Antonio, Placitas, NM Election Day, you can identify yourself by stating your name, year of birth, October 19-20 (Monday-Tuesday) 10 am to 7 pm: and registration address or by presenting a physical form of identification such as a current valid photo ID or a document that shows your name and San Ana Pueblo Wellness Center, 225 Ranchitos Rd, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM address. Counselors Chapter House, 9828 Chapter House 14, Counselors, NM Sandia Pueblo Community Center, 481 Sandia Loop, Sandia Pueblo, NM

Voting for Traditional Rural Precincts in Sandoval County: If you are October 22-23 (Thursday-Friday) 10 am to 7 pm: registered in a Traditional Rural Precinct (outside of Rio Rancho or Cochiti Pueblo Community Center, 255 Cochiti St, Cochiti Pueblo, NM Corrales), you may vote at your traditional precinct location or at a Vote San Felipe Pueblo Senior Center, 5 Cedar Rd, San Felipe Pueblo, NM Center in Corrales or Rio Rancho. Voters who vote at Vote Centers on Election Day will vote on Provisional Ballots and not on a voting machine. October 26-27 (Monday-Tuesday) 10 am to 7 pm: Torreon Chapter House, Hwy 197, Torreon, NM Voting on Tribal Lands: Because of the vast distances between voting Santo Domingo Pueblo Community Center, 1 Tesuque St, Santo Domingo locations and U.S. Postal Services, completed absentee ballots may be Pueblo, NM turned in at any Voter Services Center before or on Election Day. Polling locations on Tribal lands cannot be closed without written consent. October 29-30 (Thursday-Friday) 10 am to 7 pm: Community Resource Center, 129 Canal St, Jemez Pueblo, NM Zia Pueblo Community Center, 135 Capital Square Dr, Zia Pueblo, NM Early Voting and Absentee Ballot Drop-off Sites Bernalillo County: Early Voting and Same Day Registration Torrance County: Early Voting 10/06-10/16 Clerk’s Annex - 1500 Lomas Blvd NW, Suite A, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, 10/06-10/31 Early Voting begins at the Torrance County Administration Building, 10/17-10/31 Early Voting locations, open Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm: 205 S. Ninth St, Estancia (also the Absentee by Mail center), Monday-Thursday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. 98th and Central - 120 98th St NW Suite B101 & B102 10/30-10/31 Early Voting at the Torrance County Administration Building, 205 S. Alameda West - 10131 Coors Blvd. NW Suite C-02 Ninth St, Estancia, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Bernalillo County Visitor Center - 6080 Isleta Blvd. SW Four Hills Shopping Center - 13140 Central Ave SE Suite 1420 10/17-10/31 Early Voting at alternate Moriarty Civic Center, 202 Broadway Ave, Holly Plaza Shopping Center - 6600 Holly NE Suite B-6 Moriarty, Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Los Ranchos Villa - 6601 4th St NW Suites E & F Daskalos Center - 5339 Menaul Blvd NE, Middle Suite South Valley Multipurpose Senior Center - 2008 Larrazolo Rd SW Tijeras City Hall, 12 Camino Municipal, Tijeras, NM Valencia County: Early Voting Andalucia Shopping Center, 5600 Coors Blvd. NW, Suite C-5 10/06-10/31 Absentee Voting Precinct (vote by mail) at the Valencia County Bernalillo County Visitor & Cultural Center, 6080 Isleta Blvd SW Administration Offices, 444 Luna Ave, Los Lunas, Monday-Friday, Caracol Plaza, 15200 Montgomery Blvd NE, Suite 101 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Central Mercado, 301 San Pedro Dr SE, Suite B, C, D, & E Early Voting Precincts (in-person), Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 6:00 Los Altos Plaza, 4200 Wyoming NE, Suite B-3 pm, at: Petroglyph Plaza, 8201 Golf Course Rd NW, Suite D-1 The Shoppes at 6001 San Mateo, 6001 San Mateo NE, Suite B-3 Valencia County Administration Offices, 444 Luna Ave, Los Lunas West Bluff Center, 5201 Ouray Rd NW, Suite D-2 Belen Community Center, 305 Eagle Ln, Belen Bosque Farms Public Library, 1455 W Bosque Loop, Bosque Farms Desiderio Community Center, 117 Tribal Rd 7036, To’Hajiilee, NM, Chapter Meeting Room

Write-in Voting: Write-in voting is permitted on the paper ballot as long as the person Voting Offenses: Voters must report voting offenses to the County Clerk, the District you vote for is qualified as a write-in candidate. A write-in vote can only be counted Attorney, or Secretary of State. Voting offenses are: if the name written in is the name of a declared write-in candidate and shows one of • Any form of campaigning within 100 feet of a building containing a polling place on the following: two initials and last name; first name, middle initial or name and last Election Day and within 100 feet of the door through which voters may enter to name; first and last name; or full name. vote at any Early Voting site Provisional Ballots: You will be issued a provisional ballot if your name does not • Using or possessing or carrying alcoholic beverages within 200 feet of a polling appear on the roster when voting in person during early voting or on Election Day or place if you are a first-time voter who registered by mail and you did not provide the • False voting including voting or offering to vote when not qualified, voting in required identification. In Sandoval County on Election Day, voters from another’s name, voting more than once in a single election, or asking or helping Traditional Rural Precincts who vote at Vote Centers in Rio Rancho or Corrales will another person to commit a voting offense also vote on provisional ballots. Esta es tu copia gratis de la guía de elecciones Voter Guide, Page 3 CONTENIDO Información para votantes en español ..... 3-4 CANDIDATOS GuíaGuía dede VotantesVotantes OFICINAS FEDERALES Presidente y Vicepresidente de Estados Unidos ..... 5 LIGA DE MUJERES VOTANTES DEL CENTRO DE NUEVO MÉXICO Senador de Estados Unidos ...... 5 PDF available online at www.lwvcnm.org or go to VOTE411.org for extended Q&A for the Representante de Estados Unidos ...... 6-7 candidates listed here as well as unopposed candidate Q&A and more races in New Mexico. OFICINAS JUDICIALES DEL ESTADO DE NUEVO LWVCNM: 2501 San Pedro NE, Ste. 216, Albuquerque, NM 87110-4122; 505-884-8441 MÉXICO © Copyright 2020. Prepared by the League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico Juez de la Corte Suprema ...... 8 Copyright © 2020. League of Women Voters of New Mexico Juez de la Corte de Apelaciones ...... 9-10 OFICINAS DEL DISTRITO ESTATAL DE NUEVO MÉXICO ELECCIÓN GENERAL Senador estatal ...... 12-19 Representante estatal ...... 21-34 Comisionado de Regulación Pública ...... 35 Comisionado de Educación Pública ...... 36 3 de noviembre de 2020 Juez de distrito ...... 36-38 Abogado del distrito ...... 38 Una Elección General se llevará a cabo el martes 3 de noviembre de 2020. Una Elección General se llevará a cabo el primer Martes después del primer lunes de noviembre en años pares. Si es OFICINAS DEL CONDADO DE BERNALILLO ciudadano de los Estados Unidos, mayores de 18 años el día de las elecciones y registrados para Juez de la Corte Metropolitana ...... 39 votar, puede votar en este Elección General. Las preguntas sobre la elección o el registro de votantes Comisionado del condado ...... 39-40 Secretario del Condado ...... 40 Escribano del Condado de Bernalillo Escribano del Condado de Sandoval Tesorero del condado ...... 40 505-468-1291 505-867-7572 OFICINAS DEL CONDADO DE SANDOVAL One Civic Plaza NW 1500 Idalia Rd. NE, Bldg. D Comisionado del condado ...... 40-41 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Bernalillo, NM 87004 Secretario del Condado ...... 42 Tesorero del condado ...... 42 www.bernco.gov/clerk/elections www.sandovalcountynm.gov/boe OFICINAS DEL CONDADO DE TORRANCE Escribano del Condado de Torrance Escribano del Condado de Valencia Comisionado del condado ...... 43 Secretario del Condado ...... 43 505-544-4350 505-866-2073 Tesorero del condado ...... 43 205 S. Ninth Street 444 Luna Avenue OFICINAS CONDADO DE VALENCIA Estancia, NM 87016 Los Lunas, NM 87031 Comisionado del condado ...... 43-44 torrancecountynm.org/departments/county-clerk co.valencia.nm.us/235/clerk Secretario del Condado ...... 45 Tesorero del condado ...... 45 Fechas importantes para recordar: Juez Magistrado del Condado ...... 46 RETENCIÓN JUDICIAL Debido a la pandemia de COVID-19, puede haber cambios de última hora. Consulte los sitios web Juez de la Corte de Apelaciones ...... 46 sos.nm.gov o vote411.org para obtener información actualizada. Jueces del Tribunal de Distrito - Retención .... 47-48 PREGUNTAS DE LA BOLETA 10/17-10/31 La votación anticipada comienza en todos los lugares de votación anticipada. (Consulte Enmiendas constitucionales estatales ...... 49-50 el interior para conocer los horarios y ubicaciones). Registro de votantes el mismo día Preguntas sobre bonos estatales ...... 51 disponible durante la votación anticipada del 17 de octubre al 31 de octubre. La Condado de Bernalillo inscripción el mismo día en el condado de Bernalillo está disponible de 10 a.m. a 7 p.m. Preguntas sobre bonos ...... 52-53 Pregunta sobre bonos AMAFCA ...... 53 en estos ubicaciones. Condado de Sandoval Pregunta sobre bonos ...... 53 10/20/20 Fecha límite para solicitudes de boleta de voto ausente 5 pm.

10/27/20 Se recomienda el último día para que un votante envíe por correo una boleta de voto ausente. Por problemas en el USPS, recomendamos que entre su boleta lo antes La Liga de Mujeres Votantes del Centro de Nuevo México posible. es una organización NO PARTIDARIA que provee información sobre la política y sobre los candidatos con 11/03/20 Día de las elecciones: las urnas están abiertas de 7 am a 7 pm; fecha límite para la el fin de promover mayor responsabilidad y participación devolución de las papeletas de voto en ausencia en la gobernación del estado. Siendo no partidaria, no apoya ni se opone a ningún partido o candidato. Se NOTA: Las boletas de voto ausente completadas pueden entregarse el votante que firmó encarga de publicar y distribuir información útil para que el paquete, un miembro de la familia inmediata del votante o un cuidador en el ciudadano se prepare para votar. cualquier sitio de votación anticipada pueden entregar las boletas de voto en La información en esta guía de votantes se obtuvo por ausencia completadas. Habrá buzones de votación en ausencia en todos los sitios medio de cuestionarios enviados a todos los candidatos, de votación del Condado de Bernalillo el día de las elecciones. con excepción a los que se presentan sin oposición. Las respuestas están impresas exactamente como fueron Completar su solicitud de boleta de voto ausente-- todos los votantes registrados en los condados de recibidas por la Liga. Debido a las limitaciones de Bernalillo y Sandoval recibirán una solicitud de boleta de voto ausente por correo. Los votantes en espacio, las respuestas de los candidatos han sido Torrance y el condado de Valencia deben solicitar una solicitud de boleta de voto en ausencia. O puede restringidas a un cierto número de palabras. Además, descargar una solicitud para completar y enviar por correo desde www.sos.state.nm.us/voting-and- convertimos listas en las respuestas a párrafos. Aquí se elections/voter-information-portal/absentee-and-early-voting/# o llame al secretario de su condado. mencionan todos los candidatos en el orden que 1. Escriba a máquina o en letra de imprenta su nombre, DIRECCIÓN DE LA CALLE (no apartados aparecerán en la papeleta del 3 de Noviembre de 2020. postales) y su año de nacimiento en los espacios proporcionados. La información presentada en esta guía de votantes ha 2. Solo complete el área debajo de "Envíe la boleta por correo a la dirección a continuación" si desea sido compilada con cuidado para asegurar la mayor que su boleta se envíe a una dirección que no sea la que indicó en el paso 1 anterior. precisión posible. Sin embargo, la LVWCNM y la Fondo 3. Firme y feche su solicitud. de Educación de la LVWCNM no asumen ninguna 4. Devuelva esta solicitud en persona o por correo dentro de las 48 horas posteriores a su finalización. responsabilidad por la exactitud de toda la información suministrada a la Liga de los candidatos u otras Si los pasos no se completan correctamente, su solicitud será rechazada, lo que provocará un organizaciones, ni por errores u omisiones. En casos retraso en el envío de su boleta. Los secretarios del condado deben verificar esta información y donde existiera dudas de si el contenido fuera comunicarse con el votante si se olvidó de firmarlo o completar algo en el sobre. Tambi én puede difamatorio, la Liga se apoyará en sus abogados. solicitar su boleta de voto en ausencia completamente en línea a través de nmvote.org. Page 4, Voter Guide Registrarse: cuando se registra para votar, se requiere identificación solo si se Sandoval County: Early Voting and Same Day Registration registra por primera vez en Nuevo México por correo. Puede enviar cualquier 10/06-10/30 Early voting begins at the County Administration Building ONLY, identificación con fotografía válida actual, una factura de servicios públicos, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and on Saturdays 10:00 am to extracto bancario, cheque del gobierno, cheque de pago, identificación de 7:00 pm Oct. 17, 24, 31. estudiante o tribal, o cualquier otro documento que muestre su nombre y dirección actual con el formulario de registro. 10/17-10/31 Early voting at County Vote Centers, Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, except as noted below: Puede completar su registro para votar en línea a través del Portal de información para votantes del secretario de estado Voting Machine Warehouse, 800 South Hill Rd, Bernalillo, NM Corrales Community Center, 4326 Corrales Rd, Corrales, NM (https://www.sos.state.nm.us/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal/). Our Lady Queen of Angels, 1701 Tulip Rd. SE, Rio Rancho, NM NOTA: Si se mudó, cambió su nombre o tuvo otros cambios en sus Community of Joy Lutheran Church, 841 Saratoga Dr NE, Rio Rancho, NM Plaza @ Enchanted Hills, 3575 Hwy 528 NE, Rio Rancho NM circunstancias legales desde la última elección, debe volver a registrarse para South Rio Church, 2003 Southern Blvd, Rio Rancho, NM votar. Italian American Club, 1565 Stephanie Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM First Baptist Hall, 6361 Hwy 550, Cuba, NM Votar - Cuando vaya a votar en persona, ya sea en la votación anticipada o el Las Placitas Presbyterian Church, 7 Paseo De San Antonio, Placitas, NM día de las elecciones, puede identificarse indicando su nombre, año de nacimiento y dirección de registro o presentando una forma física de 19-20 de octubre (lunes a martes) de 10 a. M. A 7 p. M.: identificación, como una identificación con foto válida actual o una documento San Ana Pueblo Wellness Center, 225 Ranchitos Rd, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM que muestra su nombre y dirección. Counselors Chapter House, 9828 Chapter House 14, Counselors, NM Votar por distritos rurales tradicionales en el condado de Sandoval: si está Sandia Pueblo Community Center, 481 Sandia Loop, Sandia Pueblo, NM registrado en un Recinto Rural Tradicional (fuera de Rio Rancho o Corrales), 22-23 de octubre (jueves a viernes) de 10 a. M. A 7 p. M. puede votar en la ubicación de su distrito electoral tradicional o en un Centro de Votación en Corrales o Río Rancho. Los votantes que voten en los centros Cochiti Pueblo Community Center, 255 Cochiti St, Cochiti Pueblo, NM de votación el día de las elecciones votarán Boletas provisionales y no en una San Felipe Pueblo Senior Center, 5 Cedar Rd, San Felipe Pueblo, NM máquina de votación. 26-27 de octubre (lunes a martes) de 10 a. M. A 7 p. M. Votacion en tierras tribales: debido a las grandes distancias entre los lugares Torreon Chapter House, Hwy 197, Torreon, NM de votación y los servicios postales de los EE. UU., Las boletas de votación en Santo Domingo Pueblo Community Center, 1 Tesuque St, Santo Domingo ausencia completadas se pueden entregar en cualquier Centro de Servicios al Pueblo, NM Votante antes o el día de las elecciones. Los lugares de votación en tierras tribales no se pueden cerrar sin consentimiento por escrito. 29-30 de octubre (jueves a viernes) de 10 a. M. A 7 p. M. Community Resource Center, 129 Canal St, Jemez Pueblo, NM Zia Pueblo Community Center, 135 Capital Square Dr, Zia Pueblo, NM Early Voting and Absentee Ballot Drop-off Sites Bernalillo County: Early Voting and Same Day Registration Torrance County: Early Voting 10/06-10/16 Clerk’s Annex - 1500 Lomas Blvd NW, Suite A, Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, 10/06-10/31 Early Voting begins at the Torrance County Administration Building, 10/17-10/31 Early Voting locations, open Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm: 205 S. Ninth St, Estancia (also the Absentee by Mail center), Monday-Thursday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. 98th and Central - 120 98th St NW Suite B101 & B102 10/30-10/31 Early Voting at the Torrance County Administration Building, 205 S. Alameda West - 10131 Coors Blvd. NW Suite C-02 Ninth St, Estancia, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Bernalillo County Visitor Center - 6080 Isleta Blvd. SW Four Hills Shopping Center - 13140 Central Ave SE Suite 1420 10/17-10/31 Early Voting at alternate Moriarty Civic Center, 202 Broadway Ave, Holly Plaza Shopping Center - 6600 Holly NE Suite B-6 Moriarty, Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Los Ranchos Villa - 6601 4th St NW Suites E & F Daskalos Center - 5339 Menaul Blvd NE, Middle Suite South Valley Multipurpose Senior Center - 2008 Larrazolo Rd SW Tijeras City Hall, 12 Camino Municipal, Tijeras, NM Valencia County: Early Voting Andalucia Shopping Center, 5600 Coors Blvd. NW, Suite C-5 10/06-10/31 Absentee Voting Precinct (vote by mail) at the Valencia County Bernalillo County Visitor & Cultural Center, 6080 Isleta Blvd SW Administration Offices, 444 Luna Ave, Los Lunas, Monday-Friday, Caracol Plaza, 15200 Montgomery Blvd NE, Suite 101 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Central Mercado, 301 San Pedro Dr SE, Suite B, C, D, & E Early Voting Precincts (in-person), Monday-Saturday, 10:00 am to 6:00 Los Altos Plaza, 4200 Wyoming NE, Suite B-3 pm, at: Petroglyph Plaza, 8201 Golf Course Rd NW, Suite D-1 The Shoppes at 6001 San Mateo, 6001 San Mateo NE, Suite B-3 Valencia County Administration Offices, 444 Luna Ave, Los Lunas West Bluff Center, 5201 Ouray Rd NW, Suite D-2 Belen Community Center, 305 Eagle Ln, Belen Bosque Farms Public Library, 1455 W Bosque Loop, Bosque Farms Desiderio Community Center, 117 Tribal Rd 7036, To’Hajiilee, NM, Chapter Meeting Room

Voto por escrito:Se permite el voto por escrito en la boleta de papel siempre que la Infracciones de voto: Los votantes deben informar las infracciones de voto al persona por el que vota está calificado como candidato por escrito. Un voto por secretario del condado, el distrito Abogado o Secretario de Estado. Las infracciones escrito solo se puede contar si el nombre escrito es el nombre de un candidato al voto son: escrito declarado y muestra uno de lo siguiente: dos iniciales y apellido; nombre, • Cualquier forma de campaña dentro de los 100 pies de un edificio que contenga un inicial del segundo nombre o nombre y apellido nombre; nombre y apellido; o lugar de votación en El día de las elecciones y a menos de 100 pies de la puerta por nombre completo. la que los votantes pueden votar en cualquier sitio de votación anticipada Boletas provisionales: se le emitirá una boleta provisional si su nombre no aparecer • Usar, poseer o llevar bebidas alcohólicas a menos de 200 pies de una casilla electoral en la lista al votar en persona durante la votación anticipada o el día de las sitio elecciones o si es un votante por primera vez que se registró por correo y no • Votación falsa que incluye votar u ofrecer votar cuando no está calificado, votar en el proporcionó el identificación requerida. En el condado de Sandoval, el día de las nombre de otra persona, votando más de una vez en una sola elección, o pidiendo o elecciones, los votantes de Los Recintos Rurales Tradicionales que votan en los ayudando otra persona para cometer un delito de voto Centros de Votación en Rio Rancho o Corrales también votar en boletas provisionales. Voter Guide, Page 5 FEDERAL OFFICES PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT President and Vice President are elected together for four-year terms. The candidates qualified to appear on the New Mexico ballot are as follows shown in the order in which they will appear on the ballot: See Vote411.org for answers to questions from some of these candidates.

HOWIE HAWKINS and ANGELA NICOLE WALKER Party: Green JO JORGENSEN and JEREMY “Spike” COHEN Party: Libertarian JOSEPH R. BIDEN and KAMALA D. HARRIS Party: Democrat SHEILA “Samm” TITTLE and DAVID CARL SANDIGE Party: Constitution DONALD J. TRUMP and MIKE PENCE Party: Republican GLORIA LA RIVA and SUNIL FREEMAN Party: Party for Socialism and Liberation

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL STATE, DISTRICT AND COUNTY CANDIDATES: A candidate must be a registered voter in New Mexico affiliated with the political party for which he/she is seeking office. A candidate for district office must reside in the district of voter registration. Additional requirements for each office are given on the following pages. UNITED STATES SENATOR Six-year term. Represents New Mexico in the United States Senate, which has 100 members. Candidates must be at least 30 years old, a citizen of the United States for at least nine years, and a resident of New Mexico. One New Mexico seat is up for election this year. Senators are elected statewide. Salary: $174,000.

Should Congress act to mitigate the What actions, if any, should Congress What should the role of the federal What actions, if any, should Congress effects of climate change? If so, how? If take regarding the accessibility, government be in planning for public take regarding our immigration system? not, why not? (65 words) affordability, and quality of health care? health emergencies? Please explain. (65 (65 words) (65 words) words)

Ben R. We cannot wait another generation Health care is a human right and This pandemic has demonstrated Our immigration system is ´ to act on the climate crisis. In that’s why I have fought to expand that the federal government must fundamentally broken. Congress LUJAN Congress, I introduced the Clean health care throughout my career. I have the ability to effectively needs to pass comprehensive Democrat Energy Standard Act to transition am the author of the State Public respond to public health emer- immigration reform - one that electrical utilities to 100% clean Option Act, which allows people to gencies. A crisis like COVID-19 includes a pathway to citizenship - energy in the 2050s and authored buy into their state’s Medicaid requires a comprehensive federal protect the DREAMers, and bring the IMPACT For Energy Act to programs. In Congress, I voted for response but instead we’ve seen a humanity back to our immigration expand investments in organizations legislation to drive down prescription lack of leadership from the policies. We must take immediate working to protect our public lands drug prices and end surprise president, which has resulted in action to ensure that the rights of massive losses of life. The federal and strengthen regulations to medical billing, all while fighting for migrants and refugees are protected government should develop and protect our air and water. By making resources to improve the quality and by ending the family separation and prepare to implement plans to smart investments in clean energy accessibility of health care for rural control the spread of outbreaks in the Remain in Mexico policies now, we can create good-paying New Mexicans. coordination with all 50 states and implemented by the Trump jobs and secure the needed replenish stockpiles of medical administration. changes to protect our environment. equipment.

Bob Congress should defund govern- Libertarians favor a free market. We The current pandemic has reminded Although we should encourage ment departments that fail to report should be free to determine our us that central planning does not immigration as a benefit to our WALSH emissions produced and measures level of health insurance, our level work. Private companies are happy economy, the more important Libertarian taken to reduce emissions. of health care, our providers, our to compete for the fastest response considerations are human rights. Individuals may take whatever medicines and treatments, and our to a new epidemic, encouraged by Political freedom and escape from voluntary measures they deem end-of-life choices. We should be the potential financial rewards. The tyranny demand that individuals not appropriate. Congress should not free to purchase insurance and care government should get out of the be unreasonably constrained by impose burdens on the private across state lines. A free market way, not impede developments the government in the crossing of sector to mitigate uncertain effects would offer many choices, including way the CDC and the FDA have political boundaries. Economic that are decades away. Instead, competing affordable options with done during the current pandemic. freedom demands the unrestricted Congress should let our economy only catastrophic insurance and movement of human as well as grow while the technology without the latest interventions. financial capital across national advances. Independent individuals and groups borders. would rate quality.

Mark V. While climate change should be Increasing and improving access to The federal government should I oppose amnesty & support efforts addressed, I disagree with those healthcare is possible by enacting have a national response ready for to secure the border with physical RONCHETTI who believe that dismantling our policies that lower costs while a variety of public health barriers, technology & an increase Republican economy is the answer. I strongly protecting quality and choice. I emergencies. As we’ve seen with in border patrol agents. Illegal drugs oppose the Green New Deal that oppose government-run Medicare COVID-19, it is essential for the pouring over our border is hurting my opponent is co-sponsoring. The for All. I will always protect coverage government to have the ability to everyone & this drug trade fuels “Green New Deal” would destroy for those who have pre-existing identify, monitor, and eventually much of our crime epidemic. I our economy, while the world’s conditions. In a state like New control health threats. Additionally, oppose sanctuary city laws that largest polluters - India & China - sit Mexico, wider availability of the federal government should allow illegal immigrants who commit idly by. The approach of proponents telemedicine is critical to maintain necessary public health crimes to remain in the country. of the Green New Deal simply won’t accomplishing this goal. Every resources in a national stockpile to Legal immigrantion made this work. I support an innovative American should be able to pick the be prepared to scale up response to country great and we need clear approach relying on natural gas, healthcare plan and doctor they any health threat, rapidly. immigration laws where those carbon capture & emerging tech- want, not one the government picks seeking the American dream can do nologies to address climate change. for them. so lawfully.

CANDIDATE’S RESPONSES AND WORD LIMITS: The responses of candidates to our questionnaire are printed exactly as received by the League. The League assumes no responsibility for the content of any candidate’s reply. Further, the League publishes this information neither to endorse nor reject the views of any candidate. The League has in no way edited for meaning, grammar, punctuation, or spelling. Because of space restrictions, the League has pre-advised the candidates of the word limits on the responses. Page 6, Voter Guide UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE Two-year term. Represents New Mexico in the United States House of Representatives, which has 435 members elected from districts based on population. New Mexico is entitled to three members. Candidates must be at least 25 years old, a United States citizen for at least seven years, and a resident of New Mexico. Salary: $174,000.

Should Congress act to mitigate the What actions, if any, should Congress What should the role of the federal What actions, if any, should Congress effects of climate change? If so, how? If take regarding the accessibility, government be in planning for public take regarding our immigration system? not, why not? (65 words) affordability, and quality of health care? health emergencies? Please explain. (65 (65 words) (65 words) words) DISTRICT 1

Deb I firmly believe that it is a Health care is a human right. I The federal government needs to I believe in building bridges, not responsibility of Congress to act co-sponsored the 2019 Medicare for provide a plan for public health walls. It is our responsibility in HAALAND aggressively in fighting climate All Act, which ensures that every emergencies that allocates rebates, Congress to fight for comprehensive Democrat change. It is our duty to the person in our country can access stimulus checks, hazard pay & immigration reform and build American people, and the planet, to affordable, quality health care and provides free nationwide testing. inclusive pathways to citizenship for introduce legislation that protects comprehensive benefits. I co-led the During the COVID-19 pandemic, I undocumented immigrants. I want to the environment. I introduced the bi-partisan ECHO Act, establishing continue to fight for our families. stop deportations, protect dreamers, Climate Stewardship Act, co-led the a federal grant program to support That’s why I advocated for the reform ICE and hold our 100% Clean Economy Act, was an tech-based healthcare systems. Essential Worker’s Bill of Rights to government accountable for its original cosponsor of the Green Congress should continue to ensure workers are guaranteed safe treatment of immigrants. We are a New Deal and have now been support measures that improve working environments, proper em- country of immigrants and I believe appointed to the Biden campaign’s health care for Americans. It is our ployer provided PPE, & compen- we must welcome those in need of Climate Working Group. I also serve duty to represent the American sation for their essential work. I also safety, opportunity and hope. I on the Steering Committee of the people and meet the needs of helped secure $8 billion for Tribes in support DACA and DAPA, as well Global Campaign for Nature. quality healthcare for all. the Corona Relief Fund. as humane asylum policy.

Michelle Garcia The U.S. is addressing climate Premiums, co-pays, & deductibles, I will introduce a Pandemic Government is responsible for change, in the last 20 years we have are too high. Consumer choice in Preparedness Plan for the safety securing the nation’s borders & HOLMES reduced GH-GAS emissions by the healthcare industry, free-market and well being of our country and determining who can lawfully enter. Republican almost 1 billion tons, surpassing health care and patient centered state. Having worked on policy, It is estimated that more than 16 every country across the globe. I alternatives that allow for greater management by crisis does not million illegal immigrants are believe in utilizing scientific methods, customer portability are needed. save lives, being prepared can save currently situated in the U.S. Being science can create new technologies Clear and concise costs and lives. My Plan: Ensure protection a border state, we must recognize in clean energy & new streams of preventative care information should our constitutional rights; Evaluate all the impact of this on our resources. energy that will solve our needs. always be provided by the 50 states to garner information on Congress needs to stop harmful This is just not a U.S. problem, this healthcare provider, giving best practices; Bolster commun- immigration policies and start is a global problem too; we must individuals the opportunity to ication and notification strategies pursuing fair and effective solutions monitor and work with nations compare. We suffer from a lack of nationally and globally; Ensure to our immigration system. We must throughout the world & encourage health care providers in New Mexico funding for the Strategic National resolve DACA and provide them to be more aggressive with and should be able to cross state Stockpile Infrastructure; Ensure legislation that will update and their reduction as well. lines to visit additional providers. funding for vaccine R & D. modernized our immigration policies DISTRICT 2

Xochitl Torres Climate change has real conse- Now more than ever, we must make I was proud to work with Repub- Our immigration and border security quences, many of which we’re our healthcare both affordable and licans, Democrats, and President systems are broken and we need SMALL already experiencing in New accessible to New Mexicans no Trump to pass the CARES Act. It strong, smart and fair solutions to fix Democrat Mexico. That’s why I voted to matter where they live. That’s why I provided support to rural healthcare them. That’s why I voted for HR 6 to re-enter the Paris Climate Agree- supported the CARES Act to ensure and relief to small businesses. provide a pathway to citizenship for ment and introduced legislation that free testing for individuals and Unfortunately--and despite my DREAMers and helped introduce would improve and update our provide support to strengthen our efforts--it didn’t directly support local the Farm Workforce Modernization water infrastructure, and support healthcare infrastructure. Before the governments or the essential Act to improve our H2A visa system. measures that would increase spread of COVID-19, I introduced services they provide. I’ll keep A secure border supports vibrant methane capture. To fight climate the Rural MOMs Act to increase pushing for relief, support for local communities through legal trade and change, we need diverse partners access to maternal healthcare for services, and investments to rebuild immigration, which is why I to build solutions for responsible expectant mothers and fought to New Mexico. introduced legislation to stop drug energy production, energy conser- give Medicare the power to and human trafficking at our ports of vation, and carbon capture. negotiate for lower drug prices. entry and voted for more asylum judges.

Yvette The proposals in front of Congress We need to reduce the cost of In the preamble of the Constitution, Congress needs to stop kicking the today, including the dangerous and healthcare by embracing free it is outlined that our government can down the road and treating our HERRELL out-of-touch “Green New Deal” are market solutions that allow providers needs to “provide for the common immigration system as a political Republican not acceptable solutions. New to compete for our business. When defense, promote the general pawn, because there are real Mexico’s farmers, ranchers, and they compete, the cost comes Welfare”. I believe that preparing people being affected by the actions extraction industries have been down, quality increases, and our nation for public health of the government. We need to good stewards of the land, because patients win. Transparency is emergencies and natural disasters reform the system from the top the land is their livelihood. We must another key to ensuring we reduce is a core purpose of our federal down, securing the border, providing continue to harness and invest in the actual cost of treatments and government. We should always be a long term solution to DACA, and the technology and innovation that procedures. Patients and their seeking innovative practices to keep improving the guest worker visa has resulted in reduced emissions - families should see what they are Americans safe and providing the program so American employers not punishing or regulating our job being charged for and be able to states ample resources to effectively and producers can access the labor creators to death. negotiate cheaper prices - to hold carry out emergency orders. they need while providing jobs for providers accountable. immigrants that are ready, willing and able to work legally.

“Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for and defended everyday anew.” – Heinz Galinski Voter Guide, Page 7 UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES (continued) Should Congress act to mitigate the What actions, if any, should Congress What should the role of the federal What actions, if any, should Congress effects of climate change? If so, how? If take regarding the accessibility, government be in planning for public take regarding our immigration system? not, why not? (65 words) affordability, and quality of health care? health emergencies? Please explain. (65 (65 words) (65 words) words) DISTRICT 2 (continued)

Steve Absolutely! Mitigation can be Congress should stop selling out to Dem’s and Rep.’s need to take It is the sole responsibility of our prevention of additional pollution the American Medical Association politics out of emergency response. Federal Government and not a JONES and remediation of existing and create competition to lower I am sure that the Pandemic has the state, county or city. The immi- DTS (write-in) pollution. The first step is to stop costs. Americans should be entitled government’s attention but what, gration system of the US has politicizing the issue. Second step is to seek health care in Canada and where and when will be the next enslaved those who enter our to increase retail costs for all Mexico. Ultimately, the deteriorating emergency. It was my under- country for the benefit of employ- hydrocarbon products by a federal health of Americans will cause a standing that a lot of time and ers wanting their CHEAP labor. The tax overlay. Third step is to apply failure to any single pay system. money was being expended on new plantation mentality. Step 1 technology to reclaim and The question should not be who is emergency response, if not why not. pass a National Minimum Wage of remediate. I am not in favor of paying for health care but how to The Voter and journalists must insist $15 per hour for workers. Step 2 drastic prevention measures that will stop the runaway increases in costs upon guidelines for public health create a Union of Immigrant Labor create poverty. Fourth step is to of health care. Don’t ruin Medicare emergencies being non-partisan. “UIL” in which all immigrant workers sanction countries creating greatest with inclusion of everyone. must enroll. Step 3 enforce eco- pollution damage. nomic sanctions against employer and immigrant that violate law. DISTRICT 3

Teresa Leger In New Mexico, we know how It’s up to Congress to transition The federal government should lead We must honestly and compas- important the land, clean skies and America to universal healthcare, when there is a public health sionately apply our asylum laws to FERNANDEZ water are to who we are as a which would ensure quality, emergency; providing reliable public those seeking refuge from perse- Democrat people. Yes, Congress must affordable access to healthcare for health information, mobilizing cution. The abuse of families and immediately act on climate change. all without bankrupting co-pays and medical supplies (Defense children at our border does not We must rejoin the Paris deductibles. Congress must also Production Act) and promoting reflect the values and humanity we Agreement, invest in renewable address discrimination based on medical research so each state is believe in. Congress should pass energy resources like wind and preexisting conditions, and bring acting in unison to eliminate the comprehensive immigration reform solar, utilize regenerative agriculture down the cost of prescription drugs health threat. We’ve seen the loss that would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immi- and pass clean energy tax through negotiation, patent reform of life and livelihood when we don’t grants, DREAMers included. Immi- incentives. Our transition away from and increased US manufacturing. have a unifying national leader who grants are an essential part of our fossil fuels must include economic Additionally, we must fund our rural instead undermines the CDC and economy. I helped start an immi- assistance to places like New clinics and pay our rural doctors, WHO. The US has the most cases gration clinic and know the impor- Mexico that have borne the brunt of nurses and health workers more. and deaths of any advanced country tance of this community to our our fossil fuel consumption. because of Trump’s failure to lead. country.

Alexis M. As an environmental engineer, I I 100% support coverage for The federal government should act I was raised by an immigrant from have made sure we respect our pre-existing conditions. I support when there is a public health Mexico who taught me the value of JOHNSON environment while creating jobs for choice of doctors and transparency emergency such as the contro- the American dream to work hard Republican New Mexicans and working of the cost of services. I will further versial closing of the borders and and have American opportunity. My together. We do not want to have current efforts to reduce our preventing those from hard-hit candidacy reflects those New rolling blackouts here in NM as we prescription healthcare costs by countries to enter the US until Mexican values. We must under- see in CA due to their all sus- bringing in increased competition. I proper testing and safety measures stand many people that traverse the tainable push. I support sustainable will continue the efforts to hold could be ensured. In addition, I will border are under duress from drug efforts in NM; however, the sun those accountable for price gouging work with Congress to make sure smugglers and sex trafficking. I does not always shine, and the wind for life saving medications. In we have the proper PPE and support an increase in technological does not always blow. It would be addition, I fully support the ventilators manufactured in the US. monitoring of the border as a must to foolhardy to put NMs out of jobs, expansion of broadband access to We must make sure that the US is secure the border. We must have a increase their electric bills, and take facilitate the growth of Telehealth not beholden to other countries for welcoming door to immigrants to this away 39% of our state revenue for services in our tribal communities critical safety gear. NM can be the country via the legal process and our education. NM together! and greater NM. premier location to manufacture. comprehensive reform.

“People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a very different thing.”

Walter H. Judd

“The highest measure of democracy is neither the ’extent of freedom’ nor the ’extent of equality’, but rather the highest measure of participation.” – A. de Benoist Page 8, Voter Guide NEW MEXICO STATE JUDICIAL OFFICES Judicial vacancies are filled through appointment by the Governor from a list of nominees submitted by a judicial nominating committee. At the next regular election, the judicial position is filled in a partisan election in which the appointed judge must participate and win the most votes to retain the seat. Judges serve for terms of a set number of years, after which they must win a 57% “yes” vote in non-partisan retention elections to keep their seats. JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Eight-year term. Serves as one of five justices on the highest court in New Mexico. It is the court of last resort and has supervisory control over all lesser courts and attorneys licensed in the state. Required to hear appeals from the Public Regulation Commission, election challenges and criminal cases when a defendant is sentenced to the death penalty or life imprisonment. Has discretionary authority to review rulings of the Court of Appeals and questions of law certified to it by the Court of Appeals or federal court. Must be 35 years old, have practiced law for 10 years, and have resided in New Mexico for the last three years. Salary: Chief Justice, $150,207; Associate Justice, $148,207.

How have your training, professional Do you believe that all persons in New What changes, if any, would you Do you favor nonpartisan elections for experience and interests prepared you to Mexico have fair and equal access to recommend to the NM Supreme Court the judiciary? Why or why not? (65 words) serve on the court? (65 words) legal assistance and the legal system? If practices and why? (65 words) not, what reforms do you support? Please explain. (65 words) Position 1

Shannon I have been serving New Mexico as Yes. I believe that all New I support changes that allow cases I do. The judiciary is an independent a judge for over a decade. Prior to Mexican’s should have fair and to be timely decided. Often, by the branch of government that by BACON my appointment to the New Mexico equal access to legal assistance time a case reaches the Supreme design is not subject to political Democrat Supreme Court, I was a district and the legal system. I am an active Court, years have passed. Ensuring winds. Judges are not partisan. court judge. This experience, trying member of the Access to Justice that once the case reaches the Because of the unique role of the cases, managing a very large Commission and was the Co-Chair Court it moves toward resolution judiciary and judges, it would better docket and working on the of the Second Judicial District’s Pro requires a focus on deciding cases reflect the courts if judicial elections administration of justice gives me a Bono Committee. In these roles I and writing opinions. Recently, I were nonpartisan. solid foundation for the work of the have worked on programs providing proposed procedural changes to our Supreme Court. I have also free legal services to anyone in rules that will allow the Court to dedicated much of my judicial need and creating systems that address cases more quickly. I also career to equal access to justice. make it easier for people to navigate support changes that foster open Providing legal services to New the court system. I continue this government, such as the Court’s Mexican’s who cannot afford a work on the Supreme Court. recent decision to telecast our oral lawyer is critical to the legal system. argument.

Ned S. I am a deputy district attorney in Not yet. There are a number of Regarding criminal law we can do Yes, but I would rather have a San Juan County, NM. I have organizations that provide access to better in balancing the rights of the system allowing the executive to FULLER served as an administrative law legal help. See for example: accused and the safety of our appoint with retention votes to Republican judge, district court judge, as the https://www.nmbar.org/NmbarDocs/ community. I support pre-trial follow. This approach better meets NM Worker’s Compensation forPublic/LegalServiceProviders.pdf detention rules that combine the goal of an independent judiciary Director, Acting Cabinet Secretary I support efforts to streamline the dangerousness hearings and that is also accountable to the public for the NM General Services adjudication process through arbi- preliminary hearings and allow the it serves. Whether partisan or Department and overseen the tration, mediation, and summary same rules of evidence for both. I non-partisan, elections politicize our litigation involving the State. I have trials. As NM Workers’ Compen- would make the time constraints judiciary by requiring judges to served in private practice handling a sation Director I worked to make the consistent with the complexity of the campaign. We should study whether wide variety of civil matters. What system accessible to our rural case. Our system is too expensive our justices should be selected one most qualifies me to serve however communities through video con- and there are too many delays. I each from five different geographical is my philosophy and commitment ferencing, weekly lump sum settle- support alternative dispute regions of the State. Currently all that a judge must uphold the ment hearings and online mediation resolutions such as arbitration, five justices come from Santa Fe or Constitution and follow the law. scheduling. mediation and summary jury trials. ABQ. Position 2

David K. My legal career and community In many rural parts of this state Many changes are required Our system of choosing judges is involvement have uniquely prepared there is a legal desert and legal because of the pandemic that will not perfect. However, voters have THOMSON me for this position. I was vetted by access gap. To close the gap, I serve our system well afterward. For the information needed to elect Democrat a bi-partisan judicial nominating support limited licensing of example, courts broadened access experienced and qualified judges. commission and extensively non-lawyers for simple legal to electronic filing for non My experience is well documented. I interviewed by the Governor, who matters. I support increases in represented parties. I led an effort to am the only one in my race who appointed me to the position. As a technological infrastructure to allow expand digital access. We must went through a vigorous vetting sitting Justice, and former trial court filing by email and remote continue to make this process process with a bipartisan nominating judge in the 1st judicial district, my appearances. I believe if a lawyer easier, especially for rural commission and interview process. experience proved invaluable in provides free legal aid, they should communities. During these times of Voters can read the opinions or ensuring the NM court system receive a reduction in dues or CLE social unrest, we must confront and articles on the law I have written. As remained open during COVID19. I credit. Finally, we need to create a address our role in resolving racial a trial court judge, I was evaluated litigated for the NM Attorney loan forgiveness program for new inequality. That is why I started a by the Judicial Performance Eval- General’s Office and am familiar lawyers that will serve rural areas. minority clerkship program to uation Commission. Documented with how to run a court system. improve diversity in the judiciary. verified experience counts.

Kerry J. Having been licensed to practice Yes, I do believe that all persons in None at the present time. I do not favor nonpartisan elections law for nearly 40 years, I’ve had the New Mexico have fair and equal for the judiciary because I believe MORRIS opportunity to represent thousands access to legal assistance and legal that party affiliation is one important Republican of individuals, small businesses, system in New Mexico. There are a factor among many that may be insurance companies, state wide variety of free legal services helpful to the public in evaluating agencies, and many others. My offered to those of limited means judicial candidates. years of experience have provided who otherwise would be unable to me with a broad understanding of a afford legal representation or have wide variety of areas of legal access to the courts. Among the practice.My years of experience many services available to the poor, representing people enable me to in include the public defender’s understand the needs, expectations, office for qualified criminal and concerns of parties who appear defendants and many programs for before the court. non-criminal or civil cases. Voter Guide, Page 9 JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS Eight-year term. Serves as one of ten judges on the intermediate court between the district courts and the Supreme Court. Judges sit in panels of three. Court reviews appeals in all cases, except in criminal cases involving sentences of death or life imprisonment, appeals from the Public Regulation Commission, and cases involving habeas corpus. Must be 35 years old, have practiced law for 10 years, and resided in New Mexico for the last three years. Salary: Chief Judge, $142,697; Judge, $140,797.

How have your training, professional Do you believe that all persons in New What changes, if any, would you Do you favor nonpartisan elections for experience and interests prepared you to Mexico have fair and equal access to recommend to the NM Court of Appeals the judiciary? Why or why not? (65 words) serve on this court? (65 words) legal assistance and the legal system? If practices and why? (65 words) not, what reforms do you support? Please explain. (65 words) Position 1

Zach My experience as a judge and a Unfortunately, no. For civil matters, I Our court is exploring how to use Yes, I believe nonpartisan elections lawyer have prepared me well. Over support the Justice For All Initiative. our limited resources more would benefit New Mexicans by IVES the past year and a half serving on Its basic goals are to ensure that efficiently because additional increasing the independence of our Democrat the Court of Appeals, I have gained every person with legal needs can funding will be scarce due to the judiciary. Ultimately, whether to a great deal of experience doing the (1) access important components of pandemic. For example, I have make this change is a question for difficult work of an appellate judge. our system with or without the help worked on a pilot project involving our Legislature. In the meantime, Before Governor Lujan Grisham of a lawyer and (2) receive potential changes to our calendaring voters have a neutral source of appointed me, I had 17 years of appropriate services, such as system, which is what we use to information about qualifications: experience as a litigator, handing alternative dispute resolution and determine how difficult each case is bi-partisan judicial nominating appeals in federal and state courts representation by a lawyer. For and what resources we will need to commissions. I participated in this and a wide variety of cases in trial criminal matters, I believe we must analyze the case and make a rigorous vetting process, which courts. I also served as a law clerk adequately fund legal representation decision. Modifying this system involves a written application and to Chief Justice Pamela Minzner of for people (defendants and victims) could increase the quality of our interview by all commissioners. The the New Mexico Supreme Court. who cannot afford to pay private decisions and decrease the amount commission recommended me as a lawyers. of time it takes to resolve appeals. qualified candidate.

Barbara V. I was sworn in as an attorney in No. Access to and justice from our I understand some of the reasons No. Judges elected by the citizens October, 1988. I started working legal system is best obtained with appellate decisions take years to be keep the judges accountable to the JOHNSON immediately in the area of Family the assistance of an educated, issued is the difficulty in keeping the citizens. Committees should not be Republican Law, which is a very broad area trained, experienced professional - a attorney clerks that assist the reviewing applications and making involving the parties’ relationships, lawyer. Those that cannot afford a Judges, the Judiciary is not recommendations to the Governor children, finances, assets, liabilities lawyer often represent themselves. sufficiently funded to hire, train and to fill vacancies. Each step of our and at times criminal and other civil We should have more publications keep those attorneys, there are current process allows for input by matters. Although most of my cases available about the various areas of insufficient funds for proper training citizens. However, our citizens are are settled, those that are not are law and more programs making it of new Judges and continuing legal mostly unaware of any process but concluded with a trial. If the trial easier for lawyers to obtain their education for more experienced an election. The Judiciary is an judge decides an issue incorrectly, required credits for representing Judges. Those budget matters equal branch of our government. As the next step is to ask the Court of litigants that cannot afford a lawyer should be examined within the such, it should be created by the Appeals to change the trial judge’s or will represent litigants for a Court of Appeals and addressed to voters it serves - just like to decision, which I have done. reduced fee. our legislators, so our Judiciary is legislative and executive branches. an equal branch. Position 2

Shammara H. I was vetted and recommended by a While NM is fortunate that the Making the court more user-friendly Integrity and confidence in the bi-partisan commission and appoint- courts’ staff, judges, and attorneys for pro se parties is always a election of our judiciary is critical. HENDERSON ed by the Governor. My experience are more diverse than in other challenge. We have been working While judges currently run in Democrat includes all sides of criminal and states, we do not have a perfect on technology changes so that partisan elections, we must adhere civil matters as a former federal and system. While we have many those without attorney-representa- to a very strict Code of Conduct state prosecutor and defense wonderful programs, many New tion have easier access to which prohibits us from being lawyer. My work on civil rights, Mexicans are still falling through the competently move their cases "political" and taking stances on employment law, and personal gaps and receiving inconsistent forward. The Court is also working issues. Voters should take great injury has afforded me a diverse sentencing or punishment when not on ensuring more oral arguments confidence in electing those who career. As an Assistant US Attorney represented by trained attorneys. during the pandemic through virtual went through the bi-partisan under the Obama administration Equitable resources across all means. And, each judge has been nominating process, which I did. It is and clerk for Supreme Court Justice judicial districts and the formation of committed to ending backlog and a rigorous process to ensure only Charles Daniels, I understand how specialty courts across the state are getting the court a stable caseload the most qualified judges are the important work of the courts critical. as compared to historical norms. appointed and have been deemed impact all New Mexicans. qualified.

Gertrude For over ten years I have worked as We are living in unprecedented We have all heard the phrase I favor a process of selection based a trial attorney and prosecutor in times. As we rely more on "justice delayed is justice denied." upon merit to be followed by a LEE both State and Tribal court. I worked technology the issues with access This is true for parties who wait retention election. The process of Republican my way up from an entry-level become more apparent and difficult years for a decision from the Court selection by merit separates the attorney to a Deputy District for those in rural communities with of Appeals. However, the Court Judge from partisan politics while Attorney in Gallup where I unstable housing, limited telephone faces a number of challenges, ensuring he or she is qualified for represented the State in numerous service, and/or no access to the including an increasing docket and the position. I am in favor of jury trials and filed several appeals. internet. To this end, I support limited resources. I would retention elections so the people I continue my work as a prosecutor reforms and projects to improve recommend using available data to always have a say whether to keep in Farmington. I am also the former broadband infrastructure in rural help identify where the appellate a judge or not. Chief Prosecutor of the Navajo communities to make electronic process can be streamlined. Nation where I brought cases before access more available, thus Streamlining the process should aim the Tribal Courts, and managed 10 ensuring that everyone has fair and to decrease the time period it takes prosecutor offices and several equal access to the legal system. to calendar a case and decrease dozen staff. the time it takes to decide a case.

“Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” – Susan B. Anthony Page 10, Voter Guide JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS (continued) How have your training, professional Do you believe that all persons in New What changes, if any, would you Do you favor nonpartisan elections for experience and interests prepared you to Mexico have fair and equal access to recommend to the NM Court of Appeals the judiciary? Why or why not? (65 words) serve on this court? (65 words) legal assistance and the legal system? If practices and why? (65 words) not, what reforms do you support? Please explain. (65 words)

Position 2 (continued)

Stephen P. I have practiced law in NM since I believe all persons in NM have I believe we need more Judges on I do favor non-partisan elections for 1978. During this time I have access to legal assistance, although the Court of Appeals so that cases the judiciary. Party affiliation hinders CURTIS represented clients in hundreds of people and entities who have more are decided more expeditiously. the process and unnecessarily Libertarian cases, including approximately 20 wealth do have better access. I politicizes the elections. I suggest appeals in many different areas of suggest that the entire legal process an open process where anyone who law. should be streamlined and made to obtains the requisite signatures be more efficient and, therefore, should be on the ballot. less costly.

Position 3

Jane B. I have been an appeals lawyer in We are not providing all persons in I was recently appointed by the I believe that New Mexico has a New Mexico representing people New Mexico fair and equal access Governor to serve on the Court of good mix of an initial partisan YOHALEM from every corner of the State to our legal system. Years ago, Appeals. The number one concern election followed by a non- Democrat before our Court of Appeals and based on my briefs and arguments, has been the speed of decisions in contested retention election. A Supreme Court. My career began our Supreme Court interpreted New the last few years. I am pleased to judge must approach each case on as a civil rights lawyer representing Mexico’s Children’s Code to require report that the Court has eliminated its specific facts and apply the law children with disabilities and have the State to provide services to the backlog. I would like to look at fairly to those facts. At the same represented indigent families in every New Mexico family whose the Court’s priority system to be time, voters have a right to know termination of parental rights cases children are taken into State sure it is working as intended to whether a judge shares their values for many years. I have been counsel custody, regardless of background. effectively prioritize time-sensitive and their understanding of the role in over 400 appeals, resulting in We need to better fund our hard- appeals, including those of our courts play in our democracy. It more than 100 published decisions pressed legal services and public incarcerated individuals and appeals is appropriate to have the initial advancing the law of New Mexico. I defender offices so they can meet which affect children. vetting of judicial candidates be by have been found qualified by the the need for quality legal the voters in a partisan election. Judicial Selection Comm. representation.

Thomas C. I have been qualified to be In theory, all persons are equal The Court of Appeals is a hard I do not favor nonpartisan elections appointed district judge 3 times by before the Courts and the law. In working Court, but with a very high for the judiciary, because the party MONTOYA the Judicial Nominating Commis- practice, many people cannot afford caseload and limited resources. To affiliation of a candidate is a public Republican sion. I have devoted my 39 year a lawyer, which creates a great address this problem will require record in any event, and because career to the field of family law, disadvantage, even if the opponent additional personnel and additional the public has a right to know such which covers a very wide variety of also does not have a lawyer. For funding. party affiliation, as one factor in all the civil laws which arise in those this reason, the New Mexico deciding for whom to vote. cases. I have chaired Supreme Supreme Court should consider Nonetheless, in decision making, Court Committees which promul- mandatory, rather than voluntary, under the law, a judge may not gated statewide rules for family law minimum legal services by lawyers permit political affiliation to influence and domestic violence cases. I have to be provided to those who cannot the judge’s judgment. written, lobbied and obtained afford a lawyer. sponsors for over 30 statutory enactments in family law to address solutions to family law problems.

“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” – Winston Churchill Voter Guide, Page 11 STATE SENATE DISTRICT MAP Page 12, Voter Guide NEW MEXICO STATE DISTRICT OFFICES STATE SENATOR Four-year term. Represents district in the NM State Senate, which has 42 members. In odd-numbered years, the legislature meets for 60 days; in even-numbered years it meets for 30 days. The Governor may call special sessions. In addition to other duties prescribed by law, senators enact “reasonable and appropriate laws,” represent the constituents in their districts, and serve on standing or interim committees. Candidates must be at least twenty-five years old and must be a resident of the district from which elected. No salary, but reimbursement of $167 per day (winter) and $192 per day (summer) plus mileage at the federal reimbursement rate while in session or at interim meetings.

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 9 – Sandoval, Bernalillo

Brenda Grace We need better paying jobs, here in I support an additional one percent I believe we must continue to follow We must fully fund education and Senate District 9. Our district has so from the Land Grant Permanent the leadership of Governor Michelle make sure healthcare is a right for MCKENNA much to offer--small businesses, Fund to support early childhood Lujan Grisham, who is making children and their families: Every Democrat renewable energy, local foods and education programs. These science-based decisions. We can family who wants it should have agriculture, and more. We need to programs--such as home visitation, control our fate here with simple access to high-quality home work with businesses to train and childcare, and PreK-- will improve rules: wear your mask, practice visitation and PreK, K-12 education, retain workers and make sure they outcomes for children later in life. social distancing, and avoid large and higher education. Education is have healthcare, sick leave, and gatherings. We owe it to frontline the best way to move the needle on childcare, especially because of the workers, immune-compromised childhood and economic well-being, impact of the pandemic. individuals, and senior citizens to for the long-term. stay safe.

John Stahlman To support the oil and gas industry, I am not in favor of tapping the I would like to see greater pro-active Our state has been investing money and at the same time, invest in permanent funds to any degree. measures and participation by the in our education system for many CLARK renewable energy. We can kindle The state must learn to operate on state legislature to develop and years, and yet we continue to hold a Republican the economy by promoting the State a planned budget. implement laws that would better failing national report card. School of New Mexico as the #1 retirement protect the people and the economy choice is a favorable option, and state in the country, remove the tax of New Mexico during unprece- has been proven to raise grades, on social security, and reform the dented times such as this. There ensure student safety, promote Gross Receipts Tax. Also, increas- must be prevention plans in place parental satisfaction and involve- ing funding to economic devel- that will ensure that our state is ment, design instruction tailored to opment agencies would stimulate healthy, both physically and fiscally. the student at their own individual businesses throughout the state. The key is the balance of both, and level, and will provide options for We must address government it is imperative that we protect our low income families to attend any overspending and develop a citizens from the virus while keeping school of their choice regardless of realistic overall budget that works our state economy open for their economic status or location. for all New Mexicans. business. State Senate District 10 – Bernalillo

Katy M. Supporting our small businesses Yes. I do not think that we should One of the keys to our success has There are many steps that need to and developing innovative ap- do anything to threaten the corpus been a commitment to listening to be taken to increase child wellbeing DUHIGG proaches to economic development. of the fund, I do support using a medical experts and making data- in NM, but a big one, especially Democrat Small businesses are the life blood larger percentage of the interest the driven, evidence-based decisions given the challenges posed by of any economy. I will help our small fund generates to fund immediate whenever possible. We also need to Covid-19, is to make sure we do not businesses recover - and grow - by economic needs. take that approach to crafting balance our budget on the backs of getting incentive and recovery funds solutions for our small businesses, our kids. I will fight all attempts to into the hands of those who truly so that we are protecting New cut funding for education and early need it. I will also invest in job Mexicans’ health, and their liveli- childhood education and care. I will development and training, and fight hoods. I commit to working with our also fight against cuts to health to diversify our economy and make business community and economic system improvements, which help New Mexico a leader in renewable experts to address the needs of our build skills and provide opportunity energy. small businesses, while continuing for kids and families, and also keep to follow the science and protecting workers employed throughout the New Mexicans’ health. state.

Candace Thompson Supporting a stable economy is one NM’s permanent land grant fund is The current policies of personal I believe there are many great of the most important respon- commonly misunderstood. Created responsibilities are said to be the things about being a kid in NM. GOULD sibilities of our state legislature. A by NM’s founders in 1912, its best ways of curbing the spread of Unfortunately, we still consistently Republican more balanced crafting of policies to purpose is to provide funding for COVID 19. I support social received poor rankings in certain support our small businesses and education funded from extractions, distancing, frequent hand sanitizing areas. I see this firsthand through attract new business is vital to our mainly oil and gas. Knowing that it and wearing a mask when out in my 14 years working with foster economy’s success. NM’s legis- would be tempting to raid, it requires public. To improve our current kids. NM state government role is to lature has been controlled by one approval by the legislature, the policies, I would bring consistency create an environment that allows party for 90 years and our policies people and Congress to tap the so that everyone has the same rules for every parent to be able to feed reflect that. Common sense fund for other expenditures. NM is a to remove confusion. Policies need and care for their children’s needs. I regulations and policies should be financially volatile state. The fund to allow people to provide for their have been working to provide the crafted with the best ideas of all provides stability for educational families while balancing a COVID infrastructure for safe neighbor- parties coming together to create needs for us and future generations. safe environment. hoods, quality education and good family sustaining jobs for all New I do not support spending more jobs Mexican’s. principle. Voter Guide, Page 13 STATE SENATOR (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 11 – Bernalillo

Linda M. During this time of COVID-19, NM’s The monies that are in the The leadership provided by Since 2019 we have begun to invest economy has been hurting. As we permanent fund are needed to keep Governor Lujan Grisham has kept state monies into our education LOPEZ continue to lower the infection rate, our state’s education system fully NM in the lower COVID-19 positive system (early child thru 20). We Democrat our economy will slowly recover. funded. We need to fund not just case numbers. I support the have invested in the Dept of Health, Coupled with the pandemic, the k-12, but also fund the early care decisions made. NM must move signed more New Mexicans into price of a barrel of oil dropped that is so necessary to provide cautiously as we re-open our Medicaid and SNAP. We have put drastically. We will have less money opportunity for our families. I have economy and schools. monies into many departments to to fund our government operations voted in favor of Joint Resolutions provide support for many of our with for the 2022 fiscal year. We that would tap the permanent fund. communities. We must be careful to could consider raising the PIT for not cut support programs for our those earning above $100K/year, families this 2021 Legislative but, we also need to sit with the Session. Governor to discuss this and other options she may have.

Marylinda A. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED PRICE Republican

State Senate District 12 – Bernalillo

Gerald P. We have to get off our oil addiction, Yes, I do, with prudent safety valves Unreliable Federal policies make it Reducing poverty is the key to a roller coaster that makes genuine and periodic reviews. The key to our hard to maintain the effort: unem- improving the situation for kids here. ORTIZ y PINO economic planning difficult if not economic future is our work force, ployment benefits and moratorium Educational achievement, health Democrat impossible. To do that I favor a so I view investing in education at on evictions are likely to expire status, family dissolution, nutrition, gradual (over 3 years) process of all levels as the very best before Congress and President can housing and mental health all are reducing the amount of oil revenue investment of the permanent fund find a compromise. That will create linked to poverty and are the used in the annual operating we can possibly make. For twelve havoc in NM. Finding dependable measures Kids Count uses to rank budget, shifting those revenues to years we have consistently source of testing, ventilators and states. Martinez-Yazzie gives us a one-time spending for capital and under-funded PPE is a priority. And finding clear directive: get serious about special projects. To replace it in the creative ways for supporting educating our minority kids (who operating budget I would revisit our restaurants and small businesses comprise 2/3 of our students). 2004 decision to cut hundreds of that can’t stay open as normal will Improving employment oppor- millions from Personal Income tax, make our recovery much smoother tunities, retraining our work force, reconstructing a graduated income and more likely. Reopening schools raising the minimum wage and tax system. has to be done cautiously. reforming our tax system will help

Lisa In two years, General Fund The Land Grant Permanent Fund is Thankfully, the spread of Covid-19 Resolve to solve the problem. spending has increased $3.1 billion. providing the majority of educational seems to have been brought under MEYER-HAGEN We owe it to New Mexicans to cut funding and distributions must be control. However, emergency Republican unnecessary spending and maintained at the current level to powers held by the Governor should eliminate unnecessary programs preserve the fund for future be limited by time and impact on the that do not benefit all New generations. No, I do not support State. It is understood that in times Mexicans. During this challenging tapping further into permanent funds of crisis swift and immediate economic time, it is imperative to to fund immediate economic needs. decision making is necessary but an exercise fiscal responsibility, These challenging economic times indefinite timeline, of unilateral accountability, and resolve to not are an opportunity to cut wasteful decision making with the input of the increase taxes. spending before considering legislative body, is unacceptable spending away our children’s future. irregardless of who is in office.

State Senate District 13 – Bernalillo

Bill B. We need to move away, Yes, I do favor the tapping of We need to continue to follow our For 3 years I worked closely with dramatically, from our dependence permanent funds, but in a Governor’s leadership, which is incarcerated juvenile offenders as O’NEILL upon oil and gas revenue to meet responsible and prudent manner. simply, and effectively, “to follow the Executive Director of the NM Democrat our annual budgetary demands. We Certainly the economic science”. Compare our current Juvenile Parole Board. I know simply cannot count on it, and we circumstance that we are facing situation with neighboring states like firsthand the problems of too many shouldn’t. In a typical year it is 40% right now is dire. I have confidence Texas and Arizona? While not of our kids face. We need to of our state budget revenue, which in our Legislature’s ability to come where it should be, we are heading continue to improve our high school of course is wonderful to have , but up with a reasonable plan to take in the right direction, and I support graduation rate, and so too our the boom/bust nature of this funding advantage of these permanent our current policies and applaud our investment in early childhood source is not sustainable. We need reserve funds without compromising Governor for her political courage in programs that really took shape in to do serious tax reform (Gross the financial integrity of the funds making these tough decisions. the last regular legislative session. Receipts & Personal), as well as themselves. There is plenty of room for develop our alternative energy improvement, obviously. But I do sources. So too with the taxation of feel as if our state is headed in the legallized marijuana. right direction. Page 14, Voter Guide STATE SENATOR (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 13 – Bernalillo (continued)

Frederick J. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED SNOY, II Libertarian

Michaela M. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED CHAVEZ Republican

State Senate District 14 – Bernalillo

Michael Continue diversification of our Support additional distributions for I fully support current actions being I have already taken significant economy into a mix of high growth education at all levels, to include taken. It is important to me that action in this area, as I grew up on PADILLA industries (focus on manufacturing), early education, as I sponsored the healthcare professionals be the foster care and the All Faiths Democrat bellwether industries, and innovative legislation that created the Early decision makers related to Receiving Home. Was successful in forward thinking new concepts and Education and Care Department, COVID-19. At the same time, the creating the the Early Childhood strategies. Support our small and additional distributions to state should be opened up as goals Education and Care Department, business owners through instate support K-16 public education. To are achieved. I support the current passing the Hunger Free Students’ purchasing preferences, and rapid include safeguards like minimum administration wholeheartedly, Bill of Rights, now under consid- response support services for small value of the fund or additional because of the results seen. We will eration in 37 other state legislatures, business. Make funds available to distributions would stop, and never know if the current actions are and have passed multiple pieces of help students creating intellectual sunsets to study actions taken overbearing, but we would know CYFD child protective services property at our institutions of higher before they can continue. For six immediately if the reaction was to reform, including Foster Care to the learning so they can remain in NM. years I also sponsored the little. Age of 21, Foster Care by Other Become a world leader in high additional distribution legislation to Family Members, and Out of Home speed Broadband. fund early education services. Activities For Foster Youth.

Mary Kay At this time, with the current deficit No. We must stop indiscriminate The current policies in this area are Parents and families are the and unknown economic future, I spending first. not balanced and are causing a backbone of New Mexico’s society. INGHAM believe that we must stop any new huge economic disaster in our state. We need to support and encourage Republican spending and halt any new parents and give them the freedom, programs. It is time for us to tools, and choices they need to care sacrifice and we should promote a for their children and help them variety of industries in our state, not thrive and prosper. to exclude any current industries.

State Senate District 15 – Bernalillo

Daniel A. 1) Extend State Ethics Commission The permanent funds are an We need clearer laws regarding We need to get serious about jurisdiction to all public officers in investment. As we rebuild our authority during a crisis. We also intergenerational poverty, about IVEY-SOTO the state. 2) Improve educational economy, the permanent fund may need to maintain public health improving expectations, about Democrat outcomes. 3) Reduce the level of be used to fund investments that will safety while promoting opportunities investing in quality of life, and about GRT taxation. 4) Promote continued pay off over time, but should not be for small businesses. We also need having good jobs that make staying criminal justice reform. used to fund current operational to figure out how to get children worthwhile for young people when expenses. back in school in a way that keeps they graduate. them safe, especially in the younger grades.

Sandra B. Supporting a stable economy is one New Mexico’s permanent fund is The current policies of personal There are many great things New of the most important commonly misunderstood. Created responsibilities are said to be the Mexico offers our children. RAUSCH responsibilities of our state by NM’s founders in 1912, its best ways of curbing the spread of Unfortunately, we still consistently Republican legislature. A more balanced purpose is to provide funding for COVID 19. I support social received poor rankings when crafting of policies to support our education and is funded from distancing staying at least 6 feet compared to other states in certain small businesses and attract new extractions, mainly oil and gas. It apart by all New Mexicans, frequent areas. New Mexico state business is vital to our economy’s requires approval by the legislature, hand washing and sanitizing, not government role is to create an success. NM’s legislature has been a vote by the people and approval touching your face and wearing a environment that allows for every controlled by one party for 90 years by Congress to tap the fund for mask when out in public. To parent to be able to feed and care and our policies reflect that. other expenditures. NM is a improve our current policies, I would for their children’s needs. I would Common sense regulations and financially volatile state. The bring consistency to remove address the need for a solid policies should be crafted with the permanent fund provides financial confusion. More work needs to be infrastructure for supporting safe best ideas of all parties coming stability for educational needs for us done to allow people to provide for neighborhoods, quality education together to create family sustaining and future generations. I do not their families while balancing a and good jobs. jobs for all New Mexicans. support spending more principle. COVID safe environment. Voter Guide, Page 15 STATE SENATOR (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 16 – Bernalillo

Antoinette We need to transition out of reliance Yes. Our permanent funds are there Our Governor has been following We need to increase the quality and on royalties from oil and gas, which for the people in the state of New the relevant science as it emerges. I the quantity of social services to Sedillo LOPEZ currently funds a large chunk of our Mexico and should be invested in support her decision-making. Bus- address issues presented by Democrat government, including education. our people, not Wall Street. I inesses and schools should demon- poverty, addictions, and violence. This source of funding is extremely supported 1% for early childhood strate that they have both the We need a coordinated community volatile. It also creates incentives to education. In our current economic capacity and the willingness to response to these issues to ensure support this industry at the expense client this investment might also protect their employees, customers, that all children are healthy and of our environment. We need to include, K-12 and higher education. students. I would support additional safe. Our education system must be encourage clean energy jobs, with funding to ensure that our schools robust and well-resourced. We need wind, solar and thermal. We need to have the capacity to limit the spread to ensure that children have the support small businesses and we when they open up to in-person opportunities they need to thrive. need to educate our work force to education. I would increase public We need to offer more parent create goods, in clean education and continue the trans- education about parenting and to manufacturing jobs, the arts, and parency about new cases, deaths, help them have a better life to share technology and recoveries. with their children.

Chelsea Ann We need to start cutting regulations I am not in Favor of tapping into the I think we need to start moving We need to start spend our on businesses and make New permanent funds, in a greater forward into the next phase. Our 3-billion-dollar education budget on FLANDERS Mexico business friendly. New degree. When you start taking away economy is just going to continue to our students instead of admin- Republican Mexico is a great place to live. We the permanent fund. You get less in decline unless we start having istration. Allow our teachers and now need to make it a great place interest, which is what we usually businesses open up. With busi- parents to decide what is best for for businesses. We also need a are using. So it would be a snowball nesses partially closed it also the children at their schools. better criminal justice system that effect and we’d have to continue effects the amount of money our keeps criminals behind bars. dipping into the permanent fund. We state brings in. Money that our need to work on our current budget. budget is relying on.

State Senate District 17 – Bernalillo

Mimi Increase investments in local small The Land Grant Permanent Fund is I strongly support the Governor’s We know what children need. It’s a businesses to help them restart and restricted to fund educational needs, leadership. We must wear masks, matter of passing the right STEWART thrive, and keep working to make and K-12 in particular. We need to practice social distancing, and abide legislation to create programs that Democrat more jobs available in key industries be cautious with this Fund, given by rules established by our state’s we know work. PreK and K-5 Plus like wind and solar power and local the economic downturn. We also best public health and medical are proven programs that create food production. have a new Early Childhood professionals. There is no place for better outcomes in lives for children. Endowment Fund, seeded with politics, when it comes to the We also know that children and their $300 million, which we passed pandemic. People’s lives are at parents need to be healthy and earlier this year, which will go risk--first responders, senior have the food and services they exclusively to early education citizens, and everyone else. need to succeed. programs like home visitation, childcare, and PreK.

Rodney D. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED DESKIN Republican

State Senate District 18 – Bernalillo

Bill In order to have a more stable This fund is dictated by legislation to Because of the Governor’s leader- We must address poverty. Improv- economy we need to diversify our only be used for education. I favor ship, we have not experienced the ing educational opportunities for our TALLMAN economy and become less reliant increasing the amount by an high number of deaths and cases of residents is key. I would advocate Democrat on oil and gas and government amount not to exceed one half of our surrounding states. I would, for smaller classes, increased funding. Therefore, I would promote one percent. This limitation is due to however, support an increased parental involvement, better support the solar industry since we have an the fact that the vast majority of amount of transparency in the of our educators, and high-quality average of 293 days of sunshine investment experts recommend that expenditure of emergency funds. pre-school programs. We need to and our vast open spaces make it the annual distribution from The US has experienced the high- elevate the status of the teacher ideal for solar and wind energy permanent trust funds not exceed est number of COVID-19 cases due profession in order to retain and projects. Also, I would promote the 5%. Currently the distribution rate is to our failure to universally follow attract the best teachers. Studies tourism industry which has great about 4.3 percent. The Land Grant best practices recommended by the provide evidence that teacher potential to attract folks to the state Permanent fund is not a rainy day medical experts. If more states had quality can have a very substantial with its unique culture, low cost of fund, as it was established to imitated the leadership of our impact on student achievement. doing business and exceptional provide consistent and reliable Governor, we would be much closer outdoor opportunities. funding for education. to approaching “normal” by now. Page 16, Voter Guide STATE SENATOR (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 18 – Bernalillo (continued)

Michael S. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED CORDOVA Libertarian

Ryan Alexandra NO RESPONSE RECEIVED CHAVEZ Republican

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent Racial and income inequalities have What are your major concerns regarding Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is become important social and economic education in New Mexico and how can words) currently allowed, to fund immediate issues. What actions should the they be addressed? (65 words) educational or economic needs? Please legislature take to address and resolve explain your answer. (65 words) these issues? (65 words)

State Senate District 19 – Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance

Claudia M. The way to stabilize our economy is There is a time and place for To address our economic and social Funding and effectiveness are my to decrease our reliance on the everything and I believe, in the inequalities we need to raise the top concerns. Unstable funding can RISNER boom-or-bust cycle of the fossil midst of this great time of need for minimum wage; provide healthcare be remedied by basing our state’s Democrat fuels industry by diversifying our New Mexicans, it is the time to tap to all regardless of their employment revenue on steady and reliable economy. We must create a busi- into our permanent funds to ensure status; create legislation that streams, which means diversifying ness-friendly economy that nurtures the economic safety of our state. defends human rights and improves our economy and becoming less small, local businesses and in- Our small businesses need assis- conditions for the incarcerated, and dependent on oil and gas. creases revenue in other industries tance to fully reopen in compliance provides support for successful Effectiveness can be improved by such as tourism, outdoor recreation, with safety requirements. Our reintegration; retrain our police to hiring more full-time teachers, film, aerospace, and renewable teachers and schools need exercise due process; and create raising our educators’ salaries, fully energy. We must improve our additional resources to ensure our specialized task forces that focus on funding full-day Pre-K, streamlining education system to build a skilled students have the opportunity to mental illness and homelessness in admin functions and putting more workforce and provide them succeed at virtual learning. Frugal the community. We must strive to money in the classroom, engaging healthcare, a living wage, and other use of our funds is an investment in eliminate systemic racism in New families and communities in learning benefits to encourage them to stay. a more resilient future. Mexico. and strengthening vocational ed.

John Douglas We can move to a more stable No. Once the precedent has been There is no action the legislature The national ranking of New Mexico economy by taking full advantage of set to tap the permanent funds should take outside of making speaks for itself. I believe we need MCDIVITT our greatest assets: incredible there will be a never ending series certain that state government isn’t much more competition in Liberatarian weather and the natural beauty of of “needs” that will require funding. guilty of these same inequalities. education. Competition always our state. We should be doing Permanent funds will cease being results in better outcomes and lower everything we can to attract retirees, permanent once they are costs. I strongly believe that tax small businesses and promote exhausted. dollars should follow the student. tourism. To do this will require The parents should exercise control intelligent tax policy changes. I over how that money is spent recommend scrapping the onerous relative to the education of their gross receipts tax in favor of a children not some bureaucracy. I minimal sales tax to be applied to non-food goods ONLY. We should would encourage more charter offer generous tax incentives to schools as well as parochial and businesses which relocate to New private schools. Mexico.

Gregg William NO RESPONSE RECEIVED SCHMEDES Republican

“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Voter Guide, Page 17 STATE SENATOR (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 20 – Bernalillo

Martin E. We need an economic moonshot The world is resetting economically We can support safe reopening by Good data consistently support post-COVID, retooling our economy and we can’t go back to a pre-covid keeping risky activities closed, and universal early childhood education HICKEY away from boom and bust cycles of state of affairs. We must utilize our investing in small businesses that as a direct path to positive long-term Democrat oil & gas. We should support our rich reservoir and water our parched must pivot in our new reality. Our outcomes for New Mexican families. strengths: agriculture, a growing and dying economy. We can bottlenecked government services In healthcare, we learned that tech industry, and film. Let’s selectively invest in universal early must pivot as well, for instance data-driven case management was harness our advantages including childhood education and utilizing licensing and MVD must go virtual essential for better outcomes. closeness to Mexico for nearshoring our excellent community colleges to and online. For future outbreaks, we CYFD, our school, criminal justice, and our solar/wind energy potential. push for trade and degree need complete PPE, an identified and workforce solution systems We need to solidify our foundation completion. Our economy cannot "reserve" of adequate tracers and should be better connected enabling with better educational outcomes -- grow without nourishing it and the always have in storage the most up better snapshots of families in crisis universal early childhood education time is now when things are bad to to date rapid tests and reagents. and where they need support. and completion of unfinished infuse small business, build Our vaccine roll-out should optimize Finally, we need to rebuild and degrees (24% of New Mexicans) -- broadband, and support lab tech re-opening such as prioritizing support access to behavioral health and small business investment. transfer with investment. teachers. for everyone.

John C. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED MORTON Republican

State Senate District 21 – Bernalillo

Athena Ann NM needs a triple bottom line Yes. The fund was established over NM did an excellent job creating Our children are our future. Let’s stance on its economy: people, 100 years ago and has grown private-public coalitions and a ensure good education and care CHRISTODOULOU planet and profit. We deserve clean enough to tap. More importantly, we universal COVID-19 healthcare begins early. This means engaging Democrat air, water, and soil. As a tech need to invest in our citizens’ system. When everyone shared, the parents right after a child’s birth, entrepreneur and senator I would education and transition to clean donated, and contributed across providing universal preschool, and develop coalitions toward a clean, energy, now, so there IS a good racial, ethnic, political and socio- creating a robust public education diverse, and 22nd century-focused future. Honesty, transparency, and economic boundaries we, New system focused on the basics and economy. We will need to be evidence-based decisions tempered Mexicans, met and defeated an STEAM. Teachers, parents, and friendlier to small businesses, by compassion can still save us. We insidious enemy virus. This is the students need to be included in the have great natural resources perfect time to "pause and reflect." upgrade our broadband decision-making processes. The besides minerals and fossil fuels. That same focused and universal communications statewide, and We have human resources who action will soon need to be echoed care and focus we used in COVID focus on our tourism, film, space, now need bolstering and in addressing the impending climate to protect our elderly needs to turn beneficial electrification, and tech encouragement to step up to their calamity and New Mexico has the to our youngest now. Poor and transfer industries. full potential. Invest in our opportunity to be the same island of uneducated is for developing future...citizens. hope. countries, not New Mexico.

Mark David NO RESPONSE RECEIVED MOORES Republican

State Senate District 22 – Bernalillo, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, Sandoval

Benny NO RESPONSE RECEIVED SHENDO, Jr. Democrat

Susan E. Currently our state is suffering from I totally disagree. I understand our I believe that we should concentrate Unfortunately we continue to rank so many loss of jobs because their state is going through a hardship on assisting the areas that are last in education and top in crime. I AGUAYO livelihoods have been taken away but I believe we can find another mostly affected and not sacrifice the believe that is because we are not Republican from being able to support their way from now till end of the year on areas that are well and need to putting our chickens in order. I families. Which in return not only putting our economy back on track. continue to work and support their would point out the history and has it affected having more We currently risk the chance by families. I would advise to open up culture that is offered for our homelessness but also the effect of tapping now and then continuing to businesses and allow them to be children is not easily found mental health. I am looking to help tap again. Our current shortfall is so responsible to limiting an average of anywhere else. those people who are desperately in large by tapping to the permanent people as well as preparing for need of services to help them get funds and our reserve won’t be the social distancing. back on track. solution. Page 18, Voter Guide STATE SENATOR (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 23 – Bernalillo

Harold James The time is now for New Mexico to Yes. Our families, small business The Governor acted early and We should be fully funding early move to a more diverse economy owners, and industries have been decisively in order to save lives, childhood education and providing POPE, Jr. and transition into the future. We severely impacted by the COVID-19 relying on scientific advice from more support to our families. The Democrat must move to renewable energy pandemic. We have already public health experts and medical creation of the Early Childhood sources as well as the manu- stepped up as a state to provide low professionals. This was accom- Education & Care Dept will improve facturing of components and invest interest loans but we must do more plished without a national plan or academic achievement, develop in small businesses, entrepre- to help these businesses survive strategy coming from the White social skills, and providing support neurship, and the leveraging tech this pandemic and save jobs. We House. Going forward we must to our families as well as being an transfer from our Nat. Labs and should make smart targeted promote policies that continue to economic driver. Without the proper universities. Industries like aero- investments in not only the decrease the spread of COVID-19 investment this will never space/aviation, bioscience, cyber- at the same time addressing the materialize. This is but one area, we security, advanced manufacturing, businesses that are being impacted value added food processing, and but we should be making disparities facing many in our must also address clean water renewable & sustainable green investments in order to create new community like hunger, unemploy- access, childcare, housing, industries must be part of the jobs and industries to get us out of ment, healthcare, homelessness, broadband, healthcare, tax reform, portfolio. this economic hole. and access to broadband. wages, and paid time off.

Sander We must diversify our economy to In the 2020 legislative session I Initially, in order to address the By reforming our public education lessen our dependence on the co-sponsored Senate Bill 3 which uncertainty and need for action to system and assuring all children RUE volatile oil and gas industries and requires the State Investment deal with the pandemic immediate access to comprehensive and Republican the federal government. We as Council to commit the lesser of action was necessary. It now seems continuous health care. The legislators must empower the $400 million or 10% of the value of certain that our responses must legislature also needs to act on private sector economy to grow and the severance tax permanent fund address a longer time frame and criminal justice reform that assures prosper through comprehensive tax for "small business recovery loans". more rapidly changing conditions our families will be safe and secure reform and elimination of onerous I felt this was necessary and an than originally imagined. That being in our homes and communities. and counterproductive rules and appropriate use of this permanent the case, it is time for the Governor regulations. fund to aid our economy by getting and legislature, working together, to small businesses back on their feet develop longer term strategies to and people back to work. address both public health and economic recovery plans necessary to put New Mexicans safely back to work. State Senate District 26 – Bernalillo

Jacob R. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED CANDELARIA Democrat

Manuel Making sure equal distribution No, the current allotment along with - no response - Many issues affecting the future and based on economic activity and tax the millions of dollars give in federal destiny of our kids such as crime, a LARDIZABAL income production by county be aid is enough for know. failing education system, and Republican implemented. Faze out unconsti- poverty. It forces a child to function tutional spending in both the from a place of limitations, so they mandatory and discretionary spend there childhood life trying to portions of the budget. Making sure get there needs met, and doing that oil production continues safely. things to survive instead of living a There would be a loss of approx- productive childhood life. We need imately 142,000 jobs and New to tackle crime, restructure the Mexicans would earn approximately education system and create new $26 billion less in household income opportunities to create wealth in if fracking is not available to New Mexico. produce, This would bring more devastation to New Mexico. State Senate District 29 – Valencia, Bernalillo

Paul A. 1. Look at Education as Economic Yes, I believe the permanent fund is I support the efforts of the current I would properly invest in education, Development by properly investing a rainy day fund, we are in the administration that has been expanding investment in pre-school BACA in it. 2. Expand the movie industry in middle of a storm. I believe that we successful in slowing the spread of and early childhood education. I Democrat New Mexico 3. Legalize recreational should utilize the permanent fund to the virus, including the efforts to would invest in the expansion of cannabis 4. Expand investment in properly invest in education and responsibly open schools and technical and vocational training renewable energy My approach is build a strong education system that business as well as the mandates programs. If we do not invest in making a short term investment for would help attract industry and jobs for face protection and social education to the level that is long term returns on investment, to New Mexico. It is foolish for us to distancing. I would encourage needed, we will not see New Mexico taking our focus off of our reliance continue down the same road of not further investment and looking at, in move forward. on the oil and gas industry which utilizing resources available to us in particular, business sectors and has proven not to be a stable, order to create a more robust helping them to return to a new reliable source of revenue for New education system and a more stable model of operation, with input from Mexico economy. business owners who are dealing with the challenges on a daily basis.

Gregory A. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED BACA Republican Voter Guide, Page 19 STATE SENATOR (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Senate District 30 – Valencia, Cibola, Socorro, McKinley

Pamela M. First, we must defeat COVID-19 and I support an amendment to draw an Healthcare needs must be met New Mexico’s children face the build back our economy, focusing additional 1% per year from the across the small towns and rural highest rate of childhood poverty in CORDOVA on resilience and the communities Land Grant Permanent Fund to fund communities in our state. I support the U.S. and a lack of strong social Democrat hardest hit by the virus. New early childhood education programs. fully funding Medicaid to serve support and community resources. Mexico’s people are our most Studies show a high public return in those currently eligible and to Our state needs to address poverty valuable resource, and ensuring early investments in childhood leverage additional federal dollars; through economic development and that economic opportunity and programs including a more medical loan forgiveness programs worker protections that make sure prosperity are shared will help educated workforce, less crime, and for all healthcare professionals who we reward hard work with economic strengthen our communities and a stronger economy. practice in rural areas; and stability and prosperity. We must create economic stability. We must improving broadband for Telehealth also ensure that education dollars continue to invest in public edu- technology to give rural access to are being used on teaching and cation, empower workers and specialists. I will also champion a student services, and invest in ensure fair competition in the Medicaid buy-in program for New community resources to support marketplace, and invest in develop- Mexicans. families and childhood development. ing new, growing economic sectors.

Joshua A. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED SANCHEZ Republican

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent Racial and income inequalities have What are your major concerns regarding Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is become important social and economic education in New Mexico and how can words) currently allowed, to fund immediate issues. What actions should the they be addressed? (65 words) educational or economic needs? Please legislature take to address and resolve explain your answer. (65 words) these issues? (65 words)

State Senate District 39 – Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Torrance, Lincoln, San Miguel, Valencia

Elizabeth “Liz” This all will need to take place over I have voted for both of these We must continue to address Small class sizes; adequate several years - new revenues from measures in the past - permanent poverty and literacy in our state - bilingual and multilingual teachers STEFANICS an equitable standard. (i.e. hybrid funds for early childhood education Broadband and IT services around and staff; appropriate compensation Democrat and electric vehicles; renewable and permanent funds to benefits our the entire state. Racial inequalities levels; broadband around the entire energy after installation and long small businesses. Any use of the in our state cover many different state; IT supplies and services term utilization). Legalize and tax permanent funds should be groups, African American, Jewish, where needed; improvement of marijuana after careful judicious and a small percentage of sometimes Hispanic, sometimes facilities; and upgrades of school consideration. Expand sustainable the interest not the corpus. Mexican, immigrants, Asian, etc. infrastructure (water and sewer). tourism throughout the state. Task forces are complementary in Initiate new support for all of our nature but are not statutory and Review and retire tax exemptions rural llibraries. long lasting. Address educational and credits that do not benefit New inequalities, public safety standards, Mexicans. health and human services, and more in every piece of legislation that we consider.

Joseph C. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED TIANO Republican

State Senate District 40 – Sandoval

Craig W. UNOPPOSED BRANDT Republican

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato Page 20, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT MAP Voter Guide, Page 21 STATE REPRESENTATIVE Two-year term. Represents district in NM House of Representatives, which has 70 members. In odd-numbered years the legislature meets for 60 days; in even-numbered years it meets for 30 days. The Governor may call special sessions. In addition to other duties prescribed by law, representatives enact “reasonable and appropriate laws,” represent the constituents in their districts, and serve on standing or interim committees. Candidates must be at least twenty-one years old and be a resident of the district from which elected. No salary, but $167 per day (winter) and $192 per day (summer) plus mileage at the federal reimbursement rate while in session or at interim meetings.

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 7 – Valencia

Santos Manufacturing our own goods. We yes if in times of extreme need the If the Policies are working lets keep I would first disagree with the survey have an agriculture gold mine of State Government must use from up the momentum promoting. I do that New Mexico is last as a good GRIEGO opportunities to generate revenue. these funds that were created and not believe by imposing stricter place to be a kid. Myself growing up Democrat Cattle, Dairy, Wind, solar. We need approved by New Mexicans to enforcements will necessarily in New Mexico and now an adult to not be dependent on others for shore up the shortfalls. After all we encourage people to do the right don’t believe nor do consider that our survival we have strong, edu- are all in this together! This is our thing. although we are a country of claim valid. Good Places is where cated, motivated ingenuitive people State Government and it must work law and order. we make the best of what we have. that has and will continue to create for us. New Mexico has an abundance of a stable economy that takes into good places to be a kid. The many respect for peoples safety, pro- great hard working dedicated tection of our environment living people of this great state makes us wages and benefits for the the best places to be a kid. employees. instituting and perpet- uating existing Apprenticeship pro- grams.

Kelly K. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED FAJARDO Republican

State Representative District 8 – Valencia

Paul Matthew Invest in renewable energy, wind & In general, we should not use the The state has done a good job, -More tapping into land grant fund solar because after a few years, it principal of the permanent fund better than most, at containing earnings to invest in early childhood KINZELMAN pays for itself. With all our sun, we which would make it not permanent, COVID-19 so the only thing I could education -More support (like Democrat should be exporting power to other but right now we have a fiscal think of would be trying to get childcare) for low income working states. Change our tax structure to emergency due to COVID-19. When people to take the issue more families to better support quality be more progressive including your house is on fire, you may need seriously. Perhaps there could be parenting - Listening to the reducing taxes on retirement and to use some of your retirement some way for big companies that disenfranchised population and social security income, to attract nest-egg that you would normally are still open, like Walmart, who develop an action plan from input retirees to the state. Support not use. However, we should also could subsidize smaller businesses from those sectors of the population research in emerging energy and look at structuring a loan from the that are closed. that have been disenfranchised, energy storage technologies, permanent fund instead of a direct largely the Native American and especially thorium reactor research. expenditure. Latino populations. It does not have the waste problems that uranium reactors have.

Alonzo NO RESPONSE RECEIVED BALDONADO Republican

State Representative District 10 – Bernalillo

G. Andres Support for our local, small We must increase the disbursement New Mexico has limited the spread We must take a holistic approach to businesses needs to be the priority from the Land Grant Permanent of COVID-19 by listening to and this issue. New Mexico children ROMERO for economic stability in the state. Fund to appropriately fund early following the guidance of the need well qualified and well trained Democrat We must continue to foster childhood education and our K-12 scientific community. It is crucial we educators from prenatal through to relationships between our schools system. By making an early continue to listen to what the college/career. We can do this by and local businesses/industries to investment in our children and emerging science is telling us about increasing the distributions from the work with and train our students for families, we will provide a firm the virus. We must continue to ramp LGPF. New Mexican families need employment opportunities. foundation for all New Mexicans to up the state’s testing availability, stable, well paying jobs. We must Establishing a firm school to career thrive in their lives, their education, reduce the wait time for test results, continue to expand the state’s pipeline in the state will benefit and as productive citizens. By support our rapid response teams career technical education services students with the skills needed for a having home visitation available for and bolster our contact tracing for students and support job post graduation career and will all new parents, universal pre-k and capabilities. retraining for adults. Also, all New benefit local businesses by more in-class resources we will Mexicans need a good, clean providing a steady stream of well raise the quality of life for all New environment to live and raise our trained local employees. Mexicans. families in. Page 22, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 10 – Bernalillo (continued)

Dinah Glenda For starters, open New Mexico and No. As a permanent fund its there I would support continued use of New Mexico is ranks dead last resume normal business routine. as a long term asset and should not updated information, data, because because we don’t put our VARGAS be considered for budget shortfalls. therapeutics, vaccines, and children first and certain and we are Republican hospitals. I support careful study of now considered a trafficking state, all Covid-19 NM data. I DO NOT thanks to Zorro Ranch. Everyone support any over reach of knows about it and does nothing. government.

State Representative District 11 – Bernalillo

Javier I. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED MARTINEZ Democrat

Adrian Anthony Implement the tax payer bill of I would work closely with SIC to - no response - there are many issues faceiing our rights, this would encurage national figure out how we could do so children in our great state to start TRUJILLO, Sr. businesses and local entrepreneurs responibly as well as pursue every we need to improve our education Republican to invest. Recruiting out of state avenue to ensure that our people system APS is largest independent businesses to invest in NM would are taken care of, if there is a way school district in the U.S. and be a priority and could be done by to provide more for the most should be held to a higher standard. highlighting everything NM has to vulnerable; all options should be on Investing in tele-comminication and offer; 300+ days of sunshine, open the table. internet infratsture for even the most spaces, and tourist industry. rural areas of NM to ensure every student as access equally to curriculum and research portals. makeing sure our children are safe by implementing laws to keep those who would harm a child behind bar

State Representative District 12 – Bernalillo

Brittney Aileene Especially because of the COVID I support tapping the Land Grant I am a strong supporter of Governor I’m a firm believer in starting earlier. pandemic, we need to start right Permanent Fund to fund early Michelle Lujan Grisham’s The data shows that programs like BARRERAS now to build back up all of the childhood education, like home science-based leadership. Masks PreK and K-5 Plus create better DTS mom-and-pop shops that make the visitation, childcare, and PreK. and social distancing help outcomes for children. Ninety South Valley so special. That immensely. We must flatten the percent of brain development means additional grants and curve so that the elderly, first happens by the time you are five low-interest loans, as well as responders, and teachers are years old. If we are to move our support for the South Valley’s young protected. state up in the rankings, we have to entrepreneurs who want to start start when children are young. their own business.

Art We’ve great people, climate, inter- I believe that the permanent funds The legislature can pass legislation The State must partner with local modal transportation systems, and should be left in tact with the that would ensure that revenue is governments to coordinate and De La CRUZ no natural disasters; yet, overlooked exception of an absolute State or adequate to safeguard readily and invest in aspects affecting children Democrat by national and global business National emergency. However, easily accessed COVID-19 testing, in the areas of socio-economic, seeking to expand. We must create interest generated beyond the timely results and contact tracing to education, and health care. By inducements and become serious principal amount of these our residents. Additionally, the supporting minimum wage in- contenders globally. Keep our post permanent funds could be legislature can pass law that creases, lives of children are made secondary graduates in NM by considered for use in a very narrow supports the Governor in efforts to better physically and psychologically passing a State-sponsored student and limited basis. Its’ use would be fund, buy and maintain medical when their parent/s have jobs that loan program with 0% interest if recommended by the legislature and supplies and PPE in reserve and to pay a living wage. I support Pre-K. graduates agree to work in NM, approved by the Governor. be made available to the population To ensure children have adequate leaving results in a 1-2% interest when needed. nutrition during non-school months, rate. Staying in NM creates needed State and Federal government must economic energy and synergy feed children eligible for free and enhancing State and local revenue. reduced lunch. Voter Guide, Page 23 STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 13 – Bernalillo

Patricia A. Raise wages to $15/hr., paid family Yes, and the Pandemic further I believe the best way to support the We have already begun to address leave; reduce incentives to confirms this. The amount will successful practices instituted by this problem under a new adminis- ROYBAL CABELLERO corporations irresponsible in their depend on a number of factors such our Governor and her adminis- tration. We recognize the vital Democrat use; create long term, sustainable as the Oil & Gas revenue recovery, tration, is to stand strong and united importance of early childhood edu- jobs with living wages with benefits how much support we can expect behind what we’ve seen to be cation, child development programs beneficial to families such as paid from the federal government and proven practices. I would support and strategies from pre-K & in family leave, affordable healthcare; what we can use to invest in our more contact tracing capabilities child-care by creating & institu- skills & professional development own future economic recovery such as hiring in higher numbers, tionalizing an Early Childhood promoting upward mobility & higher needs. These factors will help deter- particularly, in hot zones likely to department in state government. We mine budget gaps and how much wages; invest in renewable energy re-flare. And without a doubt, have to offer cultural & language we can leverage resources for industries & technologies of the relevant teaching and offer Ethnic investment priorities, such as in explore more innovative and future; support home grown skills development and small busi- effective ways to mass test. NM Studies from Pre-K-12, social & start-ups and incentivize small ness loans. These investment should lead in this area due to the health services, food security, physi- business development & expansion. priorities result in a stronger high numbers in our tribal & Latino cal & art teaching, social/ emotional Diverse industries are key economy with increas communities. And continue to & mental health counseling, en

Kayla Renee NO RESPONSE RECEIVED MARSHALL Republican

State Representative District 14 – Bernalillo

Miguel P. UNOPPOSED GARCIA Democrat

State Representative District 15 – Bernalillo

Dayan “Day” M. New Mexico must prioritize diver- Yes, after we have fully leveraged In order to continue to successfully The Legislature must continue to sification of state revenue sources the availability of federal CARES fight the virus, New Mexico needs to invest in New Mexico’s children by HOCHMAN-VIGIL to in order to stabilize our economy. Act funding, first. Once we know concentrate on contact tracing and appropriating additional funding for Democrat In addition to continuing to support that information, we will have a rapid testing availability to all New education, including early childhood the renewable energy and film better idea as to how much more Mexicans, even if they are education and development. We industries, we can further diversify funding is needed to save New asymptomatic, as it becomes more must also support New Mexico our economy by legalizing recre- Mexico small businesses, assist accurate and scientifically-sound. families with access to vibrant ational marijuana and supporting families and individuals, and keep We also need to continue to careers that offer living wages, other developing industries such as our economy afloat. We have improve waiting times between test healthcare that covers pre-existing ecotourism, sustainable agriculture, already tapped the New Mexico execution and result notification/ conditions, whole family support STEM-based education oppor- Severance Tax Permanent Fund as initiation of quarantine. New (including access to childcare and tunities, manufacturing and com- part of the New Mexico Small Mexicans also must continue to home visiting), and further economic mercial space development. We Business Recovery Act in the 2020 wear masks and practice social diversification of state revenue must also re-evaluate our taxation special session to continue to prop distancing to reduce the spread of sources so as to ensure such system. up New Mexico small businesses. disease. resources are available.

Ranota Q. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED BANKS Libertarian

Ali NO RESPONSE RECEIVED ENNENGA Republican

State Representative District 16 – Bernalillo

Antonio “Moe” We cannot afford another 10-year We must double our efforts from the Despite the tremendous hardships I We must aggressively organize our recession. We must invest in human special session with more business support the efforts that have kept us families to embrace home visiting MAESTAS capital, save our restaurants, loans from the STPF. For education, safe. We need to constantly programs throughout the state. We Democrat hospitality & tourism industries, and I strongly support using 1% or more evaluate our virtual classrooms and must fully fund early educational keep graduates here in NM. We can off the top of our $20 Billion LGPF continually improve education and services NOW but using 1% or encourage economic growth & for early childhood services. outreach so we open up more off the top of our $20 Billion investment by reducing barriers to Whether you view the fund as a responsibly. The health order comes permanent school fund for early entry (e.g., liquor license reform), development fund or a generational from very old statutes and needs childhood services. Community facilitating access to capital and equity fund, the 4% annual modernization. It needs guiding colleges should accreditate early education teachers as quickly as assisting young entrepreneurs and distribution for education is too low principles including scientific possible. We must end domestic considering it grows 11% annually. educational campaigns, strategies small businesses succeed. For a violence and pass my Family qualified modern workforce we must We can go higher because the to support small businesses, and Success Lab bill to track poor invest in early childhood education earmarked money we don’t spend increased outdoor recreational families across agencies to ensure & address the concerns of the that year remains in the investment opportunities (especially for children the best outcomes for all of our Martinez/Yazzie plaintiffs. account collecting interest. to fight depression). children. Page 24, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 16 – Bernalillo (continued)

Antoinette Bernice NO RESPONSE RECEIVED TAFT Republican

State Representative District 17 – Bernalillo

Deborah A. We should invest in diverse I support tapping the permanent I fully support the Governor’s Even though the Annie E. Casey economic development. Areas for funds for investment in early actions to address and control the 2020 Kids Count report ranks NM ARMSTRONG development that are a particularly childhood education, as it is one of spread of COVID-19. Going forward, as 50th, we have shown improve- Democrat good fit for New Mexico and worth the best long-term economic I believe we need to increase our ment in almost every category. We maintaining or expanding include investments we can make. In the public health capacity, including must continue on a path that cannabis and hemp, film, tourism, current economic crisis, I would also contact tracing. I also support prioritizes and invests in education, tech and space industries, research, support utilizing those funds for investment in infrastructure neces- access to healthcare and financial small farms, healthcare, and investment in economic develop- sary for schools and healthcare security of families. Unless we renewable energy. Also, infra- ment. I’m not supportive of utilizing providers to fully deliver in a socially address the health, education and structure investment and creating a the funds for recurring expenses distanced environment. This means, social determinants of well-being, friendly and supportive environment that don’t have a significant return among other things, expanding such as poverty, hunger and for retirees and an aging population on investment but investing in broadband, IT systems and Tele- housing, we will continue to lag would be worthwhile. efforts that help our families, health and reconfiguring physical behind the rest of the country in communities and state recover more plants, as necessary. child well-being. quickly are worth considering.

Scott NO RESPONSE RECEIVED GOODMAN Libertarian

Kimberley Ann NO RESPONSE RECEIVED KAEHR-MACMILLAN Republican

State Representative District 18 – Bernalillo

Gail UNOPPOSED CHASEY Democrat

State Representative District 19 – Bernalillo

Sheryl M. Williams Our economy depends on the avail- Using the permanent fund wisely to Our state has taken strong At the heart of this challenging ability of jobs with wages that can make investments can stimulate the measures to restrict the spread of statistic we see a lack of equity of STAPLETON support our residents. That means economy while economists consider Covid-19 that are showing positive opportunity for all our children. Democrat we need to have employment the likelihood that the investment results and we are just learning Often this is connected to poverty, opportunities in sectors that are can provide a solid return on about how the virus can be geography and minority status but growing such as health and medical investment. Using the principles of transmitted through air circulation in there are at-risk students services, IT, administration and ’prudent investment’, permanent closed environments. I would everywhere. I have worked hard in management, and financial services funds that meet immediate continue our current practices and the Legislature to secure funding as a few examples. To prepare a economic needs can stabilize our expand our understanding and and resources for these students workforce for these jobs, we need economy and prevent a downturn guidance on air flow, air (nearly 80% of all New Mexico educational programs that link that potentially cannot be reversed. conditioning, and ventilation in children) and as an educator will career technical education programs general. continue to fight for the promise of with businesses and employers. At all our students. the same time, we need to develop stable revenue streams and a refo

Mark Austin review occupational licensing re- NO. There elements within state I believe the governor has generally Start by reviewing the criteria used. quirements, reduce business hostile government that will not be satisfied done a good job managing Give them a decent education. CURTIS regulation, encourage better envi- until they have spent every cent in however, ( there’s always a Make it easier for their parents to Libertarian ronment for private and charter the permanent funds. The however) the “one size fits all” earn a living. Let’s try to get some of schools so the workforce will be permanent funds were created to aspects of her policies have injured the violent criminals off the streets. I better educated provide for a future when the parts of the state that have very low don’t know. Quit telling them they resources are depleted or, as infection rates or/ long periods can’t succeed without some seems increasingly likely, banned. between positive tests. Do we have benevolent bureaucrat holding their State officials do not have a a follow-up program for those who hand. More taxes, more regulation particularly good record when test positive or do we just carry and more government isn’t going to choosing long term “investments” them as infected until they report produce anything except more often plunking for the popular themselves cured? humanity has a government suppression of hobbyhorse of the day. poor history of curing or even entrepreneurial effort. Believe in treating any corona virus; it will be them. with us for a very long time Voter Guide, Page 25 STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 19 – Bernalillo (continued)

Stephen J. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED CECCO Republican

State Representative District 20 – Bernalillo

Meredith A. To have a more stable economy, we NM is facing what may be its worst New Mexico should continue to use Making New Mexico a better place must diversify. We can do that by economic crisis in history. Current science and data to guide policy to be a child will require attention to DIXON fostering industries that leverage our economic forecasts are predicting a decisions. We should also be all aspects of childhood wellbeing. Democrat states’ competitive advantages, slow recovery and an entire certain to leverage all federal Improving educational outcomes such as aerospace and renewable generation of children may face the funding options and provide our full and access to early childhood energy. At the same time, we must consequences if we don’t act. support for our essential workers, services is critical, but we must also support our existing businesses by Restrictions on the severance tax first responders, and health care ensure that we are supporting our providing access to the tools they permanent fund require it to be used professionals, for instance by children and working families by need to grow, like capital and for investments. There are ensuring adequate supplies of providing access to high-quality physical space. Additionally, we meaningful investments that we can necessary personal protective childcare and affordable healthcare need to critically assess our state’s make in hard-working New equipment. and paying our workers a wage that revenue and should reform the Mexicans, small businesses, and will allow them to put food on the gross receipts tax to level the infrastructure that will help our state table and a roof over their heads. playing field. get back on track and will offer a long-term return on investment.

Michael Eugene Reform Tax Code and NMGRT. Generally, no. I would always prefer I would take into consideration the We must work to reform the And, diversify the economy. cutting unnecessary spending, of increasing number of lives we have education system and make sure HENDRICKS which there is plenty. But if it is for lost and will continue to lose due to that the dollars are getting to the Republican something that the constitution economic insecurity, poverty, mental classroom - not stuck in the allows and if the situation becomes illness, and suicide, and work to administration, which grows more so dire that there is no other way to restore economic freedom and bloated every year while our kids prevent the state from falling into prosperity to New Mexico. suffer. We must reform CYFD to bankruptcy, then I would listen and allow for efficiency and prevention. consider. Lastly, we must diversify our economy to bring in better paying jobs and lift families out of poverty.

State Representative District 21 – Bernalillo

Debra Marie We must ensure small businesses I support a one percent additional We must continue to practice what My top priority is early education. As recover from the pandemic. During draw from the Land Grant the best science tells us: wearing a high school teacher I see kids SARINANA the Special Session, I voted for Permanent Fund to support early masks, practicing social distancing, coming to high school with low Democrat $400 million in small business loan childhood education programs, like and restricting large gatherings. I skills, which makes success difficult. funds. We must continue to home visitation, childcare, and continue to support the Governor’s Getting a good start in education by transition our state from fossil fuels PreK. strong leadership on the pandemic. starting early is a key to student to renewable energy, providing It’s the only way to flatten the curve success. Creating equity in math thousands of new jobs and small and protect the health of our senior and English for students of color business opportunities. We need to citizens and front-line workers. and low- income students in our better fund our higher education public schools is also critical. I institutions so that they can provide sponsored legislation to have new programs related to clean energy by teachers mentor with a master way of new curriculums that will teacher. Better education will train for jobs in clear energy for the produce students who have better future. outcomes in life.

Paul Ryan Remove government interference in I do not favor the government I would allow small businesses to Children need a decent education, the economy. funding any economic needs. reopen and get New Mexico back to and government cannot be trusted MCKENNEY Government interference causes work. Once again those in to do anything well. The first step is Libertarian distortions that inevitably end up government are not looking at the to end the PED and institute causing even more economic side effects of the policies they put universal fully-funded vouchers for devastation in the future. in place. How many suicides have EVERY child in New Mexico. We occurred because people have lost also need to ensure the CYFD and everything they worked their whole the police are using the same life for? How many drug overdoses database when recording incidence have happened because an addict of potential child abuse. relapsed while laid off and suffering Government agencies must from a lack of human connection? communicate to be effective at Unfortunately these statistics will dealing with situations of child never be gathered. abuse. Page 26, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent Racial and income inequalities have What are your major concerns regarding Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is become important social and economic education in New Mexico and how can words) currently allowed, to fund immediate issues. What actions should the they be addressed? (65 words) educational or economic needs? Please legislature take to address and resolve explain your answer. (65 words) these issues? (65 words)

State Representative District 22 – Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Sandoval

Jessica P. I’m a small business owner. My top We must invest in the future of our Eliminating structural racial and I am a former public school teacher. priority is creating new opportunities children. I support a constitutional income inequality requires long-term New Mexico’s students and teach- VELASQUEZ to help us all get ahead. NM needs amendment that would allocate commitment to fairness and justice ers are among the most talented, Democrat to encourage homegrown entrepre- funds from the Land Grant at every level, and across every capable and resilient in the nation. neurship and drive job creation: Permanent Fund for education and sector. State policy should focus on NM’s public schools have been reform taxes, incentivize new busi- economic recovery in the wake of creating good jobs with livable short-changed---and have suffered ness, and modernize infrastruc- COVID-19. However, we need wages, enforcing anti-discriminatory from inadequate funding. We need ture. I will focus on emerging eco- strong oversight and accountability laws in the workplace and in to focus on recruiting and retaining nomic sectors, such as aerospace measures in place, with clear financial systems, increasing access outstanding teachers, expanding school-based health and social ser- and cybersecurity, energy produc- benchmarks to measure progress to affordable high quality healthcare, vices necessary for student suc- tion, advanced manufacturing, and and success. reforming bias within the criminal cess, investing in early childhood digital media and film. Diversifying justice system, creating affordable education, raising salaries for teach- the economy will take time. Decisive housing, and ensuring our tax code ers, and expanding community action today will lead to a stronger is fair for families and small school initiatives. people who can economy tomorrow. business. serve in the legislature are typically wealthy, retired, or are lucky to have flexible, understanding employers OR own their own businesses. NM would benefit from a change.

Stefani NO RESPONSE RECEIVED LORD Republican

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 23 – Bernalillo, Sandoval

Damon B. As we continue to see the volatility Yes. New Mexico has two reserve think our Governor has done an It is essential that we improve of the oil and gas market, it is funds that we can use to make sure excellent job in handling the services to young people in our ELY essential that New Mexico moves to that essential programs such as pandemic. We now need to focus State. First, we need to further Democrat a more diverse economy. The public education and early on helping our community - invest in Early Childhood Education Energy Transition Act of 2019 was a childhood education are funded. I education and business being the programs which give kids the good start, but we need to continue sponsored a bill, which passed, to two most in need - which are now in resources they need to fully function to invest in alternative energy, help provide $400 million in loans to crisis through no fault of anyone in and out of the classroom as they our small businesses out of this small businesses to get them past except our failed national grow older. I also support increased crisis and provide a stable this pandemic. That program administration. I would direct broadband and I am open to foundation so that everyone has appears to be working. resources and streamline any increasing the Working families tax access to quality internet. The latter process we need to help everyone breaks in order to give families will encourage both innovation and get back on their feet. better options. remote working.

Ellis C. Attracting and maintaining small The permanent fund was est- I am delighted that our hospital Educational freedom equals wiser, business will be the backbone of our ablished in 1912 the same year we covid rates are low. However, we happier kids. Education money MCMATH economy. Unfortunately, many have became a state. It’s main purpose must balance our efforts in fighting should follow our children, not Republican permanently shut down due to the was to provide long term funding for the virus with the freedoms we institutions. Vouchers should be lock down. We need to research schools from oil and gas revenues. cherish. New Mexico citizens should issued to parents allowing them to and perhaps incorporate some of The permanent fund was not be vigilant in keeping our choose public, charter, private or the laws, regulations and tax codes designed as a volatile fund and hospitalizations down yet allowed to home-school options. As a kid I in Texas and Arizona as they foster should remain permanent, used only choose whether they want to attend grew up near the banks of the Rio a more business-friendly atmos- as the founders intended. a place of worship, patronize a Grande and camped in our phere. It is my opinion that we business or dine at a restaurant. mountains. There are still great should not increase taxes or things about being a kid in New burdens on small business during Mexico. this time of recovery.

“Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for and defended everyday anew.” – Heinz Galinski Voter Guide, Page 27 STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 24 – Bernalillo

Elizabeth L. As we all know, oil and gas are In general I do, but each purpose I believe the Governor is doing a The most important thing we could extremely volatile. I believe we and each fund must be carefully good job of following science and do is to use a small percentage of THOMSON should move to industries that are evaluated to be sure it is a fiscally protecting the lives and health of the the Land Grant Permanent Fund Democrat more steady and reliable, such as wise move. These are indeed state’s people. I support what has earnings to fund high quality renewable energy including extraordinary times and we must been done and I would essentially universal early childhood education, manufacturing of the “hardware” look at all options to minimize continue to follow the plans. It is from birth through Kindergarten. involved. NM has an ample supply damage to New Mexicans. very frustrating to see New Educating expectant parents in child of sun and wind. We must grow our Mexicans, including some development and parenting classes high tech industry, taking full governmental entities flaunt their can prepare them to be their baby’s advantage of our excellent labs and disregard for the very lives of some first and best teachers. Continue higher education institutions. of their neighbors. Not sure how it with the education moon shot. Tourism is always going to be an could happen, but increased Improve our behavioral health important industry for NM, so we enforcement of mask mandate could system, to be able to help people should continue to invest in it. A help. I prefer to take the cautious with mental illness, alcoholism, and strong education system is a must. route. substance use disorders.

Amy L. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED SMITH Republican

State Representative District 25 – Bernalillo

Christine NO RESPONSE RECEIVED TRUJILLO Democrat

Jocelynn Renee NO RESPONSE RECEIVED PADEN Libertarian

Stephen Reduce gov.waste. Benchmark laws No, studies compared our Warned since 2014. We knew for Children need be loved, be safe, with objectives, clear missions. Pass permanent funds with other states. influenza patients, w diabetes, lung fed, and in environment to learn and VERCHINSKI extractive resources policy. Address We are already taking money today & heart disease, all get respiratory grow. We are all responsible in how Green equity, state programs and fees. needed for future generations. Our distress. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy we support family. Children, with Transition state to organic drilling and fracking, for oil HBOT, was used since Spanish flu. intact families, can get their needs agriculture, food, beverage especially, is coming to an end with Instead we mechanically ventilated. met. Need decent jobs, wages production. Conservation for state some projecting it to happen within 700 dead, more health damaged, an indexed to inflation, so even one building, school construction, less than a few decades. In fact, the economy collapse, is not success. single parent can provide support support new building materials and nation uses more oil than is Researched data, clinical trials, for an entire family. Children’s tech., passive solar heating-cooling extracted annually yet instead of spoke w doctors to confirming health needs coverage where more program. Support film industry, values going up they have gone HBOT saves lives, reduces injuries. than 1 in 10 not covered by tourism, state trail. Moratorium new down reducing income to resource I reported asked gov’t. for HBOT, insurance. Address domestic state road construction, projects like extractive states like New Mexico. technicians, for all the hospitals and violence and divorce court litigation ART. Eliminate social security tax. Permanent funds revenue needs to rural clinics with the high abuse. State must deal with Protect pensions be reevaluated in this light. comorbidity factors. pedophilia with a task force.

Sarah Look to CO, TX, and AZ for busi- No, we have a true need for the NM is a very rural state, with limited NM needs more intervention for ness-friendly tax codes/practices. Permanent Fund, which provides density in comparison to other children that are experiencing abuse RICH-JACKSON Create urban infrastructure to attract base funding for K-12 and university states. While it is imperative to be and severe poverty. We need to Republican workers and families. Support education in NM. Longevity of the proactive and responsible, we must provide a better school experience multi-use complexes to bring in Fund is the key to providing consider the weight of the shutdown for children and include free camps small business and provide support consistent future funding without on people’s emotional and financial to utilize our beautiful outdoor for business startups, including free having to increase taxes on health. I support opening the public spaces. We need to bring in bookkeeping and marketing classes struggling families. If we set the outdoor spaces, especially pools business to NM so parents can at CNM to support entrepreneurs. precedent that it can be used for and campgrounds, with monitored have better jobs that are more More business = more growth. Take immediate needs outside its levels of use. The more we keep stable. Financial stability is a game immediate steps to create a designated use, we will run out of people from being able to be use changer for families and allows top-notch education system, money and have no way to support public spaces and find some parents the mental space to get favorable tax structure for families, our future education. normalcy, the less likely they are to more involved with their children, business, and retirees, and overhaul follow the rules for an extended volunteer at schools, and take time our criminal justice system. period. to just live.

“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.” – Woodrow Wilson Page 28, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 26 – Bernalillo

Georgene UNOPPOSED LOUIS Democrat

State Representative District 27 – Bernalillo

Marian Public/private/nonprofit partnerships Education is key to our future. I I would continue to rely on the best First, no more poor choices. Cuts to implement achievable economic support allowing New Mexicans to medical and scientific advice to made in the past decade were MATTHEWS development projects, leveraging vote on a constitutional amendment guide our actions. I would continue devastating to families, kids, and Democrat state resources as appropriate (e.g., to increase the distribution of to seek to personalize the protocols schools. Good choices: investing in job training, industrial revenue income from the land grant for those in nursing homes and in pre-K, schools, better health care, bonds, marketing); improving capital permanent fund for public education facilities serving disabled persons behavioral health resources, home resources; developing and rebuild- to improve outcomes and oppor- consistent with safety. I would visits for at-risk families, affordable ing technological, organizational, tunities for pre-K, elementary, consider geographical variations in housing. A priority: return and structural infrastructure, middle school and high school some protocols if safe. I would school-based health centers or students; for the retention and including rural development hubs expand the number of testing sites. school nurses to public schools. education of teachers and other and expanded LEDA projects; major Their presence will pay for itself in essential but understaffed profes- More generally, I would prioritize investment in public education, sions; and to provide minimal-cost expanding universal health care reduced social problems. Help with public safety, and health care to community college programs and coverage in NM, improving rural childcare costs for low-income and create a supportive environment for affordable college and post- health care resources, and adding in-school parents. Pay workers a business and people. graduate education. more providers. living wage.

Robert Eliminate the gross receipts tax I do not favor raiding the permanent I do not agree that New Mexico has Nothing works better for making a because it is a business and job funds to provide government entities been one of the most successful place great for children than the GODSHALL killing tax while establishing a with additional revenue that is states limiting the spread of creation of wealth. When you see Republican broader and more equitable taxation basically unaccountable. For the COVID-19. It ranks 22nd best with the good neighborhoods of our system that encourages investment most part, these funds are created 1,018 cases per 100,000, right state, you see good homes, good and business. Create an education from sources of income that may above South Dakota, whose schools, good businesses, good system that rewards success and eventually disappear., so they are economy has been much more health care, and lower crime rates. discourages failure, that allows our meant to provide reliable funding for open. We have to take care of our Our state government needs to very good teachers to succeed at as long as possible. I would economy as well as our citizens and encourage this type of success and what they do so we can create an entertain the idea of returning this we have to ensure that our promote a wealth creation educated workforce that will entice money to the taxpayer and require employees have a safe place to environment, not punish it. With our more businesses to our state. that government seek other revenue work. I am committed to the national labs, research and Re-establish our mining and timber streams so that they are proving to principle that the citizens of a free academic institutions, wealth industries to help diversify our the taxpayer that government state should be persuaded to do creation is not hard but government economy. spends wisely. right and not compelled to do right. needs to get on board.

Jason Morris New Mexico is one of a few states I do not support the erosion of the More widespread testing and Legalized adult use cannabis in that face a double threat. We are a land grant fund. This would require tracing. In 2019, New Mexico was New Mexico is inevitable. The BARKER state with a high concentration of a vote of the people and approval tied at 40th for being prepared for proposed legalization bill should be DTS (write-in) oil-related industries that are seeing from congress to expand the possible disasters, disease out- restructured so 35% of the state a decline in economic activity and beneficiaries. breaks, and other emergencies. revenues are dedicated to public tax collections due to plunging oil This clearly should be a legislative education in the state. Specifically prices on top of COVID-19-related priority. New Mexico would have a dedicating these funds to: Teacher effects and the recession. It’s going much easier time in handling the pay raises, basic instructional to take fiscal responsibility, carefully coronavirus crisis, any other future materials and technology for cuts to newly expanded state emergency for the state, and could classrooms; ensure teaching is government over the last two years, promptly address the social tailored to the unique cultural and and to generate new revenues for injustices policies plaguing our linguistic needs of our students, the state without raising taxes on society - if our state had a profes- including English-language learners the citizens of the state. sional hybrid legislature and that and indigenous communities, and change needs to happen in 2021. after school learning. State Representative District 28 – Bernalillo

Melanie Ann The pandemic has dramatically New Mexico’s permanent funds New Mexico has relied on sound Having been raised here in New changed the landscape of our state. provide more than $1 billion for science and data to drive decisions Mexico, I believe NM is the best STANSBURY We must rebuild our economy while state operations, schools and higher about how to keep New Mexicans place to be a kid. However, as a Democrat protecting the health and safety of education institutions, and serve as safe during the pandemic. In so state that ranks 50th for child our communities. Over the long a nest egg for future generations. doing, New Mexico has succeeded well-being we must address term, our state must diversify its But, in a time when our state is in lowering its transmission rates systemic issues and make economy by leaning into its facing the most significant economic and flattening the curve while other sustained investments in our kids. strengths in science and technol- crisis in generations-a carefully states have spiked. NM must This includes investing in early ogy, ag and natural resources, the crafted set proposals may be continue to follow the science and childhood education, addressing arts and outdoors, and creating warranted to ensure our businesses rely on good data, continue to hunger and housing insecurity, opportunities for our young people and economy can weather the protect frontline workers and those improving our education system, to stay. This means investing in our storm and we can address the basic who are suffering, and work to and investing in the success of our businesses, education system, food, water, housing, and reopen and rebuild our economy families, communities, and public safety, and rolling up our educational needs of our and the businesses that are the economy--which are the foundation sleeves and getting to work! communities during this crisis. backbone of our communities. that enables our kids to thrive. Voter Guide, Page 29 STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 28 – Bernalillo (continued)

Robert Jason Stabalizing the economy begins with I do not favor tapping the Per- I think this question is framed in a Community has a role in a society creating a culture of innovation and manent due to poor management way that doesn’t allow people to ask that is not currently fulfilled, VAILLANCOURT independence. Local and State decisions. Our State Government rational questions about our State’s because we have allowed Govern- Libertarian Governments must be the exam- has raised the State’s budget 21% response to COVID. This question ment to step way outside of its ples, not the exceptions. The idea over the last 3 years, always being automatically assumes that our was proper role and try to solve that Government can pick winners warned that to do so would be one of “the most successful”, when problems it was never intended to. and losers, let’s say in the “Energy” perilous, and yet we should all pay South Dakota never locked down This is a cultural issue that cannot sector of our economy, is not the again, for these these types of people’s civil rights to freely travel, be solved by policies, it needs to be solution, and Santa Fe has proven policies? At what point do we ask to be open for business, or to solved through more community the question, “What if Government that to us taxpayers repeatedly. assemble., and the devastating involvement in our youth, devel- didn’t do it?” Our campaign believes New Mexicans are entrepreneurs effect it has had on our people. This oping a society of mutual benefit so we can help manage better and independents, let’s quit letting outcomes, with fewer dollars and is a conversation that needs to take everyone can flourish, not just a Santa Fe legislate barriers to New less Government intrusion. place, and I look forward to having select few. Mexicans being successful and it. staying in New Mexico.

Thomas Ray NO RESPONSE RECEIVED STULL Republican

State Representative District 29 – Bernalillo

Joy I. New Mexico is the transportation I do not favor tapping the per- I thank the religious, business, and Improving the lives of all members hub amid the five states with the manent funds to fund immediate restaurant organizations that of a family will make New Mexico a GARRATT fastest growing populations; Santa economic needs. We need to developed innovative and safe better place for each and every kid. Democrat Teresa is at the center with railroads thoroughly track state revenue and health practices in accordance with Good jobs with living wages mean and highways reaching into all parts oil and gas performances as well as the DOH guidelines. As schools parents do not have to work multiple of the country. From January to how our businesses come back re-open, we need to have rapid jobs and can be home with their June, in spite of COVID-19, exports online. The Small Business Recov- response teams in place for testing children to a greater extent. went up 11%. The kinds of “meat ery Act passed during the Special students and school staff to ensure Community schools where families and potatoes supply the suppliers” Session drew on severance funds of that potential community spread can more easily access health care, $400 million, demonstrating one initiatives developed in Santa does not create new hot spots. family education and counseling, way to address economic needs. Teresa in concert with Mexico and social services support our kids. Tracking actual numbers through Starting in-person schooling after attract both domestic and January, 2021 we will be in a better Labor Day provides time for schools Finally, I advocate for the return of international businesses. We need position to determine the budget to work out best health and safety high school “family studies” course to expand that entrepreneurial shortfall and next steps for the protocols and to thoroughly prepare that prepare students for future reality in every economic theater. economy. for all learning modalities. parenting.

Adelious First, a bipartisan balanced budget I support responsible spending, not I will not encroach upon measures Every effort we work to achieve is a must. The campaign promises overspending, and meticulously that really work to mitigate the must be with our future in mind not de STITH do not outweigh common sense planning for emergencies. A spread of this decease and will our politics. Leadership must realize Republican measures to curtail out of control well-developed business continuity prepare us for the next emergency. I we are failing our children. I suggest spending. If we do not balance the and succession plan avoids the type strongly believe we need to remove a contract with NM showing the budget, all other efforts will result in of headaches we are enduring the political aspect of this situation. I people leadership is about the fruitless endeavors. Secondly, under the China virus. The leaders would allow businesses to resume business of a prosperous NM, a relieve the business community of of this State have a responsibility to their functions and depend upon all healthy NM, and preserving NM for needless restraints seemingly adhere to the goal and objectives of of us working together for a healthy our future leaders: our children. I will engineered to impede the flow of the fund. Having to tap into the fund NM. Allowing people to be part of ensure all we do passes the litmus business. The government must get now with this emergency shows our the team keeps the team productive test of protecting, educating, and out of the way of private business budget is not thoughtfully planned or and wanting to do its part. allowing our children to have fun. and let them do what they do best: executed. I do not support raiding create revenue. the permanent fund..

State Representative District 30 – Bernalillo

Natalie R. A more stable economy would be The purpose of the permanent We absolutely need to continue I have spent 30 years teaching diversified across multiple industries funds is to provide a stable source policies of transparency, commun- children, and I’ve observed what we FIGUEROA and would build on NM’s resources of revenue in times of economic ication, and interdepartmental all know: children must be safe, fed, Democrat of sun and wind and space. To downturn. New Mexico has a cooperation. We also need to healthy, and learning. That means encourage this, I will prioritize the number of such funds with billions of streamline and connect policy from addressing several factors simul- necessary infrastructure: not just dollars in assets that belong to the the municipal to county to state taneously--food insecurity, inacces- roads and bridges, but also reliable people of New Mexico in perpetuity. levels to ensure that data is sible/unaffordable health care, and high speed broadband to reach all If we are careful to protect the long consistent and timely, that contact inequitable education. By investing corners of the state. An educated term growth of the funds, we tracing is swift and efficient, and in early childhood care and workforce is also a priority for certainly could increase distri- essential workers of all types are education, by connecting whole economic stability, so building butions. How do we do that? By protected. As a teacher, I would call family services across depart- connections between education, setting safety triggers to ensure that for sufficient support and funding to ments--Dept of Health, Public workforce training and industry is the funds cannot drop below get students safely back to school. Education and CYFD--we ensure essential. specific amounts, as well as time that all New Mexican children have limits for increased distribution. the opportunity for a brighter future. Page 30, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 30 – Bernalillo (continued)

Randall K. Mostly, the government needs to No. If there’s one thing the According to the academic research It must be addressed that the goal get out of the way and let government is good at, it’s spending book, Corporate Flight: The Causes is not to "pass the test" (national SOBIEN businesses do what they are best itself into debt that it cannot dig and Consequences of Economic surveys), but to have happy, Libertarian at. itself out of in our lifetimes, and the Dislocation, for every 1% increase in healthy, successful kids. That said, I emergencies have been created by unemployment, we can expect agree with the conclusion, but I the policies of the same government around 37,000 deaths. That was wouldn’t focus much on the metrics. wanting more money. I have a based on 1981 population numbers. When I think of a bad place to be a couple certificates of deposit. I could That 37k figure would increase in kid, what comes to mind is child have spent the money I invested in proportion to the population. NM’s abuse/crime, health, and education. them immediately, but I chose to handling is not a success story; it is NM’s approach to child abuse/crime make it grow. When they mature, I likely to become instead a is pretty lazy. Parents should take can pretend it’s X-mas, or I can let cautionary tale in regards to an active role in their children’s them keep growing and focusing on a singular issue. The education, politics need to stay out. compounding interest. Basically the government’s role should be one of Also, work to ensure access to same holds true here. advising, not of forcing closures. healthcare.

John L. Keep what we have (federal I favor using the severance tax The first duty of government is to This is a bell weather of more jobs/land, oil/gas, agriculture, and permanent fund for that objective, protect and defend - NM got off to a broadly spread issues facing the JONES tourism), make NM attractive for using its disbursement processes good start, considering the State - generational poverty, a Republican investment from multiple clean (legislative obligation) and some of unknowns of COVID-19. Since this narrow economic base, lack of sources (think tanks, manufacturing, the investment policy. The other remains a long term issue, I want to family cohesiveness, poor etc) from inside and outside of NM. three permanent funds, each, have see the Legislature more actively educational outcomes, pervasive We NEED more connectivity and a a unique focus and we should involved in determining the direction violent crime ... to name a few. We reliable, steady source of power. generally leave them alone. The New Mexico takes and providing the start with ensuring safety of the Our strong regulatory environment Educational Permanent Fund (Land budget to do so; that also provides public to live and work, employ a should be modified to be less of a Grant) is the largest fund, and a greater transparency into the strategy to increase economic make work scheme and eliminate component of the investment policy creation of those policies. I’d focus opportunity and outcomes, coupled duplication of oversight that adds no of that fund could focus on attractive on consistent application of science with attacking the source of poor merit to the end state of good, economic recovery in the state. based data to create guidelines on educational results, which includes clean, projects and businesses. social movement and economic supporting stronger family structures recovery. and combating drug addictions. State Representative District 31 – Bernalillo

Julie Ford As a business owner, I understand I would use the funds to provide It is essential that our healthcare I have chosen to raise my three the importance of rebuilding our investments for small and local workers and physicians have the children in New Mexico as I believe BRENNING economy. I will fight for tax breaks, businesses, particularly those proper PPE, funding, and support there is much good and potential Democrat low-interest loans and stimulus affected most by COVID-19; create they need to take care of critical here. But there is also work to be packages that go directly to thousands of jobs and educate our patients. We must also continue to done. As a researcher, my policies businesses in need. New Mexican’s children by supporting the Pre-K ramp up testing and contact tracing. will get to the roots of the problems: must continue to diversify the state’s program; and support a just Our hospitals are filling up quickly supporting, empowering and economy. Continued dependence transition fund that invests in New with people from out of state and sustaining families. This includes on oil has proven fatal to the state. I Mexico’s renewable energy industry. this will require extra funding and eradicating domestic violence, strongly support economic diver- resources. It is also essential that empowering parents in children’s sification by endorsing new, small, healthcare in NM be accessible, academic success, providing and local businesses; growing tech high quality and affordable for every behavioral health services for firms; hemp growth, production, and single New Mexican. addiction and mental health and sale; film industry expansion; and lifting families out of poverty. renewable energy. Families must be strengthened.

Steven Ray This is the biggest issue facing NM I do not advocate the use of Our Governor deserves a solid I raised my kids in the Four Corners for the coming decade - how to permanent funds for annual grade for her efforts to contain the and they turned out wonderfully. PENHALL maintain essential services without expenses, but we are in the midst of virus. New Mexico’s handling of the This can be a great place for kids if Libertarian raising taxes or fees. We must a 100-year crisis that has the economic, civic and family issues we make the effort. Again, planning define what essential services and potential to devastate our economy. deserves a failing grade. Our and budgeting for effective edu- departments are (and aren’t). We We should take the short-term steps politicians use of the crisis to cational and recreational programs are clearly spending lots money of necessary to mitigate the critical promote personal and political in a nonpartisan way is key. ineffective programs or we wouldn’t damage to families and businesses. agendas cannot be allowed to be at or near the bottom of the list How that is accomplished is an continue. We must bring the legis- for crime, education, child welfare, open question depending on the lature, education, public entities, etc. These choices will be difficult legislatures desire to make sig- and business to the table when but one of the biggest challenges to nificant changes to programs and critical decisions are made, and all leadership effectiveness is the the budget. must have a voice. All state laws, courage to make those decisions policies and rules must be followed and act.

William R. Oil and gas revenues with their NO! The revenue comes from Allow small businesses to open with Crime-stop court catch and release. corporate income tax is about half of royalties on our State lands. Oil and the same restrictions as big box Make a safer State by holding REHM our budget revenue. NM is the #2 gas contribute 90% of the yearly stores. As entrepreneurs, they are felons; swift prison sentence, or Republican producer of oil in the US. They will deposits and one day will go away. consistently creative by changing court diversion. Last session I for the foreseeable future be a large Public Schools receive 85% of the their business model in order to passed bills increasing penalties for contributor and we must support this yearly distribution. K12 accounts for adapt to the times. If given trust, criminal use of firearms-felon in industry. We must reform our tax about 45% of our State budget. . If they will find ways for safe business possession of a firearm and using a code and become a more business the distribution is increased by 1/2 operation. Small businesses are the firearm in the commission of a friendly state. Violent crimes are percent in ten years there will be backbone of our economy and crime. Exposure to violent crime costly to our economy-on the victims $1.5 billion less. NM does not have should be respected in the same harms a child’s emotional, psycho- who survive-earning, physical & replenishment rules for the manner as the large conglomerates. logical and physical development emotional tolls, significant cost to permanent fund so the worry is that Daily business are permanently and they are more likely to have taxpayers. Our K12 education if used, these funds will not be closing. These closed business difficulty in school, abuse drugs or system must be improved to attract replenished, which will deplete the adversely affect NM’s economy-tax alcohol, suffer depression, and business. corpus of the fund. collected and employment. engage in criminal behavior Voter Guide, Page 31 STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent Racial and income inequalities have What are your major concerns regarding Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is become important social and economic education in New Mexico and how can words) currently allowed, to fund immediate issues. What actions should the they be addressed? (65 words) educational or economic needs? Please legislature take to address and resolve explain your answer. (65 words) these issues? (65 words)

State Representative District 43 – Sandoval, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe

Christine Improve our public education Revenue volatility undermines This challenge must be approached For a variety of social and economic system and vocational training reliable, consistent funding sources on many different fronts:minority reasons, too many New Mexico CHANDLER programs to create a workforce and for educational initiatives. A small and rural populations must receive children begin their educational Democrat labor pool to support a sustainable percentage of the interest on the educational opportunities equal to experience without the foundation commercial sector. Maintain and Land Grant Permanent Fund would their peers in more affluent areas, necessary for them to succeed.To create adequate infrastructure , allow sustained support for including narrowing the technology support these children, the State including strong internet capabilities, education and early childhood gap;new criminal justice strategies must continue to advance Pre-K necessary to attract businesses. programs. The Economic Recovery that include police reforms;limited and early childhood programs that Diversify the economy, for example, Act tapped into the Severance Tax reliance on incarceration,and have been shown to promote not by supporting clean energy Permanent Fund to invest in New expanded diversion and alternative only student success in school but initiatives, legalizing adult use Mexico businesses impacted by the sentencing programs;social welfare, also life outcomes. cannabis under strict controls, pandemic. Efforts such as these will behavioral health and drug developing a strategy to draw a reap long term benefits for the treatment initiatives;and support for manufacturing into our economy. State. families through paid family leave and childcare.

David E. We need to make New Mexico more No. Tapping them now to support The same actions we need to take Since top-heavy government attractive to business. My priorities overspending by government will to achieve a more stable economy, schools have failed to meet the HAMPTON involve reforming our tax code, make the income they produce such as tax reform, improved requirement of providing sufficient Republican improving education, and reducing unavailable to future generations, education, and reduced crime, will education to all students, the crime. I support replacing gross damaging education and other help address and resolve racial and Legislature should make receipts tax, which unfairly burdens programs in the future, and income inequalities. We need to educational choice available to small businesses, with a sales tax requiring higher taxes to make up enforce current legislation which parents, and the money allocated to that applies to finished goods only. I for the shortages. I do support supports equal opportunity and education from the State Budget support reducing government creative use of the permanent funds ensure that all New Mexicans have should follow the student. This spending to enable lower taxation which will not deplete them, like equal access to the opportunities would especially help rectify and remove our reliance on making portions of them available that a stable and prosperous education inequalities like those we severance taxes from fossil fuel for low interest loans to small economy would provide. see in the Navajo Nation and in extraction. I support amending catch businesses. lower income communities. and release to exclude violent offenders.

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 44 – Sandoval

Gary J. My first priority would be to review I approve tapping into the I believe we need national First, I want to attract 1,000 highly the LFC and the House permanent funds to a certain degree legislation, so policy can define the qualified teachers to our schools. TRIPP Appropriations Committee to focus on wholly educating our roles of the federal and state Second, I believe we need to adopt Democrat consideration to help diversify New future: early childhood education, governments during pandemics. If a K-12 Financial Literacy curriculum Mexico’s economy. I believe we can their social, emotional, and physical there is a conflict between the and use it to educate both children diversify and grow our economy by well being for quality and safe federal and state government then and families. Families and children eliminating the Double Tax on education, and to preserve and the Judicial Branch should reside in poverty need to understand their Social Security, approve the sale of recruit high quality educators by over the disagreement if it goes to role as a worker, consumer, and recreational marijuana, truly pioneer offering competitive compensation court. I think we need to stay actor in the economy. Third, we solar and wind energy, and work packages. persistent wearing masks in public, need to improve early childhood with counties on single sales taxes continue ample testing, and education accessibility and make vs. GRT when recruiting businesses creatively support business. pre-k available to all New Mexico to our state. In turn, these various children. Last, we need to review installations will lessen our CYFD systems and their strategic dependence on oil and gas money. plan.

Jeremy B. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED MYERS Libertarian

Jane E. Stable economies are based on No. The permanent fund was Continue to support both the Los A child’s life is shaped by the business growth and spending; not tapped under the Richardson’s Alamos and Sandia Labs in their ’PARENTS’, the environment and POWDRELL-CULBERT government welfare. I will continue administration which equal to ap- research efforts as well as support educational system. NM has spent Republican to support and introduce legislation proximately 1 BILLION DOLLARS. medical awareness legislation that billions of dollars to improve to enhance businesses of all sizes, We need to re-asses how our small will better educate NM citizens education, I believe it is time to and vote against legislation that businesses are taxed under the regarding COVID, and support a examine parents’ lack of caring on harm existing businesses and tax to current economic environment. A well thought out plan on how it is education. In NM, Rio Rancho is death our small businesses total tax forgiveness for certain size enacted. constantly ranked as one the best throughout the state. Tax reform will businesses is in order. Remember, places to raise a child. The go a long way to stabilize the NM small businesses are the backbone ’PARENTS’, education system, and economy. I will also continue to of this state that include veteran, law enforcement all respect one work, support, and introduce legis- ranching and farming. This would another and work together to make lation to improve NM infrastructure help a great deal with the recovery it a safe place for their children. as in the past. of our economy and keep our small Utilize Rio Rancho’s education business community in business. system as a model for the state. Page 32, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) State Representative District 49 – Catron, Socorro, Valencia

Gail UNOPPOSED ARMSTRONG Republican

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent Racial and income inequalities have What are your major concerns regarding Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is become important social and economic education in New Mexico and how can words) currently allowed, to fund immediate issues. What actions should the they be addressed? (65 words) educational or economic needs? Please legislature take to address and resolve explain your answer. (65 words) these issues? (65 words)

State Representative District 50 – Valencia, Torrance, Santa Fe, Bernalillo

Matthew The need to diversify our economy In the recent special legislative High-quality, public education We need more classroom resourc- away from dependence on the oil session, we passed the Small should be available to everyone, es, more respect for our educators, MCQUEEN and gas industry is critical. We have Business Recovery Act to put the and we need to continue to work to and universal broadband access, Democrat made significant strides in some Severance Tax Permanent Fund to overcome and eliminate racial and including in rural communities. We industries that will recover when the work for New Mexico’s small low-income inadequacies in our are likely facing a budget crunch in pandemic subsides. New Mexico is businesses. I also support increas- educational system. We should the coming year, and as we work to a leader in film and television ing the payout from the Land Grant restore progressivity to our tax code balance the budget-which we are production. We have tremendous Permanent Fund by just 1% to pay so the wealthy pay a fair share. And legally required to do-we must tourism resources, including in for universal early childhood we should legalize recreational protect the education investments outdoor recreation. As we work to education, which would preserve the cannabis, the criminalization of and gains we have made in recent improve our healthcare system we corpus of the fund while bringing which disproportionately affects years. will also attract more retirees to the transformative change to New people of color. These are a few of state. Finally, we have incredible, Mexico. many important steps that need to largely untapped potential in tech be taken. businesses.

Jerry D. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED GAGE Libertarian

Christina L. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED ESTRADA Republican

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 57 – Sandoval

Billie Ann We MUST diversify our economy so Yes, especially because of the I will support the work already done, As a teacher I see the struggles that we are less reliant upon oil and economic situation in which we find because it’s good work. We are very families go through every day. It is HELEAN gas. The fluctuations in revenues ourselves. The COVID-19 pandemic fortunate to have government that is critical that we address child Democrat from oil and gas prevent us from has created a situation that is working diligently to ensure that we well-being on many fronts. First and stabilizing. I will work to help NM to untenable. Thankfully, our pred- make it through this pandemic with foremost, we must improve our diversify into renewable energy ecessors established a way for us to our health and well-being intact. I economy so that working families sources that we can sell to see our way clear through this would like to help develop policy have access to good, high-paying neighboring states, as well as other emergency. It is critical that we that would make New Mexican’s jobs that will help them support their revenue sources to help balance the support New Mexicans by respon- livelihoods more sustainable during children. Second, we must provide budget long-term. sibly using these funds to shore up any future, similar emergencies. I mental health and family care our state until we are able to would also like to work very resources, so that families have stabilize the economy post- deliberately on resources that have everything they need to provide a pandemic. been in short supply, such as food, loving and safe environment for financial, and childcare assistance. children. And, finally, we must continue to improve education.

“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” – John F. Kennedy Voter Guide, Page 33 STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 57 – Sandoval (continued)

Jason Carl Currently, our economy’s three We’ve heard this song before. I support wearing masks and My hometown of Rio Rancho is the largest economic sectors are Former Governor Bill Richardson practicing physical distancing to exception to that rule. We’re HARPER government (a whopping 25 raided the Permanent Fund for prevent the overloading of our routinely rated one of the best Republican percent!), healthcare, and oil and more education dollars for 10 years, hospitals. But with the current places in the US to raise a family. gas. We need to do better. Namely, and failed to move the needle on restrictions, we must ask ourselves That’s why my wife and I decided to we need to diversify. By reforming student achievement. Now the if the “cure” is worse than the raise our family here. The rest of our tax code, we can recruit other funds pay out much less than they disease. Is it fair that big box stores NM can learn from the great things types of businesses to our state. I could have, had they been left are open, while mom and pop Rio Rancho does, including our high have been spearheading real whole. They are called “permanent” stores are shut down? Is it fair that performing schools (even though we reform, proposing changes to our funds for a reason! These funds government workers still get paid, receive nearly the lowest funding gross receipts tax. Not only will this now contribute about $1 Billion a while the poor can’t even earn a per student). And no community has level the playing field for small year towards education AND they living? Elected leaders must lead by greater respect for our Police business to compete fairly with the save each NM family about $1000 example, and when the Governor Officers! We’ll keep building on our big companies, but it will also lower in yearly taxes. Let’s not kill the sent out her people to buy jewelry, it successes, while improving where taxes for all New Mexicans! goose that lays the golden eggs. set a very poor one. we need to. State Representative District 60 – Sandoval

Joshua Nathaniel UNOPPOSED HERNANDEZ Republican

State Representative District 65 – Sandoval, Rio Arriba, San Juan

Derrick J. Reliance on oil & gas has created I have supported and will continue Our Governor and administration As a legislator I have pushed our current financial strains. Time to support tapping the Land Grant have established policies and educational reforms to ensure our LENTE has come to emphasize Permanent Fund to assist with procedures that have, without a children’s ability to acquire a quality Democrat diversification of New Mexico’s educational needs as a long term doubt, saved thousands of lives in education. My numerous pieces of revenues. This includes welcoming strategy for the improvement of our New Mexico. I will continue to legislation to address the findings in and enhancing new industries like children’s preparation to become support the executive and her team the Yazzie/Martinez v. New Mexico clean energy, expansion of college and career ready. I am not of professionals in their battle lawsuit will continue to push our agriculture opportunities, aerospace, so certain if I would support using against Covid-19. state to make the necessary tourism, advanced manufacturing, permanent funds to address investments to ensure our children film production with expansion of immediate economic needs. are prioritized and protected. our administrative and federal government presence.

