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NEA-NM Edpac Recommends the Following Candidates for the New Mexico House of Representatives for the November 2018 General Election

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NEA-NM Edpac Recommends the Following Candidates for the New Mexico House of Representatives for the November 2018 General Election NEA-NM EdPAC Recommends the Following Candidates for the New Mexico House of Representatives for the November 2018 General Election District Name Party District Name Party 4 ANTHONY ALLISON DEM 33 MICAELA CADENA DEM 5 DOREEN JOHNSON DEM 33 MARY WHITE DEM 6 ELISEO ALCON DEM 34 RAYMUNDO LARA DEM 7 LEROY BACA DEM 35 ANGELICA RUBIO DEM 8 MARY JO JARAMILLO DEM 36 NATHAN SMALL DEM 9 PATRICIA LUNDSTROM DEM 37 JOANNE FERRARY DEM 10 G. ANDRES ROMERO DEM 38 KAREN WHITLOCK DEM 11 JAVIER MARTINEZ DEM 39 RUDY MARTINEZ DEM 12 PATRICIO RUILOBA DEM 40 JOSEPH SANCHEZ DEM 13 PATRICIA ROYBAL CABALLERO DEM 41 SUSAN HERERRA DEM 14 MIGUEL GARCIA DEM 42 ROBERTO ‘BOBBY’ GONZALES DEM 15 DAYAN HOCHMAN DEM 43 CHRISTINE CHANDLER DEM 16 ANTONIO MAESTAS DEM 44 BENTON HOWELL DEM 17 DEBORAH ARMSTRONG DEM 45 JIM TRUJILLO DEM 18 GAIL CHASEY DEM 46 ANDREA ROMERO DEM 19 SHERYL WILLIAMS STAPLETON DEM 47 BRIAN EGOLF, JR. DEM 20 ABBAS AKHIL DEM 48 LINDA TRUJILLO DEM 21 DEBRA SARINANA DEM 50 MATTHEW MCQUEEN DEM 23 DAYMON ELY DEM 52 DOREEN Y. GALLEGOS DEM 24 ELIZABETH THOMSON DEM 53 WILLIE MADRID DEM 25 CHRISTINE TRUJILLO DEM 57 BILLIE HELEAN DEM 26 GEORGENE LOUIS DEM 60 ALEXIS JIMENIZ DEM 27 NICHOLAS MARTIN REP 63 GEORGE DODGE, JR. DEM 27 WILLIAM PRATT DEM 65 DERRICK LENTE DEM 28 MELANIE STANSBURY DEM 68 KAREN BASH DEM 29 JOY GARRATT DEM 69 HARRY GARCIA DEM 30 NATALIE FIGUEROA DEM 70 TOMAS SALAZAR DEM 32 CANDIE SWEETSER DEM Website: www.nea-nm.org • Like Us: www.facebook.com/NEANM1886 • Follow Us: www.twitter.com/NEANewMexico NEA-NM EdPAC Recommendations for Statewide Offices, General Election November 6, 2018 Office Recommendation Governor MICHELL LUJAN GRISHAM Lt. Governor HOWIE MORALES STEPHANIE GARCIA RICHARD Land Commissioner (NEA-NM Teacher Member!) Secretary of State MAGGIE TOULOUSE OLIVER Attorney General HECTOR BALDERAS State Auditor BRIAN COLON State Treasurer TIM EICHENBERG State Appeals Court, Position 1 KRISTINA BOGARDUS State Appeals Court, Position 2 JACQUELINE MEDINA State Appeals Court, Position 3 BRIANA ZAMORA State Appeals Court, Position 4 MEGAN DUFFY State Appeals Court, Position 5 JENNIFER ATTREP Public Education Commission, District 5 GEORGINA DAVIS Public Education Commission, District 7 PATRICIA GIPSON To support Recommended candidates, members-only may donate to EdPAC: https://nea-nm.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NM-EdPac-Donation-Form.pdf NOTE: To be considered for an EdPAC Recommendation, candidates must complete a questionnaire which is sent to all of them. Statewide candidates who participate are then interviewed by the EdPAC whose members are elected by NEA- NM members. Statewide Recommendations then also must be approved by the NEA-NM elected Board of Directors. Recommendations for federal office are made by these two groups and also by the national NEA Fund for Children and Public Education. Website: www.nea-nm.org • Like Us: www.facebook.com/NEANM1886 • Follow Us: www.twitter.com/NEANewMexico.
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