Jeff Steinborn (born 1970), is a Democratic member of the
New Mexico State 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 state ...
, serving since 2017.
Steinborn previously served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 2006–10 and from 2013–17.
Steinborn took office as Representative for the second time after defeating incumbent
Antonio Lujan in the Democratic primary in June, 2012.
In 2016 Steinborn defeated Republican incumbent Senator Lee Cotter to become the State Senator for District 36, and was re-elected in 2020.
Steinborn has worked as an aide to former Governor
Bill Richardson
William Blaine Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary ...
, a field representative for former Senator
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outrea ...
,
and was chairman of the Democratic Party of
Doña Ana County
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.
He is Executive Director of Outdoor New Mexico.
In 2015 Steinborn co-founded Film Las Cruces, where he serves as Board President. The organization is credited with helping increase film production in Las Cruces and Dona Ana County. In 2023 Las Cruces was named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the "Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker" in America.
As a legislator he has passed diverse legislation including establishing the Rio Grande Trail, the ‘Outdoor Recreation' and 'Creative Industries' Divisions of the New Mexico Economic Development Department, increased legislative and lobbying transparency, advanced clean up of abandoned uranium mine sites, increased youth participation in government, and created a new rural film incentive. Steinborn also led New Mexico's efforts to prevent the storage of high level nuclear waste from being transported and stored in the state, successfully passin
legislationin the 2023 legislative session.
Steinborn has been recognized for his long time advocacy for open government, being given the ‘1st Amendment Freedom’ award by the NM Foundation for Open Government, and ‘Best in Government’ award by Common Cause NM.
In his professional conservation capacity he led the campaign to establish the
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.
Family
Jeff Steinborn was born in
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces (; "the crosses") is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the largest city in both Doña Ana County and southern Ne ...
.
He has three sisters and two brothers, including his identical twin brother Daniel Steinborn.
References
External links
Legislative page
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1970 births
Living people
Politicians from Las Cruces, New Mexico
21st-century American politicians
Democratic Party New Mexico state senators