Debbie A. Rodella (born November 28, 1961)
[ is an American politician who served as a member of the ]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
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
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from 1993 to 2018. A Democrat
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Politics
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
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, she represented Legislative District 41 located in Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and Taos
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Places
* Taos, Missouri, a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States
* Taos County, New Mexico, United States
** Taos, New Mexico, a city, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico
*** Taos art colony, an art colo ...
Counties.[ She lost the Democratic primary in 2018 to Susan K. Herrera.
]
Early life and education
A native and lifelong resident of Española, New Mexico
Española is a city primarily in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. A portion of the central and eastern section of the city is in Santa Fe County. Founded as a railroad village some distance from the old Indian town of San Juan de l ...
, Rodella received her associate degree from Northern New Mexico Community College
Northern New Mexico College is a public university, public college in Española, New Mexico.
History
Northern was founded in El Rito, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, El Rito, New Mexico in 1909 as the Spanish American Normal School, with the ...
and attended the College of Santa Fe
Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) was a private, for-profit art school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The university was built from the non-profit College of Santa Fe (CSF), a Catholic facility founded as St. Michael's College in 1859, an ...
.
Career
She worked as a materials science technician and as a secretary.Rio Arriba County
Rio Arriba County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,246. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla. Its northern border is the Colorado state line.
Rio Arriba County comprises the Española, N ...
who was removed from office after his federal felony convictions in September 2014 on multiple civil rights charges.
New Mexico House of Representatives
Rodella was first elected to the 70-seat New Mexico House of Representatives in 1992. Running unopposed in both primary and general elections since 2006, Rodella was re-elected to a twelfth consecutive two-year term in November 2014. Rodella serves as the chair of the House Business & Industry Committee, Interim Chair of the Economic and Rural Development Committee, and a member of both the Voters & Elections and the Rules & Order of Business Committees.same-sex marriage
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bill in committee,['Longtime lawmaker Rodella unseated by progressive challenger,' Santa Fe New Mexican Sarah Halasz Graham, June 5, 2018]
References
External links
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Legislature page
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1961 births
Living people
People from Española, New Mexico
Northern New Mexico College alumni
Santa Fe University of Art and Design alumni
Women state legislators in New Mexico
Democratic Party members of the New Mexico House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians