Santa Fe, N.M. – Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM), through its coordinated political action committee CVNM Action Fund, endorsed 53 conservation champion incumbents and challengers in the 2020 general election for the state Legislature.
The list includes 33 House candidates, for eight of whom this marks their initiation into legislative politics. Among the Senate candidates, five are new to the legislative electoral process.
“This is the largest group of endorsements CVNM Action Fund has ever made,” said CVNM’s Political and Policy Director Ben Shelton. “It is a testament to how important conservation and environmental issues are for New Mexicans. We are thrilled to endorse such a large slate of candidates, incumbent and new to the process, who embrace these issues.”
The large slate of candidates just endorsed joins four additional Conservation Champion incumbents that CVNM Action Fund automatically endorsed earlier this year, along with 15 candidates, both incumbents and newcomers, who were endorsed by the Action Fund and won their primary election.
“These endorsements build on the conservation majority that won seats in the 2016 and 2018 general elections,” Shelton, added. “With the Trump administration’s dismantling of environmental rules, failure to address the Covid-19 pandemic, and blatant embrace of racism, New Mexico needs to take charge of its future. We need a Legislature that reflects New Mexico’s diverse communities, supports equity and inclusion in decision-making, and reflects our shared values for protecting our air, land and water.
CVNM Action Fund Endorsements for the 2020 General Election. Candidates marked with an * were endorsed during the primary election and won. Candidates marked with ** were early endorsed in January.
State House of Representatives:
HD 4 – Rep. Anthony Allison
HD 6 – Rep. Eliseo Alcon
HD 8 – Paul Kinzelman
HD 10 – Rep. Andrés Romero
HD 11 – Rep. Javier Martinez
HD 12 – Brittney Barreras
HD 13 – Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero **
HD 14 – Rep. Miguel Garcia **
HD 15 – Rep. Day Hochman-Vigil
HD 16 – Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas
HD 17 – Rep. Debbie Armstrong *
HD 19 – Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton
HD 20 – Meredith Dixon *
HD 21 – Rep. Debra Sariñana
HD 22 – Jessica Velasquez
HD 23 – Rep. Daymon Ely
HD 24 – Rep. Elizabeth “Liz” Thomson
HD 25 – Rep. Christine Trujillo
HD 27 – Rep. Marian Matthews *
HD 28 – Rep. Melanie Stansbury
HD 29 – Rep. Joy Garratt
HD 30 – Rep. Natalie Figueroa
HD 31 – Julie Brenning
HD 33 – Rep. Micaela Lara Cadena
HD 35 – Rep. Angelica Rubio
HD 36 – Rep. Nathan Small
HD 37 – Rep. Joanne Ferrary
HD 38 – Karen Whitlock
HD 39 – Rep. Rodolpho “Rudy” Martinez
HD 40 – Roger Montoya *
HD 42 – Kristina Ortez *
HD 43 – Rep. Christine Chandler
HD 44 – Gary Tripp
HD 45 – Linda Serrato *
HD 46 – Rep. Andrea Romero
HD 47 – House Speaker Brian Egolf **
HD 50 – Rep. Matthew McQueen **
HD 51 – Jeff Swanson
HD 52 – Rep. Doreen Gallegos
HD 53 – Rep. Willie Madrid
HD 57 – Billie Helean
HD 65 – Rep. Derrick Lente *
HD 68 – Rep. Karen Bash
HD 69 – Rep. Harry Garcia
New Mexico State Senate:
SD 3 – Senator Shannon Pinto *
SD 5 – Leo Jaramillo
SD 8 – Senator Pete Campos *
SD 9 – Brenda McKenna *
SD 10 – Katy Duhigg *
SD 11 – Sen. Linda Lopez
SD 12 – Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino
SD 13 – Sen. Bill O’Neill
SD 14 – Sen. Michael Padilla
SD 15 – Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto
SD 16 – Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
SD 17 – Sen. Mimi Stewart *
SD 18 – Sen. Bill Tallman
SD 19 – Claudia Risner
SD 20 – Martin Hickey
SD 21 – Athena Christodoulou
SD 22 – Sen. Benny Shendo, Jr.
SD 23 – Harold Pope, Jr.
SD 24 – Sen. Nancy Rodriguez
SD 25 – Sen. Majority Leader Peter Wirth
SD 26 – Sen. Jacob Candelaria
SD 28 – Siah Correa Hemphill *
SD 30 – Pam Cordova *
SD 31 – Sen. Joseph Cervantes
SD 35 – Neomi Martinez-Parra *
SD 36 – Sen. Jeff Steinborn
SD 37 – Sen. William “Bill” Soules
SD 38 – Carrie Hamblen *
SD 39 – Sen. Elizabeth “Liz” Stefanics
Public Regulation Commission
- Commissioner Cynthia Hall – District 1 seat
- Joseph Maestas – District 3 seat
Grant County Commission
- Commissioner Alicia Edwards – District 3
- Marilyn Alcorn – District 4
- Commissioner Harry Browne – District 5
About CVNM Action Fund
Conservation Voters New Mexico Action Fund, the connected state political action committee of Conservation Voters New Mexico, is a nonpartisan “coordinated” political action committee. CVNM Action Fund works to elect pro-conservation candidates and to defeat anti-conservation candidates at the state level. Through our work with CVNM Action Fund, we let voters know that who we elect matters for New Mexico’s air, land water and healthy communities. CVNM Action Fund does not endorse in uncontested races. For more information on our endorsement process, please read CVNM Action Fund Endorsement Policies.
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