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2020 United States Senate Election In New Mexico
The 2020 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Mexico, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. On March 25, 2019, incumbent Democratic Senator Tom Udall announced that he would retire. Udall was the only Democratic senator who did not run for reelection in 2020. Democratic U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján defeated Mark Ronchetti by a 6.1% margin. Luján underperformed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by 4.6%, who won the concurrent presidential election in the state against President Donald Trump by 10.8%. Democratic primary Candidates Nominee *Ben Ray Luján, incumbent U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district Withdrew *Giovanni Haqani, businessm ...
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Ben Ray Luján
Ben Ray Luján ( ; born June 7, 1972) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator from New Mexico since 2021. He served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2021 and the assistant House Democratic leader (officially the "Assistant Speaker") from 2019 to 2021. He served as a member of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission from 2005 to 2008, where he also served as chairman. Luján was selected as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in 2014 and led the Democrats to win a House majority in the 2018 elections. He was the first Hispanic to serve in this role. In his role as assistant House Democratic leader, Luján was the highest-ranking Latino in Congress. On April 1, 2019, Luján announced his intention to seek the United States Senate seat being vacated by two-term Democratic incumbent Tom Udall in the 2020 election. He defeated Republican Mark Ronchetti in the general election on November 3, 2020, a ...
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New Mexico House Of Representatives
) is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature. There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico. The most recent elections were held on November 3, 2020. Composition Leadership Current members Past composition of the House of Representatives ''(The party control table shows the balance of power after each recent general election. The preceding Makeup table includes results of special elections since the last general election.)'' See also * New Mexico Legislature * New Mexico Senate The New Mexico Senate ( es, Senado de Nuevo México) is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the stat ... References External links New Mexico LegislatureOfficial Government Website {{DEFAULTSORT:New Mexico House Of Representatives New Mexico Legislature State lower hous ...
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Brian Egolf
Brian Egolf (born September 10, 1976) is an American attorney and politician who has served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives since 2009. He has also served as speaker of the House since 2017. Early life and education Egolf was born in Oklahoma City and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Career In the 2017 legislative session, Egolf served on the Judiciary, Rules and Order of Business, and Taxation & Revenue Committees. Egolf championed equal pay for equal work for the women of New Mexico, reduced government corruption through the creation of the New Mexico State Ethics Commission, and passed legislation to penalize the distribution of sensitive images, such as child pornography. As a private practice attorney, Egolf filed suit in New Mexico district court on behalf of a gay couple that was denied a marriage license. Egol ...
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Joe Cervantes
Joseph Cervantes (born January 19, 1961) is an American attorney in private practice in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and currently a member of the New Mexico Senate, representing the 31st District since 2012. Early life and education Joseph Cervantes was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and raised farming near La Mesa in southern Doña Ana County. Cervantes graduated from Las Cruces High School in 1979, and the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture in 1983. In 1985, Cervantes received a Master of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University. He was licensed as an architect by the State of California in 1987 and became an associate member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 1991 Cervantes received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Professional and business careers Cervantes practiced architecture in La Jolla, California, with Dale Naegle & Associates before returning to New Mex ...
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Jacob Candelaria
Jacob Rodney Candelaria (born 1987) is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the New Mexico Senate for the 26th district from 2013 to 2022. First elected in 2012 as a Democrat, he later left the party in 2021 to become an independent. On December 6, 2021, Candelaria announced that he was changing his party affiliation from "Democrat" to "Decline to State". Candelaria was the first openly gay man elected to the New Mexico Legislature. Early life and career Candelaria was born in Albuquerque, and brought up by his grandmother Elodia Gloria Candelaria. Candelaria attended St. Pius X High School, and went on to earn an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 2009 after completing a 102-page long senior thesis, titled "Contemporary Venezuelan Oil Policy: An Institutional Analysis", under the supervision of Stanley Katz. At Princeton, Candelaria was a member of The Ivy Club and St. Anthony Hall. Ca ...