Phillip D. Create a long term plan for financial If I was elected today, I would favor Ensure our plan, policies, and Show the nation that our Great stability. Look at our assets tapping into the permanent fund to procedures are frequently looked at State of NM is a good place to be a SALAZAR currently and see what we can do to assist all New Mexicans with the and changed to accommodate kid. New Mexico is unique with all Republican improve. Develop a budget that pandemic we are facing, whether whatever it is we are facing. The aspects of living. We have the foot entails assistance for Small it’d be financial assistance for small Covid-19 pandemic opened a lot of of the Rocky Mountains, beautiful Businesses and Mom and Pop businesses or for family assistance. eyes because no one had or has lakes and hunting grounds, unique Shops. Create more jobs for our any idea on how to handle it. I grounds, parks and forests, and people. would recommend educating, beautiful desert land. All within 6 training, and exercises. hours or less from border to border. Let’s get NM on the map for good things.

State Representative District 68 – Bernalillo

Karen C. My first priority is to move New I do favor using funds from our land I continue to support Governor I am in favor of continuing to Mexico to greater use of renewable grant permanent fund to fund early Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Covid-19 expand home visitation, parent BASH energy and the manufacturing to childhood programs and educational mandates and would like to see the education and early childhood Democrat support solar, wind, and thermal. At spending in the state. This would economy open as soon as it is safe programs for all children in New the same time we need to continue require a ballot initiative to amend to do so. I would like to streamline Mexico. We need to seriously our oil and gas revenues in an “all the state constitution. However it applications for loans to small address our widespread food of the above” approach. The state would free up money now used by businesses as much as possible to insecurity and housing emergency. should seek to encourage the general fund for these make sure they stay afloat, while We cannot address child well-being investment by high tech companies. expenditures and would allow the still requiring the use of masks and without addressing poverty in our state to invest more in small all safety precautions state, especially in rural and tribal business relief and ongoing state areas. programs. Page 34, Voter Guide STATE REPRESENTATIVE (continued) What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent New Mexico has been one of the most Nationally recognized surveys consis- Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is successful states in limiting the spread tently rank New Mexico last as a good words) currently allowed, to fund immediate of Covid-19 and in ramping up hospital place to be a kid. How would you address economic needs? Please explain your care and testing. What specifically, would this problem? (65 words) answer. (65 words) you do to support and improve current policies? (65 words) State Representative District 68 – Bernalillo (continued)

Giovanni NO RESPONSE RECEIVED COPPOLA Republican

State Representative District 69 – Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Valencia, Socorro, San Juan

Harry We need to invest more in our small Yes, but just on the interest. We The governor has done a great job. New Mexicans know that in many business. We need to support should never touch the principal and I would encourage everyone to ways, our state is a great place to GARCIA industries that are growing like we need to have strict oversight on support the health guidelines and raise our kids. But for too long, Democrat solar, wind, and agriculture while how this money is spent. These tell people to encourage others to poverty and underfunded schools also protecting our fossil fuels. We funds should go to urgent priorities do the same. We all have a role to have held our kids back. In the past also need more workforce training like schools and early childhood play in protecting our neighbors and few years, the legislature has made programs to help attract and speed education where it can be used as containing the virus so that we can historic investments in education the growth of new industries. an investment in the future of our begin to reopen. I will continue to and health care for children and state. support initiatives to protect small families. As a state, we need to businesses until we are out of this continue to make this a priority and crisis. ensure that our investments are effective and improve child well-being.

Roy NO RESPONSE RECEIVED RYAN Republican

What are your priorities to move New Do you favor tapping the permanent Racial and income inequalities have What are your major concerns regarding Mexico to a more stable economy? (65 funds, in a greater degree than is become important social and economic education in New Mexico and how can words) currently allowed, to fund immediate issues. What actions should the they be addressed? (65 words) educational or economic needs? Please legislature take to address and resolve explain your answer. (65 words) these issues? (65 words)

State Representative District 70 – Torrance, San Miguel, Santa Fe

Ambrose M. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED CASTELLANO Democrat

Nathan M. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED DIAL Republican

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” – John Quincy Adams Voter Guide, Page 35 PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSIONER Four-year term. Member of five-person commission that regulates the utilities, telecommunications, and motor carrier industries. Also oversees pipeline and fire safety. Must be a citizen of the United States and reside in the district he/she represents. Must also certify that he/she has ten years of specified professional experience or combined professional experience and education in an area regulated by the commission. Elected by district. Districts 1 and 3 are up for election this year. District 1 encompasses parts of Bernalillo and Sandoval counties. District 3 includes a part of Sandoval county as well as counties in North Central New Mexico. Only voters eligible to vote in the respective districts may vote for a candidate in that district. Salary: $90,000.

What are your qualifications for this Do you favor an appointment process When evaluating requests for utility rate What role, if any, does the PRC have in position? (65 words) rather than election of PRC members? increases, what factors should be addressing climate change? (65 words) Please explain your answer. (65 words) considered to ensure fairness to both the rate payers and the companies involved? (65 words) District 1

Cynthia B. 3.5 yrs, PRC Commissioner; Former Yes, I observed a drastic change for Rates must be “just and rea- It has a pivotal role, as the regulator PRC associate general counsel; the worse in Commissioner perfor- sonable” and should generate of the 2nd largest GHG emissions HALL Public Service Commission, staff mance from when I worked at the enough revenues to cover prudently sector - fossil fuel-based energy Democrat attorney; Office of Superintendent of PSC in 1985-86, with appointeds, incurred capital investments and a production. It should vigorously Insurance, hearing examiner, fraud and at the PRC in 2008, with reasonable return (profit) thereon. enforce the ETA mandates reaching prosecutor and associate general electeds. For its first 58 years of The PRC should disallow imprudent 100% clean energy by 2045 by all counsel; Energy & Minerals Depart- appointeds, the PSC lacked scan- cost/profit recovery. Other factors legal means; incent utilities to ment, attorney; Sandia National dal; in the past 20 years of electeds, are cost apportionment across rate hasten developing renewables and Labs and the U.S. Navy environ- Commissioner crimes, ethical viola- classes, avoiding rate discrimina- transmission infrastructure for ex- mental and land use attorney; tribal, tions and overturned decisions have tion, economic efficiency, resource port/domestic use; lobby the legis- real estate, corporate private skyrocketed. The proposed Amend- conservation, rate and revenue lature to pass laws supporting these practice; federal judicial clerk. 2 yrs, ment’s enabling law’s committee stability, and achieving a capital objectives; pass rules for advanced Bernalillo Planning Commissioner. 2 vetting process should help the structure for utilities that results in metering, new interconnection stan- yrs, research supervisor, Ralston Governor to select skilled, ethical, lowest rates and maintains utilities’ dards, and transparent utility Purina Co. J.D. M.S. experienced public servants. financial health. resource procurement.

Janice E. My record demonstrates my passion I prefer a hybrid approach. The PRC Protect the public interest and the The Legislature and Environment for fairness, transparency, and needs continuity and strong rate payer’s right to safe, adequate, Department are responsible for ARNOLD-JONES diligent preparation in public service. technical expertise. Geographical and reliable service at reasonable addressing climate change. The Republican 4-term NM State Representative, diversity is vital. New Mexico would rates while ensuring the regulated PRC can assist in addressing serving on the Tax & Revenue, be better served by two industries right to a reasonable climate change by actively Voters & Elections, and Science & commissioners appointed by the return on investment and the ability promoting and incentivizing Technology Committees. Over 30 Governor for ten years, in five-year to attract capital investments. In so advanced technologies like net years of diverse private sector staggered terms and three PRC doing, the PRC should also require metering, grid modernization, experience including information members elected from the three the highest levels of efficiency, transportation electrification and technology, systems development Congressional Districts for four-year reliability and technological other innovative approaches which and implementation, business and terms. innovation of each regulated sector lead to meeting the challenges and financial plan development and serving New Mexico: energy, goals posed by climate change. execution, business operations, telecommunications, transportation, contract oversight and compliance. water, and wastewater industries. BA, University of New Mexico District 3

Joseph M. I have bachelors and masters Nationally, our democracy is under The PRC reviews a utility’s cost of As an engineer, I trust the science degrees in civil engineering. As a threat. Trusting voters to elect their service and establishes utility rates that tells us that climate change is a MAESTAS lifelong public servant, I served our representatives is key to our necessary to recover those costs. real threat to us now and in the Democrat country as a Federal engineer and reflective democracy. I don’t believe The PRC determines that such future. Our State is a national leader regulator for over 30 years working voters will undermine New Mexico’s costs are reasonable and prudent, in addressing climate change at all levels of Federal government. I democracy by removing their voice including a reasonable return on through the enactment of the served my communities for 14 years and choice to elect PRC equity, for the utility to provide Energy Transition Act (ETA) of 2019 as councilman and Mayor for the commissioners by voting in favor of adequate, efficient, and reasonable which accelerates our transition to City or Espanola; and councilman a proposed State constitutional service. The PRC verifies costs with 100% renewable energy. Growing for the City of Santa Fe, all amendment to change the commis- adjustments for known and our renewable energy sector will quasi-judicial bodies like the PRC. sion from elected to appointed. A projected changes whereby help create new jobs, diversify our I’m currently a consulting engineer smaller, appointed commission with recovery of these costs must be economy, and reduce our depen- and licensed to practice engineering longer terms of office will only serve equitably shared among different dence on fossil fuels. The PRC is in the States of Arizona, New industry insiders and special customer classes. By law, utility key to the implementation of the Mexico, and Texas. interests, not the consumers. rates must be just and reasonable. ETA and other legislation.

Christopher B. I have a PhD in High Energy Regulatory capture is the process Utility investors need to receive a uGiven that the Energy Trans- Physics, and have run an oil and where a regulated commercial risk weighted return on their mission Act explicitly directs the LUCHINI gas research and development sector has disproportionate influ- investment. Unfortunately utility PRC to regulate electricity Republican company, and a GeoThermal green ence on those regulating that rates are set as a return-on-capital, production away from carbon based energy company since 2010. I am sector. While having the members giving management an incentive to energy, the PRC must act to well versed in in the physics, of the PRC be elected is not a cure spend more on imprudent or implement the ETA to the best of economics and regulatory envi- for regulatory capture, the alter- wasteful capital projects, as a way their ability. Under the ETA it is the ronment of alternative energy native method of having those to increase profits, The PRC needs duty of the PRC to address carbon generation, transmission and members of the PRC be appointed to be aggressive in discounting and other GreenHouse Gas storage. will likely result in industry insiders wasteful capital spending projects, emissions. having even more power within the so that rate payers don’t pay for PRC that they do no. So I would those projects. Rate payers must oppose converting the PRC to an accept that build out of Green appointed body. projects will require (hopefully temporary) higher rates. Page 36, Voter Guide PUBLIC EDUCATION COMMISSIONER Four-year term. Member of ten-person commission that advises the Secretary of Public Education. Commission authorizes and monitors all state-chartered charter schools. Commissioners must be 18 years of age, a United States citizen, and reside in the district he/she represents. There are four-year staggered terms. Districts 1, 4, and 8 in our four-county area are up for election in 2020. District 1 includes parts of western Bernalillo County; District 4 includes parts of Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties as well as parts of Santa Fe and Los Alamos Counties and District 8 includes Torrance County and parts of Bernalillo County as well as the counties in Eastern New Mexico. Only voters registered to vote in the respective districts are eligible to vote for the candidates in that District. No salary, but $95 per diem, plus mileage.

What in your background qualifies you to If elected, what are your two highest What is your position on opening new How should the PEC assess the financial sit on the Public Education Commission? priorities? (65 words) charter schools? Should there be a cap stability of schools before authorizing or (65 words) on the total number of state charter renewing a charter? (65 words) schools? (65 words)

District 1

Melissa D. UNOPPOSED ARMIJO Democrat

District 4

Rebekka Kay I started my career as an 8th grade 1. Stabilizing our state’s education All families deserve to have high I believe in maintaining a high English teacher in Rio Rancho. I system after this global pandemic quality options for their children for standard of accountability with our BURT spent several years as a policy by partnering with the Public public education. Not every student public charter schools in finances, Democrat analyst at ABQ City Council. I then Education Department to provide fits best into their neighborhood audits & performance. I would like to combine my background in high quality support, strategies & school. I would support all new see transparency in spending in education and knowledge of policy resources needed to schools and applicants & renewals being held to schools by showing where money is to serve New Mexico at the Public teachers at this unprecedented a high standard. In contemplating a being spent and that money is being Education Department. I most time. 2. As an educator, I know that new charter or a cap, I would used to serve our students who recently joined a NM technology students learn best when they find consider the area it is being need it the most. I would advocate company, supporting educators in what they are passionate about and proposed to ensure it is not already to provide more support and training sharing resources. I have a have the opportunity to grow in that being served by several schools to charter leaders and governing Bachelor’s degree in Elementary passion. This is not always options. We have some areas in our boards on budgeting. I do believe Education and a Master’s degree in traditional learning. I would state that have many options & malfeasance in finances is a valid Business Administration, both from advocate to expand vocational some that don’t have any. It should reason to close or not renew a New Mexico Highlands University. education opportunities for students. be more equitable. charter.

Laura I’m a long time educator; Education Insure the widest possible adoption The very concept of putting a cap Rationally and logically, and without Coordinator of the Aerospace of Charter Schools in New Mexico on the number of charter schools political or institutional bias. BURROWS Education Center of Little Rock Public Schools System, consistent betrays an interest not in the welfare Libertarian Arkansas; Field Outreach Educator with a quality education for students and benefit of the students, but for the Los Angeles Museum of from a wide variety of cultural, rather of other institutional interests. Natural History; Board member of socioeconomic backgrounds, and There should be precisely, exactly Pajarito Environmental Education interests. I have a particular interest as many charter schools as are Center 2000-2002, and an in supporting high quality education needed to benefit the students, no substitute teacher for Los Alamos for non- college track students, not more and no less. Public Schools and UNMLA. I am as an afterthought, but as a primary currently elected to the UNMLA mission of specialized integrated Advisory Board. curriculum, and charter schools.

District 8

Michael M. UNOPPOSED TAYLOR Republican

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE – Partisan There are thirteen court districts in New Mexico. These courts hold jury trials in contract, real property rights, estate contests, and torts. District courts generally have exclusive jurisdiction over appeals concerning domestic relations, mental health, administrative agencies, lower court decisions, criminal cases, and juvenile jurisdiction. The Second Judicial District (Bernalillo County) only deals with felony DWI cases and felony domestic violence cases. The Thirteenth Judicial District includes Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia counties. Vacancies in courts in New Mexico are filled through appointment by the Governor from a slate of potential nominees submitted by a judicial nominating committee. The newly appointed judge must then run in a contested, partisan election at the next general election. Thereafter, the judge runs in nonpartisan retention elections. To be retained, a judge must receive at least 57% of affirmative votes cast in the retention election. Six-year term. Must be at least 35 years old, have been engaged in actual practice of law for at least six years preceding assumption of office, and must be a resident of the district from which elected. Salary: $126,186.

2nd Judicial District (Bernalillo County) Division 6

Daniel E UNOPPOSED RAMCZYK Democrat Voter Guide, Page 37 2nd Judicial District continued (Bernalillo County) Division 13

Lisa Chavez UNOPPOSED ORTEGA Democrat

What do you perceive as the greatest What steps would you take to ensure What do you think of expanding specialty What is the simple most important obstacle to equal justice in this judicial improvement to physical and remove courts, i.e. DWI/Drug Courts, pretrial qualification you would bring to the district? (65 words) access to the court, such as calling in to diversion? (65 words) bench as a district court judge? (65 telephonic hearings, overcoming limited words) internet access, etc.? (65 words) Division 15

Courtney The greatest obstacle to equal I believe the courts need designated As the presiding judge of Metro- The fact that I am a mother is my justice in our judicial district is a lack areas away from the courthouse politan Court’s Specialty Court simplest and most important BRYN WEAKS of community within the broader that have both telephones and Programs, I am passionate about qualification. Since having my Democrat criminal justice system. There are computers with adequate internet this issue. We cannot discuss daughter I have a keener sense of many stakeholders within the access so those who do not have effective criminal justice reform the importance of empathy, and not criminal justice system that are the capability to appear remotely without providing substance abuse taking things personally. Now more adverse to one another, and getting can. Metropolitan Court has worked treatment and mental health ser- than ever I have a desire to make those stakeholders to openly on using designated classrooms vices to the most vulnerable and Bernalillo County the best it can discuss the relevant issues is key to next to the courthouse, usually used indigent members of our society. possibly be so she has a safe place Expansion of specialty courts pro- improving how the system operates. for court related programs, for this to grow up in where she also feels vides this opportunity. When these Reducing crime is the end goal, but purpose. It is also important that the programs work effectively, defen- supported and cared for by her addressing issues in a collective courts work with the Law Offices of dants simply do not re-offend. Not community. I am also proud to be in manner is key to systemic the Public Defender to make sure only does this promote public a unique position to teach her the improvements that promote public their clients may effectively appear safety, but saves valuable tax importance of fairness, equality and safety and reduce recidivism. remotely. dollars. access to justice.

Daniel J. We need to take politics out of Our Supreme Court has done an As a judge assisting with the district Quite simply, I am the only person judicial elections. As recent events extraordinary job balancing access court’s Young Adult Court and DWI running who has been deemed GALLEGOS have shown, it’s more important to the courts with community safety Court programs, I’ve seen firsthand qualified to serve as a district court Republican than ever that our judiciary during the ongoing public health the positive impact a well-run judge by the bipartisan Judicial adequately reflects the community it crisis. My job as a district court specialty court can have on the lives Nominating Commission. I bring serves. However, partisan elections judge has been to carry out the of those who complete the program. extensive legal experience, in judicial races have a tendency to Court’s orders and to continue However, a specialty court requires including prior service as a judge on elevate party affiliation and political moving my felony criminal docket much in the way of resources and the Court of Appeals, the state’s whims over qualifications and forward while utilizing remote video effort. I am in favor of expanding second highest court, as well as a diverse perspectives. We need and teleconferencing. I have been specialty courts, but we must felony prosecutor, an appellate staff qualified judges who will preside impressed with the patience, ensure that any expansion is attorney, and a Navy JAG. In my over cases in a fair and impartial flexibility, and adaptability of all coupled with all necessary nearly two years as a district court manner, and ensure that all parties those involved. We’ll continue to resources. At the same time, we judge, I’ve earned a reputation in receive respectful treatment, without overcome limitations with a positive, must not lose sight of traditional and out of the courtroom for strong, a partisan bent. forward-thinking attitude. sentencing where appropriate. impartial judgment. Division 17

Erin B. UNOPPOSED OCONNELL Democrat

Division 22

Amber Louisee UNOPPOSED CHAVEZ BAKER Democrat

Division 23

Joshua A. UNOPPOSED ALLISON Democrat

13th Judicial District (includes Sandoval, and Valencia Counties)

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers are not a President or senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt Page 38, Voter Guide 13th Judicial District continued (Sandoval and Valencia Counties) Division 5

James A. UNOPPOSED NOEL Democrat

Division 7

Chris G. UNOPPOSED PEREZ Democrat

DISTRICT ATTORNEY Four-year term. The Second Judicial District serves Bernalillo County. The Seventh Judicial District includes Catron, Sierra, Socorro and Torrance counties. The Thirteenth Judicial District includes Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia counties. The District Attorney oversees the office that prosecutes and defends for the state in Bernalillo County courts, including civil and criminal cases in which the state or county has an interest, represents the county before the county commissioners, advises county and state officers upon request, and represents the county in civil cases before higher courts, except in suits brought in the name of the state. Must be at least 21 years of age and a resident of New Mexico for three years, learned in the law, and a resident of the district from which elected. Salary: $125,838.

2nd Judicial District (Bernalillo County)

Raul UNOPPOSED TORREZ Democrat

7th Judicial District (Torrance, Sierra, Catron and Socorro counties)

Clint UNOPPOSED WELLBORN Republican

13th Judicial District (Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia counties) Where do you stand on the issue of Where do you stand on the increased use What is the greatest obstacle to justice Describe the professional experience that holding preliminary hearings in felony of specialty courts, i.e., DWI/Drug Court, in the county? (65 words) prepares and qualifies you to be district cases as opposed to using the grand jury pretrial diversion? (65 words) attorney. (65 words) indictment process? (65 words)

Barbara A. Having worked in a district that did I am a big proponent of the Lack of adequate resources. All US Army Veteran and career not have a grand jury option, as well expansion of specialty courts and players in the system are prosecutor with 24 years ROMO as in two districts that have the diversion programs. I have already overwhelmed; prosecutors, public experience. I have held numerous Democrat option of either, there are discussed plans to expand the defenders, judges, law enforcement, leadership positions, both as an advantages and disadvantages to District Attorney’s pre-trial diversion probation and parole, drug and Army Officer and supervisor of both. For cases involving very program with the current Director of alcohol counselors, and CYFD several district attorney offices; the young or vulnerable victims, it is the 13th DA’s program. I have also amongst others. Each of these Chief Deputy District Attorney in two preferable to use a grand jury to explored options of additional entities plays a vital role in ensuring districts. As the current Chief spare the added trauma of testifying specialty courts, such as the justice is meted out fairly, efficiently, Deputy in the 13th, I have a vast in front of their abuser at the creation of a Veterans Court, which and professionally. Lack of knowledge of the entire district. I preliminary stage of the has been implemented with great adequate resources causes many have established relationships with proceedings. Preliminary hearings success in other parts of the State. otherwise dedicated public servants community partners such as law can be very useful for lower level This is a critical step in ending the to cut corners, get burned out, and enforcement as well as experience and non-violent felonies and should revolving door of low-level leave their profession for less stress working with other elected District be used whenever possible. non-violent offenders. and greater pay. Attorneys in the Legislature.

Joshua Joe NO RESPONSE RECEIVED JIMENEZ Republican

“The highest measure of democracy is neither the ’extent of freedom’ nor the ’extent of equality’, but rather the highest measure of participation.” – Alain de Benoist

“A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.” – Bill Vaughan Voter Guide, Page 39 BERNALILLO COUNTY OFFICES METROPOLITAN COURT JUDGES - Partisan Four-year term. The Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court is part of the statewide Magistrate Court System and is state funded. The court has jurisdiction over civil actions under $10,000, felony first appearances, misdemeanors, misdemeanor DWI/DUI, misdemeanor domestic violence and traffic violations. Must be at least 18 years old and a member of the New Mexico Bar engaged in the actual practice of law in New Mexico for three years. Salary: $119,870.

Division 10

Brittany UNOPPOSED MALDONADO MALOTT Democrat

Division 12

Jason M. UNOPPOSED JARAMILLO Democrat

Division 15

Felicia R. UNOPPOSED BLEA-RIVERA Democrat

Division 16

David A. UNOPPOSED MURPHY Democrat

BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER Four-year term. Member of a five-person commission that is responsible for the county government budget, county ordinances and resolutions, and zoning and business regulation in unincorporated areas, and sets policy for the operations of county government. Must be at least 18 years old and must be a resident of the district in which elected. Districts 2, 3, and 4 are up for election this year. Salary: $39,106.

District 2 covers some of the southwestern part of Bernalillo county south of Interstate 40 to the southern county line and some of the very southern part of the southeastern part of the county. See the district map at https://www.bernco.gov/District-2/district-2-map.aspx for the exact boundaries of the district. DISTRICT 2

Steven Michael UNOPPOSED QUEZADA Democrat

District 3 covers some of the central part of Bernalillo County. See the district map at https://www.bernco.gov/District-3/district-map.aspx for the exact boundaries of the district. DISTRICT 3

Adrian N. UNOPPOSED BARBOA Democrat

District 4 covers the north central part of Bernalillo County to the northern county boundary. See the district map at https://www.bernco.gov/District-4/district-map.aspx for the exact boundaries of the district.

What are the highest priorities the county What do you think about reallocating What specific plans do you have to How would you balance the demands for should address? (65 words) funding from law enforcement to address the homeless crisis in Bernalillo economic development and growth with preventative social programs? (65 words) County? (65 words) the county’s limited resources? (65 words) DISTRICT 4

Wende NM and ABQ areas were among I believe in providing law enforce- We must evaluate the root causes Economic development on Albu- the slowest of all states/Metro- ment the tools and support they of homelessness within our county. querque’s Westside will help with SCHWINGENDORF politan Statistical areas to recover need to assist in calls involving Access and affordable treatment the housing-to-jobs ratio imbalance. Democrat from the 08 recession. We must people experiencing mental health and management of chronic health Investment in public infrastructure make sure we do not get stuck as issues, addictions, or other non- and behavioral health, affordable such as curbs, sidewalks, and the world pulls out of COVID-19. violent situations. That includes stable housing, and access to gutter installation, lighting, and The top priorities the county should assistance from dispatched mental sustainable job training and paving will assist new businesses, address are rebuilding our local health professionals and social employment are three of the large and small, to open and economy by ensuring protections workers, depending on the nature strongest ways to mitigate the risk flourish while also providing dozens for our small businesses, home- of the call. A criminal record could of homelessness. I will work with of jobs to the community. Using the based businesses, and our front- prevent a young person from experts in these fields to develop funds already appropriated to line workers; developing innovative joining the military or obtaining a innovative solutions to address this public infrastructure will not impose strategies to increase public safety; sustainable job, when counseling crisis in our community. new taxes on county residents, and and ensuring access to timely, and/or treatment would be a more will attract new businesses. quality, and affordable healthcare. productive solution. Page 40, Voter Guide Bernalillo County Commissioner (continued)

What are the highest priorities the county What do you think about reallocating What specific plans do you have to How would you balance the demands for should address? (65 words) funding from law enforcement to address the homeless crisis in Bernalillo economic development and growth with preventative social programs? (65 words) County? (65 words) the county’s limited resources? (65 words)

DISTRICT 4 (continued)

George Walton 1) Stimulate our local economy, I agree that our law enforcement As an Operations Consultant for a We need to incentivize businesses attracting and creating jobs. 2) will benefit from having social work mental health clinic that works with to stay in (or come to) Bernalillo BENSON Combat the record crime levels that professionals that can address the homeless population, I have County. As a business owner I Republican have given us national ranking as non-violent emergencies. We need learned that there are two primary know first hand how hard it is to one of the most violent cities in to augment our law enforcement issues underlying the crisis: under grow a business, and our local America. 3) Providing practical and with these services. But first, we diagnosed and under treated government does not encourage it - relevant services to our homeless need to fully support our law mental health issues and drug based on the high GRT rates, population - reducing homeless- enforcement with an appropriate abuse. It’s critical that Bernalillo numerous regulations, and burden- ness and recidivism. budget and staff - both are County unite with the City of some employment laws. Because currently sub-par. Once we have a Albuquerque to provide shelter for of this, many have left our com- police force that can combat our the homeless and at the same time munity forever. We need to reduce record crime levels, then we can provide access to the diagnoses our regulatory and tax burdens in allocate resources to additional and treatment they need. Job skills order to attract businesses that can social work services. It’s important training is the final step in helping in turn attract/keep talent. This will to keep first things first. end homelessness. increase our limited resources. BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERK Four-year term. The clerk is an ex-officio recorder of Bernalillo County and may legally record any document that is certified. The office also issues marriage and occupational licenses. The county clerk’s bureau of elections administers all elections in the county. Must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of Bernalillo County. Salary: $86,626.

Linda UNOPPOSED STOVER Democrat

BERNALILLO COUNTY TREASURER Four-year term. The treasurer is responsible for collecting property taxes in Bernalillo County and for the supervision and investment of funds. The treasurer’s office collects and distributes property taxes to different government agencies, including the City of Albuquerque. Must be at least 18-years of age and a resident of Bernalillo County. Salary: $86,626.

Nancy Marie UNOPPOSED BEARCE Democrat

SANDOVAL COUNTY OFFICES SANDOVAL COUNTY COMMISSIONER Four-year term. Member of a five-person commission that is responsible for the county government budget, county ordinances and resolutions, and zoning and business regulation in unincorporated areas, and sets policy for the operations of county government. Must be at least 18 years old and must be a resident of the district in which elected. Districts 2, 4, and 5 are up for election this year. Must be at least 18 years old, and a resident of the district from which elected. Salary: $34,005.

District 2 covers Corrales and southeastern Rio Rancho. See the district map at http://www.sandovalcountynm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Commission2Precinct.pdf for the exact boundaries of the district.

