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2023-2024All Elected Spotlights

Elected Spotlight: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Michelle Lujan Grisham has served the Land of Enchantment in various capacities: as a longtime state Cabinet secretary, as a U.S. Representative for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, and most recently as the state’s 32nd governor. Following her successful gubernatorial bid in 2019, Lujan Grisham became the nation’s first Democratic…
September 6, 2024
2022All Elected Spotlights

Elected Spotlight: A Speaker’s Legacy

It’s normal to have some turnover election to election, particularly in the New Mexico House of Representatives. Serving in the legislature is still an unpaid position that requires nearly a full time commitment year round. It leads to an unusually high attrition rate as legislators struggle to balance their legislative…
June 29, 2022
2021All Elected Spotlights

Elected Spotlight: New Voices

The 2018 elections drastically shifted the political landscape with the election of Governor Lujan Grisham and a stronger majority pro-conservation House. The Governor made it clear from her first day in office that she wanted to create a climate-focused administration by signing a critical Executive Order on Climate. The legislature…
November 1, 2021
2019All Elected Spotlights

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Grade: A

The defining feature of the 2019 legislative session was the presence and influence of new Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. The short version is this: over her first 100 days, Governor Lujan Grisham has governed the way that she campaigned – energetic, full of ideas and not afraid to push the…
May 23, 2019
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