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Pete Campos
Pete Campos (born 1954) is an American politician and educator serving as a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, representing the 8th District since 1991. Campos also serves as President of Luna Community College in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Campos previously served as Mayor of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, which serves as the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ... for Guadalupe County, from 1986 until he was elected to the New Mexico Senate in 1990. References External linksSenator Pete Camposat the NM Senate websiteProject Vote Smart - Senator Pete Campos (NM)profile *''Follow the Money'' - Pete Campos 20082006< ...
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United States Department Of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally. It is headed by the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Agriculture, who reports directly to the President of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet of the United States, Cabinet. The current secretary is Tom Vilsack, who has served since February 24, 2021. Approximately 80% of the USDA's $141 billion budget goes to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) program. The largest component of the FNS budget is the Supplementa ...
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Attorney General Of New Mexico
The Attorney General of New Mexico, an elected executive officer of the state, oversees the New Mexico Attorney General's Office and serves as head of the New Mexico Department of Justice. The officeholder, who is required to be a licensed attorney, is fifth in succession to the office of Governor of New Mexico, after the Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, Secretary of State of New Mexico, President ''pro tempore'' of the New Mexico Senate and the Speaker of New Mexico House of Representatives. The Attorney General of New Mexico functions as the state's chief legal officer, legal counsel to state government, consumer advocate and guardian of the public interest. Statutory responsibilities The officeholder represents the state before any courts or agencies when the public interest requires or when requested by the Governor and prosecutes and defends all causes in the New Mexico Supreme Court, New Mexico Court of Appeals, or any other court or tribunal in which the state is a p ...
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Hector Balderas
Hector Hugo Balderas Jr. (born August 16, 1973) is an American lawyer and former prosecutor who has been the attorney general of New Mexico since 2015. In 2006, Balderas became the youngest statewide Hispanic elected official in the nation when he won his first race for New Mexico state auditor at the age of 33. Before that Balderas served as a State Representative in the New Mexico Legislature from 2004 to 2006. Balderas also serves as the elected treasurer of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. In an article published November 17, 2014, Balderas was identified as one of seven Democratic state executive officials who could gain national prominence by leading the party to a national comeback. Steve Terrell of ''The Santa Fe New Mexican'' wrote on May 16, 2015 that Balderas, who won his attorney-general race, was the only Hispanic on the statewide Democratic ticket in 2014. He was the top vote-getter of all statewide candidates that year, winning 1,565 more votes ...
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2018 New Mexico Gubernatorial Election
The 2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next Governor of New Mexico, concurrently with the election of New Mexico's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Susana Martinez was term-limited and could not seek reelection to a third consecutive term. Following party primaries on June 5, 2018, U.S. Representative Steve Pearce was the Republican nominee and U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham was the Democratic nominee. Lujan Grisham won the election by a substantial margin, which in fact was a complete and exact reversal of the 2014 gubernatorial results. Her win also signaled a continuation of the pattern of the partisanship of the office changing every two terms, beginning with Gary Johnson's first election in 1994. Furthermore, the pattern of the part ...
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Governor Of New Mexico
, insignia = Seal of the Governor of New Mexico.svg , insigniasize = 110px , insigniacaption = Seal of the Governor , image = File:Michelle Lujan Grisham 2021.jpg , imagesize = 200px , alt = , incumbent = Michelle Lujan Grisham , incumbentsince = , style = , status = , residence = New Mexico Governor's Mansion , termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively , constituting_instrument = New Mexico Constitution , precursor = *Governor of Nuevo México ** Spanish governors ** Mexican governors *Governor of New Mexico Territory , inaugural = William C. McDonald , formation = , deputy = Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico , salary = $110,000 (2013) , website = The governor of New Mexico ( es, Gobernador de Nuevo México) is the head of government of New Mexico. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New Mexico's state government and the commander-in-chief of the New Mexico National Guard. As noted in the governor's seal, this gube ...
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