How would you increase access to quality How will you update high speed internet What are the two highest priorities for the How would you balance the demands for health care in the county? (65 words) access in the county? (65 words) county? (65 words) economic development and growth with the county’s limited resources? (65 words) DISTRICT 2

Leah Michelle As a healthcare worker this issue is Internet access to all areas in An immediate priority would be Economic development will bring top on my list of priorities. I believe Sandoval is vital for all aspects of recovery from the Covid-19 additional financial resources to the AHKEE-BACZKIEWICZ that we must communicate and our lives. As leaders in Sandoval pandemic. We need to protect our County. But to start, we need to Democrat work with County, State, and reliable internet access should be hospitals, keep close tabs on the aggressively seek State and Federal entities including at the top of our list of priorities. funding aspect, and its allocation. Federal monies to improve our Indigenous Tribes in Sandoval. It is Since the County has no direct Hospitals throughout the nation are infrastructure and to help fund important that we continue to control over internet providers, it is losing billions of dollars due to needed repairs and expansions of support our hospitals by taking incumbent that we work with Covid-19. As a Class A County, roadways and utilities. It will also advantage of opportunities to keep Federal and State agencies to Sandoval needs to have class A require much more outreach and them equipped and staffed. We upgrade and expand broadband health care facilities.Supporting our mutual cooperation among the need to support our first service. The Governor recently law enforcement and first respon- incorporated areas of the County, Responders. We also need to spoke to this issue and we will ders and protecting our water the Native American communities, assure that our infrastructure need leadership at all levels of resources are also at the top of my and rural groups. Partnerships are including roads are safe and government to make this work. list. We need to fund our essential essential because of the County’s accessible services at adequate levels. limited financial resources Voter Guide, Page 41 Sandoval County Commissioner (continued)

How would you increase access to quality How will you update high speed internet What are the two highest priorities for the How would you balance the demands for health care in the county? (65 words) access in the county? (65 words) county? (65 words) economic development and growth with the county’s limited resources? (65 words)

DISTRICT 2 (continued)

Jay C. Thankfully, we have several options Currently county libraries use DSL, Public safety is my #1 priority. My I supported and helped pass the with access to three incredible broadband and cellular bridges. commitment to the Sheriff’s Dept, first-ever ED fund that created over BLOCK hospitals plus medical services at However, due to the large size and EMS/Fire Dept staffing and 911 240 manufacturing and technology Republican Optum, Presbyterian Medical Ser- topography of our county, con- communication enhancements was small business jobs, renegotiated vices, and the Sandoval County nections can be limited. This can critical to responding to residents in the IRB with Intel resulting in over Health Commons. The County also affect our first responders rural isolated areas. My support for 300 new jobs plus 100s of Health Commons provides onsite responding to emergencies in these departments led to their additional union contract jobs and and mobile Health Care Assis- isolated areas of the county. In the unions to endorse me. My #2 negotiated the UNMSRMC agree- tance. Sandoval County’s health near future, we will have priority is economic development ment for behavioral health, sub- care services focuses on educating technology advances using low (ED). Our ED fund expanded stance abuse and level 3 Trauma residents about what services are earth satellites providing high several small business creating medical service resulting in an available to residents to ensure speed internet access to the entire over 240 jobs expanding the tax increase in medical jobs. they have access to health care. county. Lastly, the county is ready base supporting public safety, to partner with industry to find health care, education, seniors and solutions meeting residents needs. youth programs.

District 4 covers western Rio Rancho. See the district map at http://www.sandovalcountynm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Commission4Precinct.pdf for the exact boundaries of the district. DISTRICT 4

Alexandria C. I would grow the County’s working We need to work with the federal A budget review and realignment of I support new industries and relationship with both SRMC and government and obtain federal budget priorities for the citizens of businesses in Sandoval County PILAND Presbyterian Rust Hospitals and funding, and grants to improve high the county should be the first that include agriculture and Democrat encourage expansion of satellite speed Internet access. This is an priority in 2021. A review and alternative power sources. I would facilities. Also, it is important to issue that needs cooperation reinforcement of essential county like to see a program where increase service relationships with among all levels of government in services which include fire, police, businesses could help other the Pueblos and Tribes. NM. emergency services, and county businesses in our county via a health facility outreach should also county program that connects them be a top priority. with each other.

David J. We are blessed with access to Now, county libraries are using Economic development because it I helped implement the County’s 3.hospitals; Lovelace, Presbyterian DSL, broadband and cellular provides good quality jobs and Economic Development fund which HEIL Rust, and UNMSRMC plus medical bridges with varying success through taxes funds services supports over 240 small business Republican services at Optum, Presbyterian dependent on topography. Micro- including public safety, health care, jobs; negotiated the IRB resulting in Medical Services, and Sandoval wave links are available to a few education, environmentally con- over 300 Intel jobs plus 100s of County Health Commons to note locations and our first responders scientious, seniors and youth union contract jobs; negotiated the the prominent providers. The are updating 911 communications programs; and Public Safety UNMSRMC agreement for be- County Health Commons at 1500 in parts of the county to improve because it helps provide the stable havioral health, substance abuse Idalia Rd provides Health Care response. Wireless technology will environment for a vibrant and and level 3 Trauma medical service Assistance including mobile service be the answer to providing high healthy community in which people resulting in an increase in medical to rural areas. I’ll fund and speed internet especially through- want to live and businesses want to encourage County’s Community out the more rural parts of the grow. Our commitment to Sheriff jobs. I lead establishing SEA’s Eco- Services focus on educating county. There are a few options on Dept, EMS/Fire staffing and 911 nomic Gardening plan to help local residents about what services are the horizon with Starlink’s low communication enhancements small businesses grow and the available to them so they have orbiting small satellites as the most helps assure optimum response to Veriready plan to identify com- access to quality health care. promising residents’ needs. mercial lots for new businesses.

District 5 covers northwestern Sandoval County. See the district map at http://www.sandovalcountynm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Commission5Precinct.pdf for the exact boundaries of the district. DISTRICT 5

F. Kenneth UNOPPOSED EICHWALD Democrat

“The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.” – Jose Marti Page 42, Voter Guide SANDOVAL COUNTY CLERK Four-year term. The clerk is the ex-officio recorder of Sandoval County and may legally record any document that is certified. The office also issues marriage and occupational licenses. The county clerk’s bureau of elections administers all elections in the county. Must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of Sandoval County. Salary: $75,000.

Why should people vote for you? (65 What are the most urgent needs in the What steps would you take to increase Do you support sending every voter an words) county clerk’s office? (65 words) voter turnout in the county? (65 words) absentee ballot application for all elections? (65 words)

Anne S. I have had the great honor of Ensuring we expand and provide 1. I will develop and implement a Absolutely. I support any measure serving as the Chief Deputy Clerk in equal access to the ballot box in comprehensive voter outreach to expand access and make voting BRADY-ROMERO Sandoval County since 2013. I have Sandoval County is most urgent. All program. 2. I will develop an easier. The absentee ballot is Democrat a vision for the future, and it’s high voting sites will be ADA compliant. education awareness campaign for another tool to ensure every time a government for the people Sandoval County has more upcoming elections. 3. I will registered voter has the right to and by the people becomes more sovereign nations than any county increase the number of voting sites vote. The benefit is that folks who convenient for the wonderful in NM, so I will form a Native and ensure voting is convenient for really don’t have time because residents in Sandoval County. I will American Voting Advisory Commit- everyone. they’re working multiple jobs can still ensure we have a community tee with Pueblo Governors & exercise their right to vote. I am a Chapter Presidents to ensure they outreach program that takes the traditional voter. I like to go to my are part of the planning process. I Clerk’s Office and Bureau of local polling site to interact with my will ask the County Commission to Elections into places throughout the fund the acquisition of a mobile friends and neighbors, but I realize community. to make transactions voting unit to help make voting more not everyone has the time; providing with the office easier. convenient for everyone in the an application ensures equal access County. to all.

Lawrence D. It’s time to clean up our voter rolls, Covid has created an urgent need I will ensure there are enough VCCs Yes. The absentee ballot application stop the dangerous practice of ballot for Personal Protective Equipment and EVLs (stocked wth PPE) so that process is safer than universal vote GRIEGO harvesting, and make sure there are (PPE) at all Voting Convenience every county resident has the option by mail because the voter is still Republican enough safe and clean polling sites Centers (VCC) and Early Voting to safely vote in person. In addition, required to complete and submit an for every county resident to have Locations (EVL) to ensure citizens I will increase voter turnout by application before a live ballot is the option to vote in person. As your can safely cast their vote. In focusing on Voter Registration, mailed Chief Election Officer, I will support addition to clean polling locations, it Voter Education, and Voter voter ID laws, accurate voter is important that voter rolls are clean Participation. Information about records, official mail-in absentee too. The deceased, people that registration deadlines, eligibility, the ballots, and the electoral college. have moved, duplicates, and even voting process, voter rights, and Earned national certifications and a pets need to be purged from the voter responsibilities is important to BS in Org. Leadership to enhance voter rolls. Another urgent need is every voter and will be my 14+ years of service in a an online records system to communicated by community Sandoval County Administrative facilitate county record searches. outreach, mail, website, and social Office. media avenues. SANDOVAL COUNTY TREASURER Four-year term. The treasurer is responsible for collecting property taxes in Sandoval County, and for the supervision and investment of funds. The treasurer’s office collects and distributes property taxes to different government agencies. Must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of Sandoval County. Salary: $75,000.

Describe the professional experience that What are the most urgent needs of the Should the county treasurer continue to What investment strategies do you think prepares you to be county treasurer. (65 county treasurer’s office? (65 words) be an elected position? Why or why not? would benefit the county most? (65 words) (65 words) words)

Jennifer A. My current occupation of Chief To ensure that we are being fair, Although I believe that the Office of Safety, liquidity and yield is my Deputy Treasurer is what has equitable and consistent when the County Treasurer is a philosophy in managing invest- TAYLOR prepared me for the position of collecting property taxes. The non-partisan position, I believe that ments. Practicing safe investments Democrat County Treasurer. I have been delinquent accounts that we have in it should be up to the citizens of the to protect taxpayer money while trained and educated in every area our county need to be dealt with by County to decide who they believe ensuring they are equitable. of the office dealing with property either collecting on them or handed is the most qualified and fit to serve Liquidity is essential when investing tax collection, bond payments, over to the state. With COVID in that capacity. The most important as this allows money to be moved distribution, annual audits, invest- having had such a negative impact reason is because the person around or converted into cash if ments and most importantly, on the economy, it is uncertain how serving in that role is responsible for needed. The ultimate goal is to earn customer service. I have received it will affect our 2020 tax season managing their taxpayer dollars by off of our investment dollars using my Certified Treasury Official and and the efforts in collecting for those serving as the county banker. best investment practices (yield). Certified Public Official designations delinquent accounts. It will be vital Making prudent decisions when through the NM EDGE Classes for the next Treasurer to be handling public funds is essential. offered by NMSU. knowledgeable and experienced in taking on this task.

Benay P. 15 years working in the San Juan Our county is one of the fastest Yes, I believe the county treasurer With the impact COVID19 has had County Assessor’s Office mainly as growing in NM. The Treasurer must should continue to be an elected on our community and our economy WARD the Quality Control Supervisor; an be highly qualified and know- position. It is vital that any the investment policy for Sandoval Republican auditing and reporting function that ledgeable to invest funds necessary government office knows the laws County must be attuned to the included the eligibility and not only for the vitality of Rio by which they are governed while highest and safest returns possible verification of tax savings benefits Rancho, Bernalillo and Corrales but never forgetting their responsibilities according to the law. In cooperation offered to property owners. I also also the rural areas of our county. to the citizens they serve. The laws with the Board of Commissioners served as Deputy Assessor Sandoval County must diversify which affect the Treasurer’s Office sitting as the County Board of managing the operation of the entire revenues to provide financial must be applied accurately to Finance, we must develop a solid department. Working full time I stability for a successful future for everyone and not ignored or waived investment strategy that tailors earned my Bachelor’s & Master’s in all. At this critical time, I will for special interest groups. I pledge investments to meet the county’s Business Administration. This office effectively identify new opportunities to uphold these laws and to ensure goals and expectations. I will isn’t a business, but it can benefit and mitigate risks in support of that all property owners are treated communicate clear goals so the from my practical experience and economic development and the courteously and fairly within the law. county will be provided safe, liquid, educational background citizens of Sandoval County. and high yield investments.

“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” – John F. Kennedy Voter Guide, Page 43 TORRANCE COUNTY OFFICES TORRANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONER Four-year term. Member of a three-person commission that is responsible for the county government budget, county ordinances and resolutions, and zoning and business regulation in unincorporated areas, and sets policy for the operations of county government. Must be at least 18 years old and must be a resident of the district in which elected. District 3 is up for election this year. Salary: $26,258.

DISTRICT 3

Javier Ernest NO RESPONSE RECEIVED SANCHEZ Democrat

Leroy M. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED CANDELARIA Republican

TORRANCE COUNTY CLERK Four-year term. The clerk is an ex-officio recorder of Torrance County and may legally record any document that is certified. The office also issues marriage and occupational licenses. The county clerk’s bureau of elections administers all elections in the county. Must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of Torrance County. Salary: $65,855.

Why should people vote for you? (65 What are the most urgent needs in the What steps would you take to increase Do you support sending every voter an words) county clerk’s office? (65 words) voter turnout in the county? (65 words) absentee ballot application for all elections? (65 words)

Rubena A. A lifelong resident of Torrance During the current pandemic, it is Increased advertisement and No. In my experience with elections County, I have always been imperative to stress the importance complete clarity to the voters of and part of the privilege and right to MIRANDA involved in our communities in a of voting and to apprise the voters Torrance county. Offering as much vote; it’s that constituents pride Democrat public service capacity. More so, of their options. To advertise and assistance as possible through the themselves in exercising that right directly working as presiding judge provide information with complete clerk’s office and other local how they so choose. Voters are in all aspects of elections for 20+ clarity, as there is some confusion. I organizations. As residents are in loyal and know to request the years. I have the experience and recommend that you contact your need of assistance with application if this is their choice in integrity to continue to serve and I local county clerk as absentee transportation and/ or any other which to vote. The current pandemic am committed to providing applications begin to circulate, to special needs. To not has new health guidelines that have considerate, prompt and undivided clarify any uncertainty. Furthermore, disenfranchise any of the election changed the process somewhat. So attention to the residents of to provide assistance in all aspects process. for the time being, I agree to the all Torrance and beyond as they come of the office insuring conscientious out mail out of absentee in to conduct business. I am service. applications in hopes that the bilingual, have a great rapport with normal returns. all and am very eager.

Yvonne NO RESPONSE RECEIVED OTERO Republican

TORRANCE COUNTY TREASURER Four-year term. The treasurer is responsible for collecting property taxes in Torrance County, and for the supervision and investment of funds. The treasurer’s office collects and distributes property taxes to different government agencies. Must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of Torrance County. Salary: $65,855.

Tracy L. UNOPPOSED SEDILLO Republican

VALENCIA COUNTY OFFICES VALENCIA COUNTY COMMISSIONER Four-year term. Member of a five-person commission that is responsible for the county government budget, county ordinances and resolutions, and zoning and business regulation in unincorporated areas, and sets policy for the operations of county government. Must be at least 18 years old and must be a resident of the district in which elected. Districts 2, 4, and 5 are up for election this year. Salary: $29,908.

“Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.” – Arlen Specter Page 44, Voter Guide Valencia County Commissioner (continued)

How would you increase access to quality How will you update high speed internet What are the two highest priorities for the How would you balance the demands for health care in the county? (65 words) access in the county? (65 words) county? (65 words) economic development and growth with the county’s limited resources? (65 words)

District 2 covers the east central part of Valencia County. See the district map at http://arcgisce.co.valencia.nm.us/flexviewers/Comissioner/ for the exact boundaries of the district. DISTRICT 2

Ralph R. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED MIRAMONTES Democrat

Troy Dean Until the time that a hospital can be While I see the importance of Public safety and infrastructure, I believe that economic develop- built and operational, I believe that highspeed internet, especially dur- especially roads. Our Sherriff’s ment/growth and the county’s RICHARDSON the county should take measures to ing these times of distance office is under-funded & under- resources go hand in hand. Republican incentivize primary care providers, learning, working from home, etc., I staffed which has led to a higher Economic development brings specialists, and EMS to encourage do not feel that the local govern- crime rate within our county. We increased gross receipts taxes and business within the county limits. I ment should have control over need to find funds that can be used can improve property values which would like to meet with people service providers. I would like to to hire more deputies and ensure increases collectible property tax within these industries to hear their hear from providers to ensure that they are well compensated so that revenue. While I understand the concerns and, hopefully, find a way there are no policies that are they will have an incentive to concern for preserving our county’s hindering private internet service remain with the VCSO. Many roads to bring more primary medical greenbelt, I think it is important to providers from bringing their within our county are in dire need services and emergency care to the infrastructure to the community. By of improvement. We need to find an have well-planned economic county. allowing several companies to economically sound way to development in order to provide provide services in the county, increase road maintenance on resources that can be used for prices and services can remain county roads, especially in rural infrastructure and public services. competitive. areas.

District 4 covers the central part of Valencia County. See the district map at http://arcgisce.co.valencia.nm.us/flexviewers/Comissioner/ for the exact boundaries of the district. DISTRICT 4

Leroy NO RESPONSE RECEIVED BACA Democrat

Joseph Aaron NO RESPONSE RECEIVED BIZZELL Republican

District 5 covers the northeast part of Valencia County. See the district map at http://arcgisce.co.valencia.nm.us/flexviewers/Comissioner/ for the exact boundaries of the district. DISTRICT 5

David M. VC relies on local health care My plan to address the Digital During this pandemic; quality I believe that government should provider clinics and the NMDOH Divide is: 1. Incorporate this into healthcare is the highest priority for enable businesses with a network TYNAN operates two offices in VC. The the county mangers performance the citizens of VC followed by of infrastructure and resources, Democrat Older Americans Program provides criteria ensuring the manager is access to food. Outside the then get out of the way. Small transportation to specialties not actively working to provide high pandemic; the economy and water businesses are local and most of available within VC for qualified speed internet (25Mbps download/ rights. Both are long term. Water is the money generated will stay local, persons. Increasing access re- 3Mbps upload) to every corner of a resource for an agricultural improving the tax revenue for the quires affordable insurance and VC. 2. Apply for some of the community and grows the local county and the quality of living in more clinics or hospital. The millions of $’s available in state and economy. Water rights issues are the community. My initiatives are: Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and federal financial assistance and long term and will be a major a. Promoting and restoring the Medicare are all vital to access. I segment of my agenda weighing on agricultural Green Zone. b. A small would vigorously advocate for NM technical resources. 3. Provide to fully fund these insurance public access Hot Spots in all VC every decision I make as business incubator with resources programs. Long term - Build a facilities. 3. Long term; work with Commissioner. at VC Offices. c. A Master Plan with hospital with a sustainable PRC to make this an essential Comprehensive Land Use for long business model. utility, driving the cost down. term planning.

Jhonathan M. NO RESPONSE RECEIVED ARAGON Republican

“By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.” – Jens Stoltenberg Voter Guide, Page 45 VALENCIA COUNTY CLERK Four-year term. The clerk is an ex-officio recorder of Valencia County and may legally record any document that is certified. The office also issues marriage and occupational licenses. The county clerk’s bureau of elections administers all elections in the county. Must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of Valencia County. Salary: $70,794.

Why should people vote for you? (65 What are the most urgent needs of the What steps would you take to increase Do you support sending every voter an words) county clerk’s office? (65 words) voter turnout in the county? (65 words) absentee ballot application for all elections? (65 words)

Aurora Dolores I have assisted in over 26 Elections We need to have mobile voting sites Promoting and encouraging citizens Sending an Absentee application to & have the experience and the or satellite sites to reach our most to register to vote is the first step to every registered voter simplifies the CHAVEZ knowledge to ensure that the office rural residents of the county in increasing voter turnout. Having process of voting by mail especially Democrat runs efficiently. The position of Bosque, Casa Colorada and local events & a strong media in the current public health County Clerk is not one that you Highland Meadows. Keeping voters presence through a website, emergency. However, what works can just walk into, you must have more informed about the importance brochures, & social media to inform for one election may not work for all the experience especially with the of updating their voter registration is voters of upcoming elections with elections and I believe that every additional responsibilities of extremely important as well as locations & times long before the election has its own needs and administering elections and providing the public with complete election will help voters make a plan should be looked at individually. and accurate information regarding adhering to all federal and state to vote. I would work closely with Voters should always have the right elections. There is also a great need statutes. It’s crucial that the Clerk community leaders, high schools & to vote how they want whether to publish our documents online so has the knowledge of the duties & that they are accessible to the municipalities and coordinate voter that’s in person or by mail & every processes involved and I will work public and our out of state drives with their local events to voters’ concerns should be taken tirelessly to represent every customers. increase and encourage voter into account prior to making a Valencia County resident. registration. decision for everyone.

Michael E. In my professional career as a To implement policies that will serve Increase voter awareness of the This policy would be an Realtor, Property Manager, previous to address the needs of Valencia importance of their vote, making unnecessary expense to the county, MILAM President of the Valencia County County residents. them aware of the different and could result in fraudulent voting Republican Board of Realtors, and serving on Candidates qualifications. Working practices. Absentee ballots should the Albuquerque Board of Realtors with High School Principals only be sent to those resident who Professional Standards & Ethics throughout the county to set up request one, with verifiable reasons committee, I have maintained a high education classes regarding the for the necessity of an absentee degree of honesty, integrity, and importance of the Right to Vote. ballot. professionalism, which is paramount Increasing the voter locations in serving the best interest of our throughout the county for better community. accessibility.

VALENCIA COUNTY TREASURER Four-year term. The treasurer is responsible for collecting property taxes in Valencia County, and for the supervision and investment of funds. The treasurer’s office collects and distributes property taxes to different government agencies. Must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of Valencia County. Salary: $70,794.

Describe the professional experience that What are the most urgent needs of the Should the county treasurer continue to What investment strategies do you think prepares you to be county treasurer. (65 county treasurer’s office? (65 words) be an elected position? Why or why not? would benefit the county most? (65 words) (65 words) words)

Michael P. I have over 40 years of finance Closely monitor the current State Yes, the County Treasurer position New Mexico state statute regulates experience in both the private and and Local economic conditions to should remain an elected position. the types of investments that can be STEININGER government sectors. I have assisted ensure the County has adequate There must be a level of used by county governments. Democrat over 50 New Mexico counties and cash available to pay its obligations. independence between the Board of During these uncertain economic municipalities with their financial Cash flow must be carefully County Commissioners and the times, very short-term investments operations. I hold certifications as a: monitored and projected. Invest and County Treasurer. The County would be prudent. Even normally Treasury Official, Municipal Official, protect over $26 million in taxpayer Treasurer position should not be a safe investment like T-Bills and and Public Manager. approved tax collections, dedicated partisan elected position. The T-Notes are experiencing wide price for the Valencia County Hospital, County Treasurer’s Office is not a fluctuations and could be sold at a within the guidelines allowed by the legislative office so the political loss if cash was suddenly needed. Board of County Commissioners. persuasions of the candidate/office New Mexico state statute requires Enhance tax collection procedures holder are irrelevant to the day-to- 50% of cash be insured. To protect so fewer parcels are turned over to day operations of the office, which the taxpayers, the county needs to the state for collection. are mostly regulated by New Mexico impose at least 100% insurance state statutes. coverage.

Deseri Ann NO RESPONSE RECEIVED SICHLER Republican

“Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it’s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.” – Abbie Hoffman Page 46, Voter Guide VALENCIA COUNTY MAGISTRATE Four-year term. Each magistrate judge shall be a qualified elector of and reside in the magistrate district for which he/she is elected or appointed. No person is eligible for election or appointment to the office of magistrate judge unless he/she has graduated from high school or has received the equivalent of a high school education as indicated by a certificate of equivalency issued by the state Department of Public Education. Salary: Presiding Judge, $96,588; Judge, $95,302.

What do you perceive as the greatest Are the current requirements for What steps would you take to ensure What changes in training and support for obstacle to equal access to justice in this Magistrate Judges (eg. High school improvement to physical and remote Magistrate Judges would you like to see county? (65 words) diploma or equivalent for counties with a access to the court, such as calling in to implemented? (65 words) population of less than 200,000, not telephonic hearings, overcoming limited required to be an attorney) sufficient? internet access, etc.? (65 words) Please explain your answer. (65 words) Valencia County Magistrate Court Division 1

Heather R. It is my perception that the greatest This is a rural state; most counties Improving physical and remote Magistrate judges are supported by obstacle to equal access to justice have fewer than 200,000 residents. access to the court is a priority. the Judicial Education Center of BENAVIDEZ in Valencia County is the high Increasing the qualifications creates Telephone and video chat hearings UNM’s School of Law and the Democrat poverty rate combined with a lack of challenges for counties with small are being used currently and have Administrative Office of the Courts available resources. Indigent populations who lack individuals that become an integral part of the who provide monthly legal trainings. participants experience significant meet even minimum requirements. judiciary. During my tenure in Santa We also attend an annual confer- disadvantages which have been Judges ensure the defendant’s Fe one of my primary ence to be updated on case law, exacerbated by the COVID-19 rights are not violated during case responsibilities was interacting with statute amendments, and new crisis, e.g., limited access to adjudication. Knowledge of the U.S. legislators regarding budgetary statutes. The Thirteenth District is Constitution and N.M. laws is computers, internet, and phones. issues. Working with legislators fortunate to have district judges who essential, as well as law assist us when needed. Imple- There is also a shortage of helped me to understand the enforcement and judiciary menting a mentor judge program therapeutic interventions, and experience. Ultimately, defendants intricacies of funding which puts me between magistrate court and access to those services, due to a are protected by appeals and in the unique position to advocate district court judges would be bene- lack of reliable transportation in this elections. and secure the resources necessary ficial to our professional develop- largely rural county. to upgrade our technology. ment.

Miles R. Lack of information about available The requirements are sufficient I would like to continue the use of I think supplemental training in resources is a common obstacle for because a magistrate judge deals telephonic court for issues that do mental health, drug addiction, and TA FOYA many people in our area. For with misdemeanor offenses like not require an attorney such as alcohol abuse would be a great Republican example, the 13th District Court in traffic citations and civil disputes. traffic citations. I would like to addition to a judge’s toolbox. These Los Lunas was offering free legal When we require only attorneys to continue to use Google Meet for areas will help a judge make better clinics once a month before the be judges, we limit the pool of issues that require an attorney when decision that can improve positive pandemic. There are resources to people who can run for this possible. We will have to adapt to outcomes and reduce recidivism in help file a wrongful eviction and important position. A magistrate the ever-changing world we live in people suffering from these people standing by to help victims of judge should be an everyday person by listening to recommendations conditions. We must address mental domestic violence get to a safe who lives in the community they that people have while making sure health and alcohol and drug abuse place right here in Valencia County. serve and someone who these changes do not violate in more ways than just incarcerating We should highlight these resources understands the issues that people anyone’s right to due process. people. I would like to see more and information so that everyone in face. The main purpose of any support and funding for mental the county can get help when they elected official is to represent the health programs and drug courts for need it. people they serve. our community.

JUDICIAL RETENTION THE NEW MEXICO COURT OF APPEALS Eight-year term. Serves as one of ten judges on the intermediate court between the district courts and the Supreme Court. Judges sit in panels of three. Court reviews appeals in all cases, except in criminal cases involving sentences of death or life imprisonment, appeals from the Public Regulation Commission, and cases involving habeas corpus. Must be 35 years old, have practiced law for 10 years, and resided in New Mexico for the last three years. Salary: Chief Judge, $142,697; Judge, $140,797.

JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS – Retention Voters at a retention election may vote either "yes" or "no" for each individual judge for retention. To retain the office, a judge standing for retention must receive 57% "yes" votes of all the votes cast on the question of retention.

Jacqueline R. MEDINA

“Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.” – Hillary Clinton Voter Guide, Page 47 JUDICIAL RETENTION (continued) DISTRICT COURT JUDGES - RETENTION There are thirteen court districts in New Mexico. These courts hold jury trials in contract, real property rights, estate contests, and torts. District courts generally have exclusive jurisdiction over appeals concerning domestic relations, mental health, administrative agencies, lower court decisions, criminal cases, and juvenile jurisdiction. The Second Judicial District (Bernalillo County) only deals with felony DWI cases and felony domestic violence cases. Vacancies in courts in New Mexico are filled through appointment by the Governor from a slate of potential nominees submitted by a judicial nominating committee. The newly appointed judge must then run in a contested, partisan election at the next general election. Thereafter, the judge runs in nonpartisan retention elections. To be retained, a judge must receive at least 57% of affirmative votes cast in the retention election. Six-year term. Must be at least 35 years old, have been engaged in actual practice of law for at least six years preceding assumption of office, and must be a resident of the district from which elected. Salary: $126,186. NM District Court Judge, 2nd Judicial District

The 2nd Judicial District encompasses only Bernalillo County. Voters registered in Bernalillo County may vote for or against retention of each judge in each division who is standing for retention.

Division 1 William Parnall

Division 2 Stan Whitaker

Division 3 Brett R. Loveless

Division 4 Beatrice J. Brickhouse

Division 5 Nancy J. Franchini

Division 9 Cindy Leoa

Division 10 Christina P. Argyres

Division 11 Gerard J. Lavelle

Division 12 Clay P. Campbell

Division 14 Marie Ward

Division 18 Denise Shepherd

Division 19 Benjamin Chavez

Division 20 Jacqueline Dolores Flores Page 48, Voter Guide JUDICIAL RETENTION (continued) NM District Court Judge, 2nd Judicial District (continued) Division 21 Alisa Ann Hart

Division 24 Debra Ramirez

Division 25 Jane Levy

Division 27 Victor Lopez

NM District Court Judge, 7th Judicial District

The 7th Judicial District encompasses Torrance, Sierra, Socorro, and Catron Counties. Voters registered in any of those four counties may vote for or against retention of each judge in each division who is standing for retention. Division 1 Mercedes C. Murphy

Division 2 Matthew G. Reynolds

Division 3 Shannon L. Murdock

NM District Court Judge, 13th Judicial District

The 13th Judicial District encompasses Sandoval, Valencia, and Cibola counties. Voters registered in any of those three counties may vote for or against retention of each judge in each division who is standing for retention. Division 1 James Lawrence Sanchez

Division 2 George P. Eichwald

Division 3 Allen R. Smith

Division 6 Cindy M. Mercer

Division 8 Cheryl H. Johnston

“Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.” – Sharon Salzberg Voter Guide, Page 49 NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Description: The State Constitution is the basic founding document for our state government originally adopted in 1912. From time to time the State Legislature approves the submission of proposed amendments to the State Constitution to the voters for approval or disapproval. All voters in the State are eligible to vote on these proposals. The questions as they will appear on the ballot are shown below in boldface type. Background information provided by the Legislative Council Service is provided here following each question.

3. New Mexico would join the vast majority of states that regulate utilities through CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 governor-appointed commissions, including the neighboring states of Colorado, Utah and Texas. If this amendment is adopted, New Mexico would be following "PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE the lead of 38 other states that provide for governor-appointed utility regulation THAT THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION CONSISTS OF THREE commissions. Given the highly complex and technical nature of public utility MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM A LIST OF regulation, it makes sense that commissioners should be selected on the basis of PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED NOMINEES SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR knowledge and expertise, rather than political considerations. Moreover, the BY A NOMINATING COMMITTEE AS PROVIDED BY LAW AND THAT THE double-vetting process and staggered six-year terms required by this amendment COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO REGULATE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND MAY BE should help ensure that only well-qualified individuals are considered for REQUIRED TO REGULATE OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES." appointment to the PRC, while preventing governors from packing the commission SUMMARY of Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1: Constitutional Amendment 1 with political appointees. would amend Article 11, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to reduce the 4. Promotes a better understanding of the legal complexities inherent in regulating number of Public Regulation Commission (PRC) members to three, with no more than utilities. The PRC is a quasi-judicial body, and as such, it is critical that two members from the same political party. Members would no longer be elected, but commissioners know and understand the law and the specifics of the subject areas instead would be appointed for six-year terms by the governor, with the consent of the they regulate. However, too often the New Mexico Supreme Court has overruled senate, from a list of nominees submitted to the governor through a newly established PRC decisions, resulting in costs to the state and sometimes calling into question Public Regulation Commission Nominating Committee. Constitutional Amendment 1 the PRC’s understanding of or regard for the legal complexities inherent in would also amend Article 11, Section 2 of the Constitution of New Mexico to narrow regulating the state’s utilities. Improved screening and qualification requirements the scope of the PRC’s constitutionally granted regulatory powers to public utilities, would help ensure that commissioners possess the experience and training while still allowing the legislature to assign responsibility for the regulation of other public necessary to make decisions within the complex legal framework that governs service companies to the commission by law. public utility regulation. BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION: The PRC is a state regulatory authority created by a constitutional amendment passed by New Mexico voters in 1996. At its inception, ARGUMENTS AGAINST: the PRC was the result of a merger of the State Corporation Commission, which was 1. Does not address recommended changes to the PRC that may better address responsible for regulating corporations, insurance, telecommunications, railroads and the efficient functioning of the commission. The key to the efficient functioning of motor carriers, and the New Mexico Public Utility Commission, the entity that was the PRC may not necessarily lie with the manner in which commissioners are responsible for regulating electric, gas and water utilities. The merger became effective appointed. In fact, a study by the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) on January 1, 1999, resulting in the formation of a state regulatory body with authority commissioned by the legislature in 2017 offered several recommendations to over a broad spectrum of activities and industries within the state. In 2012, the improve PRC operations. Those recommendations included establishing stable constitutional provisions creating and establishing the jurisdiction of the PRC were again funding through the fees and assessments collected by the PRC from regulated amended. One amendment removed the PRC’s authority to charter and regulate industries as is the practice in most states, increasing staff salaries to attract and corporations and transferred authority to charter corporations to the secretary of state. keep highly skilled engineers, accountants, economists, lawyers and other A second amendment removed the regulation of insurance companies and others professional staff that are necessary to efficiently conduct rate cases, draft rules engaged in the assumption of risk from the PRC and placed it under a superintendent and advise the commissioners and increasing opportunities for staff to receive of insurance. A third amendment required the legislature to provide increased ongoing training and professional development. The proposed amendment does qualifications and continuing education requirements for public regulation not address any of the many recommendations that could more effectively improve commissioners. the PRC’s operations. The work of the PRC is conducted by the commissioners through meetings and hearings 2. Does not change how the PRC actually functions. As noted above, the provisions and in large part through operational units, including the Utility Division, Transportation of this amendment assume that any problems with the current PRC are related to Division, Consumer Relations Division, Legal Division and Fire Marshal Division. Even the fact that it is an elected body. The amendment, however, leaves it up to the after enactment of the 2012 amendments, the jurisdiction of the PRC remains broad. legislature to provide for how commissioners will be evaluated and what The PRC is composed of five commissioners, each representing a district of the state qualifications commissioners will be required to have. Under current law, the determined by statute and redrawn each decennial census in the same manner and at legislature already has the power to set qualifications and continuing education the same time as legislative and congressional districts. Commissioners serve staggered requirements for commissioners. It also has the power to address all of the issues four-year terms and receive annual salaries of $90,000, as provided in statute. After raised by the 2017 NRRI report to the legislature. There is no guarantee that the serving two terms, a member is not eligible to hold office as a commissioner again until legislature will appropriately fund the PRC to address the issues raised in the 2017 one full term has intervened. Vacancies occurring during the term of a commissioner report simply because the commissioners are appointed rather than elected. are filled by appointment by the governor. 3. Removes the electorate’s ability to directly hold commissioners accountable for Under current law, an individual is eligible to serve as a commissioner on the PRC if their actions. Removing voters’ power to directly elect commissioners dilutes the the commissioner is at least 18 years of age, has lived in the state for at least one year, power of the electorate by transferring that decision-making authority to the Public resides in the district from which he or she is elected, has no felony convictions and Regulation Commission Nominating Committee, governor and senate. Electing meets certain professional qualifications, including satisfaction of continuing education commissioners from their respective districts allows members of the public more requirements, as provided by law. direct oversight of their commissioners and the decisions those commissioners make. Removing the power to elect the commissioners by district may result in ARGUMENTS FOR: reduced geographical representation because appointed commissioners could 1. May allow for increased focus on ratepayer interests. An elected commission is a reside anywhere in the state. Even if the commissioners were appointed from political commission, and the PRC may be even more so because its members are different regions of the state, each commissioner would necessarily represent more elected to represent specific districts in the state. When elected members represent persons and a larger geographic area than under the current system. districts instead of the entire state, their focus may be on regional electoral politics 4. Changing the removal process for commissioners may result in delayed rather than the interests of ratepayers throughout the state. By insulating the commission proceedings. The proposed amendment provides that a commissioner may be from electoral politics, the commissioners may be better able to carry out their removed "for accepting anything of value from a person or entity whose charges quasi-judicial duties in an unbiased fashion. for services to the public are regulated by the commission, malfeasance, 2. Offers an opportunity to renew public trust. The PRC has suffered from controversy misfeasance or neglect of duty," but a commissioner may only be removed by and lack of public trust throughout its existence, some of which can be attributed to the impeachment. Pursuant to Article 4, Section 35 of the Constitution of New Mexico, nature of electoral politics, whereby candidates may be elected based more on name impeachment can only be exercised by a majority of the members of the house of recognition and political advertisements than on professional qualifications and technical representatives and must be followed by a trial in the senate. Thus, impeachment expertise. The proposed amendment would provide for increased vetting of of a commissioner may only occur when the legislature is convened in session or commissioners through the establishment of a Public Regulation Commission called into a special or extraordinary session, possibly delaying hearings required Nominating Committee that evaluates potential nominees and submits their names to to respond to a serious allegation against a serving commissioner. Currently, the the governor for appointment, followed by senate confirmation of those appointees. This Constitution of New Mexico provides to the New Mexico Supreme Court the process would insulate the selection of commissioners from the political process and jurisdiction to remove a commissioner for cause, which may provide for a more better ensure that well-qualified individuals are chosen to serve on the PRC, resulting timely response. in a renewal of public trust in the PRC. Page 50, Voter Guide NEW MEXICO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

4. Addresses election cycle issues and increases efficiency. Balancing the CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2 number of contests appearing on a ballot during alternating election cycles and implementing a standardized start date for all newly elected officers may help "PROPOSING TO AMEND ARTICLE 20, SECTION 3 OF THE alleviate issues created by an overloaded or long ballot and increase efficiency CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PERMIT THE ADJUSTMENT BY LAW in the state’s administration of elections and training. An overloaded or long OF TERMS OF NONSTATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICERS AND TO ballot may result in longer lines at the ballot box and voter fatigue when there STANDARDIZE THE DATE AN OFFICER BEGINS TO SERVE." are "too many" offices up for grabs. A more balanced ballot could provide voters with a better opportunity to educate themselves about the candidates SUMMARY of Proposed Constitutional Amendment 2: Constitutional and their positions, and therefore make more informed choices. A balanced Amendment 2 proposes to amend Article 20, Section 3 of the Constitution of ballot could also create the perception among voters that there is an equal New Mexico to allow the legislature to adjust the term of a state, county or number of important races during alternating election cycles, thereby increasing district officer to align or stagger the election of officers for a particular state, voter turnout. In addition, balancing the number of contests appearing on a county or district office throughout the state. No statewide elective office would ballot between election cycles and implementing a standardized start date for be subject to adjustment. The proposed amendment also clarifies that officers all newly elected officers may increase efficiency by allowing the state to plan elected to fill a vacancy in office shall take office on the first day of January for, organize and carry out the election and training of statewide and following their election. nonstatewide officers at the same time.

BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION: Statutory provisions that would have ARGUMENTS AGAINST: had the effect of lengthening or shortening the terms of office of certain elected 1. Expands the legislature’s constitutional power over election policy and officers were declared unconstitutional in State ex rel. Sugg v. Toulouse Oliver, requires use of legislative findings that are not typical of constitutional 2020-NMSC-002. If approved, this amendment would address the court’s provisions. The proposed amendment expands the legislature’s constitutional concerns and require a legislative finding that any adjustment to align or stagger power over election policy issues and could be legally challenged. It requires the terms of a state, county or district officer is only to provide for consistency a legislative finding that an adjustment is necessary "to provide for consistency in the timing of elections for that office or to balance the number of offices in the timing of elections for that office or to balance the number of offices appearing on the ballot in the election. appearing on the ballot." While this provides some guidance, it may allow the legislature to amend terms for other reasons as long as the finding states that ARGUMENTS FOR: it is meant to provide for consistency or balance. This possibility for other 1. Provides the legislature with the constitutional authority to ensure uniformity motivating reasons demonstrates that the finding requirement may not be as of elections and balance the number of offices on the ballot. This constitutional exacting as it may appear. Furthermore, this finding requirement does not exist amendment is a natural and necessary extension of the legislature’s intent in any other provision of the Constitution of New Mexico and is generally at demonstrated by the passage of House Bill 407 (2019). This law changed and odds with legislative style. updated numerous provisions throughout the Election Code to standardize the 2. May not be narrowly tailored to address the problem the proposed election dates for certain elected officials and balance out the number of county constitutional amendment is trying to solve. There are a small number of state, and district officers on the ballot in any given election year. In a legal case that county and district positions throughout the state that may need to be aligned followed the passage of this law, the New Mexico Supreme Court ultimately on the same ballot or staggered in different election cycles. The proposed held, in part, that if the legislature wishes to alter the election dates of officers constitutional amendment may be overly broad and not sufficiently tailored to whose terms are enumerated in the constitution for the purpose of ensuring address the problem it is trying to solve. The constitutional amendment does uniformity, this must be first permitted through a constitutional amendment. not address only those offices that are in need of being aligned or staggered This amendment would effectively amend the Constitution of New Mexico to on the presidential or gubernatorial general election ballots, but it gives the allow for the enforcement of those statutory provisions. legislature broad discretion to change the election cycle in which a state, county 2. Provides the legislature with a tool to address election cycle concerns without or district officer is elected, provided that the legislature includes the required requiring individual constitutional amendments for each office. Without this finding in the legislation that adjusts the election cycles. constitutional amendment, if the legislature determines that it is necessary to 3. Shortening or lengthening of terms may be inequitable. As a result of this change the election cycle in which a state, county or district officer is elected amendment, some incumbent officeholders will gain an extra two years in office, to provide for consistency in the timing of elections for that office or to balance while others will serve terms that expire two years early for reasons unrelated the number of offices appearing on the ballot, the legislature must first pass to their performance. Incumbents seeking reelection after a shortened term and the voters must adopt a constitutional amendment for each relevant office. could be disadvantaged by the adjustment because they will have had only The legislature is prohibited from extending or shortening the terms of two years in office to accomplish their goals, gain constituent support and constitutional officers to stagger or align them on the same ballot in the same prepare for a reelection campaign. Additionally, during the period when election election year without a constitutional amendment being presented to and cycles are being synchronized, term limits will not apply to the affected offices. adopted by the voters. If stand-alone constitutional amendments must be At the time of an election, voters elect candidates and candidates run for office adopted to address these election cycle concerns, the one-time adjustments with the expectation that the winner will serve a four-year term and that term to the terms of individual offices in the constitution will clutter the constitution limits will apply. Whether an incumbent’s term is shortened or extended, the with provisions that are temporal in nature, which is antithetical to the enduring end result may implicate the democratic process and may be inequitable to nature of constitutions. This proposed constitutional amendment, however, both voters and officeholders because it occurs retroactively after the officer would allow the legislature to adjust the number of offices on the presidential has been elected. This amendment may undermine their expectations and act or gubernatorial general election ballot without needing to propose a against their interests. constitutional amendment for each relevant office, thus allowing the legislature to expediently address these election concerns when they arise and preventing 4. Benefits to voters are unclear. Proposed changes to election policy require the constitution from being filled with temporary provisions. careful scrutiny; in particular, assessing whether and how the changes would affect voters’ ability to participate in the election process. This amendment does 3. Includes protections against legislative overreach in amending terms of not provide any clear benefit to voters. Whether all New Mexico voters are certain elected officers. The proposed amendment protects against legislative scheduled to vote for their county or district officers during the same election overreach in arbitrarily changing the terms of certain elected officers by cycle serves no purpose for voters. The residents of a county or a district are requiring the legislature to adopt specific legislative findings supporting an the only voters who are eligible to participate in an election for officers of the adjustment. In order for the legislature to make an adjustment, the legislature county or district, and are, therefore, unaffected by the outcomes of must find that the adjustment is necessary for consistency in the timing of corresponding contests held in other parts of the state. Without evidence that elections for that office or to balance the number of offices appearing on the the existing election cycle distribution burdens voters, there is no clear ballot. This requirement is unique and requires a level of deliberateness and justification for a constitutional amendment that would allow a change to the intention by the legislature. The proposed amendment also limits the reach of status quo. any law by limiting a one-time adjustment to two years. This limitation effectively adjusts a term no more than necessary to accomplish the desired alignment. Further, persons elected to affected offices are protected and not penalized. In running for a second term for an office, if the person’s first term is extended, the extended term is only to be counted as one term, and a shortened term is not to be considered a term for the purposes of any limitation on the number of terms an officer may serve. Voter Guide, Page 51 General Election 2020 General Obligation Bonds and Taxes (Background Information provided by the NM Department of Finance and Administration.) Background: A bond represents a debt for money borrowed by a government to finance capital improvement projects. The State of New Mexico promises to repay the amount borrowed, plus interest, over a period of time for each General Obligation Bond that is approved by voters. The bonds are called "General Obligation" because payment of the debt service (principal plus interest) is a general obligation of the State and its property owners through property taxation. According to the Board of Finance Division of the NM Department of Finance and Administration, the specific amount of property taxes collected in a given year is attributable to a number of factors, including the amount of debt service required for existing General Obligation bonds, the projected debt service required for the new bond issue, the latest assessed valuation of net taxable property, cash balances in bond debt service accounts, the date of issuance, and the actual interest rate obtained on the bond sale. Based on the assumption that all three bond issues will be passed by voters, the property tax year 2020 mil levy has been set at 1.36 mils, which is the same as the 2018 and 2019 rates. The State Board of Finance estimates that over a ten-year period, the three issues on the ballot would cost approximately $10.99 per $100,000 of asset value. Of the annual average $10.99, Bond Issue A accounts for $1.83, Bond Issue B accounts for $0.54, and Bond Issue C accounts for $8.62.

STATE BOND QUESTIONS

2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act

The New Mexico Legislature passed the 2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act detailing projects that would be funded by these bonds. No bonds will be issued or sold under the act until the state’s registered voters have voted upon and approved the bonds. Each bond is voted upon separately with a "For" or "Against" question. Summary: The three 2020 bond issues ask for voter approval to issue general obligation bonds as follows: Bond Issue A, in an amount not to exceed $33,292,141 to make capital expenditures for certain senior citizen facility improvements, construction, and equipment acquisition projects; Bond Issue B, in an amount not to exceed $9,751,433 to make capital expenditures for academic, public school, tribal, and public library resource acquisitions; and Bond Issue C, in an amount not to exceed $156,358,475 to make capital expenditures for certain higher education, special schools, and tribal schools capital improvements and acquisitions.

The total for all three questions, including bond issuance costs, is $199,402,049. A complete breakdown of the designated projects under each bond issue can be found on the New Mexico Legislature’s website: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Regular/final/SB0207.pdf.

Bond Question A - Aging and Long-Term Services Department Bond Question C - Higher Education

The 2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance The 2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction and equipment and sale of higher education, special schools and tribal schools capital acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation improvement and acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed thirty-three million two hundred ninety-two general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred fifty-six thousand one hundred forty-one dollars ($33,292,141) to make capital million three hundred fifty-eight thousand four hundred seventy-five dollars expenditures for certain senior citizen facility improvement, construction and ($156,358,475) to make capital expenditures for certain higher education, equipment acquisition projects and provide for a general property tax imposition special schools and tribal schools capital improvements and acquisitions and and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance permitted by law? of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

For______Against______For______Against______

Bond Question B - Library Acquisitions

The 2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of library acquisition bonds. Shall the state be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed nine million seven hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred thirty-three dollars ($9,751,433) to make capital expenditures for academic, public school, tribal and public library resource acquisitions and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by law?

For______Against______Page 52, Voter Guide BERNALILLO COUNTY BOND QUESTIONS

Bernalillo County will ask voters to authorize the issuance of General Obligation bonds for the 2020 bond cycle (years 2021-2022) totaling $40,550,000. The projects have been grouped according to their general purposes into six ballot questions. General Obligation Bonds are grouped by purpose so that voters have the option of approving one purpose and not another. Once approved, the bond funds must be used for the approved purpose only. General Obligation (GO) Bonds and Taxes A bond represents a debt of money borrowed by a government to generate revenue for and fund capital improvement projects. The government promises to repay the amount borrowed, plus interest, over a period of time. The bonds are called “General Obligation” because payment of the debt service (principal plus interest) is a general obligation of the county and its property owners. GO bonds require approval by the voters and are repaid from a portion of the property taxes. GO bonds must be sold within three years of voter approval, and must be fully spent on capital (bricks and mortar) projects, not on daily operations or maintenance, within four years of the bond sale. All projects slated for GO bond funding are included in Bernalillo County’s six-year Capital Improvement Plan. Because old bonds are retired as the new bonds are requested, passage of the bonds will generally not result in a property tax increase.

Bond Question No. 1. LIBRARY BONDS Bond Question No. 3. PARKS AND RECREATION BONDS

Shall Bernalillo County, New Mexico, be authorized to issue its general obligation Shall Bernalillo County, New Mexico, be authorized to issue its general obligation bonds, in one series or more, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding bonds, in one series or more, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $2,250,000 for the purpose of acquiring property, planning, designing, upgrading, $16,800,000 for the purpose of acquiring property, planning, designing, constructing, remodeling, furnishing, equipping and otherwise improving library upgrading, constructing, equipping and otherwise improving park and facilities within Bernalillo County, New Mexico, and purchasing library materials recreational facilities within the County, including but not limited to parks, aquatic and resources for the libraries within Bernalillo County, New Mexico, said bonds centers, community centers, playgrounds, ball fields, open space, cultural to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes to be issued and sold at such time facilities, community recreation centers and pools, and necessary redevelopment or times, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of County Commissioners of facilities, construction and improvements required by the Americans with may determine and as permitted by law? Disabilities Act, said bonds to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes and to be issued and sold at such time or times, upon such terms and conditions as Library Materials - ongoing books, e-books and materials acquisition $1,750,000 the Board of County Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law? International District/Central Ave. Library - construction and books, Paradise Hills Community Center - Building and Site Improvements.... $3,000,000 e-books, media and materials acquisition ...... $500,000 North Valley Aquatic Center - possibly @ Raymond G. Sanchez Community Center ...... $3,500,000 Westside Community Center - Building and Site Improvements ...... $3,000,000 Whispering Pines improvements ...... $110,000 Bond Question No. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES, Park Redevelopment and Improvements - ongoing ...... $250,000 FLEET AND OTHER COUNTY BUILDINGS BONDS Playground Redevelopment - ongoing ...... $300,000 Little League Ball Fields Redevelopment - ongoing ...... $300,000 Shall Bernalillo County, New Mexico, be authorized to issue its general obligation ADA Upgrades for Parks and Recreation - ongoing ...... $150,000 bonds, in one series or more, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding Community Center Redevelopment & Equipment - ongoing ...... $200,000 $13,450,000 for the purpose of acquiring property, planning, designing, upgrading, constructing, remodeling, equipping and otherwise improving, County Land Management Equipment - ongoing ...... $300,000 facilities and fleet, including but not limited to health and public safety facilities, Aquatics Facilities Redevelopment & Equipment - ongoing ...... $100,000 fire station and law enforcement facilities, jail and detention facilities, animal care Tom Tenorio Park Improvements ...... $1,700,000 facilities and youth and visitors centers, and necessary redevelopment of Swede Scholar Mesa del Sol Regional Recreation Complex Improvements facilities, construction and improvements required by the Americans with and Additions ...... $3,300,000 Disabilities Act, said bonds to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes and to be issued and sold at such time or times, upon such terms and conditions as Mid North Valley Recreational Center AKA Sandia Ranch Aglife Center (North the Board of County Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law? Edith, Sandia Ranch) ...... $500,000 Alameda Medians Redevelopment...... $90,000 Public Building Upgrades - systems upgrades, sustainability implementation measures and ADA compliance countywide - ongoing...... $3,500,000 Parking Lot Construction (fencing, lighting, surfacing) at demolished Bond Question No. 4. TRANSPORTATION BONDS downtown ABQ jail site ...... $800,000 Youth Service Center (YSC) Facility Improvements...... $1,600,000 Shall Bernalillo County, New Mexico, be authorized to issue its general obligation Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Improvements Wastewater Vacuum bonds, in one series or more, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding System Design and Construction Upgrade ...... $2,000,000 $4,300,000 for the purpose of acquiring property, planning, designing, upgrading, Tiny Home Village (THV) - photovoltaic array (purchase, install, equip) . $200,000 constructing, equipping, repairing and otherwise improving transportation facilities within the County, including but not limited to roads and related Fire Station 36 (Dist. 1) (plan, design, demolish, reconstruct, furnish) . . $300,000 non-motor vehicle pathways, bridges, traffic calming, guardrails, bike lanes, 401 Roma (Public Safety Center) - New Roof and HVAC...... $1,000,000 sidewalks, paving, landscaping, traffic signals and other street improvements, South Valley Food Hub (SVEDC-RGCD) (plan, design, purchase, construct, and necessary construction and improvements required by the Americans with equip) ...... $550,000 Disabilities Act, said bonds to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes and 2400 Broadway Campus (Public Works) Renovation - Phase 1 ...... $500,000 to be issued and sold at such time or times, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of County Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law? Heavy Equipment Replacement - ongoing ...... $750,000 Bernalillo County Sheriff Office Fleet Vehicle Replacement - ongoing . . $650,000 Federal Match Requirements for the following road and trail projects - Bernalillo County General Fleet Vehicle Replacement - ongoing ..... $600,000 Alameda Drain Trail, Bridge Blvd Reconstruction, Rio Bravo/2nd St Animal Care Building Expansion (plan, design) ...... $150,000 Intersection and Gap Widening, Isleta Blvd Reconstruction, Sunset Rd West Central Ave - Route 66 Visitor Center (design, construct, equip, furnish) $500,000 Reconstruction, Garduño Rd Storm Drain, Woodward Ave Improvements $2,000,000 PB&J Building Remodel (plan, design, demolish, construct replacement) $350,000 PWD Roads/County Arterial Roads Improvements (paving, drainage, safety improvements) ...... $300,000 Sunport Blvd Extension ...... $1,500,000 PWD Roads/County Road projects - Holbrook St widening, District 3 Hawk Signal installation, Mountain Valley Rd repaving ...... $500,000 Voter Guide, Page 53 BERNALILLO COUNTY BOND QUESTIONS

Bond Question No. 5. STORM DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES BONDS Bond Question No. 6. PUBLIC HOUSING BONDS

Shall Bernalillo County, New Mexico, be authorized to issue its general obligation Shall Bernalillo County, New Mexico, be authorized to issue its general obligation bonds, in one series or more, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding bonds, in one series or more, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $2,250,000 for the purpose of acquiring property, designing, upgrading, $1,500,000 for the purpose of acquiring property, designing, upgrading, planning, constructing, equipping, repairing and otherwise improving utility infrastructure, constructing and equipping housing facilities within the County, including but including but not limited to storm sewer, wastewater, water, drainage and fiber not limited to energy efficiency and other improvements for multifamily housing optic systems and facilities within Bernalillo County, New Mexico, said bonds to units for low-income, homeless, senior and disabled populations, said bonds to be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes and to be issued and sold at such be payable from general (ad valorem) taxes and to be issued and sold at such time or times, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of County time or times, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of County Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law? Commissioners may determine and as permitted by law?

Federal Match Requirements for storm drainage components of the following County Housing Consolidated Plan - Rental Occupied - El Centro and Seybold road and trail projects: Alameda Drain Trail, Bridge Blvd Reconstruction, Rio Village ...... $500,000 Bravo/2nd St Intersection and Gap Widening, Isleta Blvd Reconstruction, Contribution to City of ABQ Gateway Center Homeless Facility...... $1,000,000 Sunset Rd Reconstruction, Sunport Blvd Extension, Garduño Rd Storm Drain, Woodward Ave Improvements ...... $2,250,000

SANDOVAL COUNTY GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND QUESTION

A bond represents a debt of money borrowed by a government to finance capital improvement projects. The government promises to repay the amount borrowed, plus interest, over a period of time. The bonds are called "General Obligation" because payment of the debt service (principal plus interest) is a general obligation of the county and its property owners. General Obligation bonds require approval by the voters. Because old bonds are retired as the new bonds are requested, passage of the bonds will generally not result in a property tax increase.

Bond Question No. 1. LIBRARY BONDS

Sandoval County General Obligation Library Bond Question

Shall Sandoval County be authorized to issue up to $1,975,000 of general obligation bonds, to be paid from property taxes, for the purpose of purchasing library books and resources, including equipment, upgrades, and improvements for libraries?

Bonos de Obligación General del Condado de Sandoval Pregunta Sobre Bonos

¿Se autorizará al Condado de Sandoval a emitir hasta $1,975,000 en bonos de obligación general, que se pagarán por medio de impuestos sobre la propiedad, con el propósito de comprar libros y recursos, incluyendo equipos, actualizaciones y mejoras para las bibliotecas?

ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN ARROYO FLOOD CONTROL AUTHORITY

Description: AMAFCA owns and maintains 69 miles of channels, both improved and natural, nine miles of underground facilities, and seven miles of dikes and diversion structures. AMAFCA also owns and maintains 35 flood control dams throughout the greater Albuquerque area, and a number of storm water quality facilities. AMAFCA controls more than 4,000 acres within its boundaries, much of which is made available for joint use such as bike trails, recreational fields, equestrian areas, hang glide landing areas, open space, wildlife habitat, and golf courses.

BALLOT QUESTION: Shall the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority be authorized to issue its general obligation bonds in principal amount not exceeding $25,000,000 for the extension, betterment, alteration, reconstruction, repair and other improvements of the Authority’s flood control system?

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