Currently holds the office of New Mexico State Senate - District 16 until January 21, 2025.
Candidate for New Mexico State Senate - District 16 in 2024 New Mexico General Election.
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Get StartedAntoinette believes that health care decision-making in all areas, including reproductive decision-making is a matter for the individual and not the government. She supports Roe v. Wade. Learn more
She believes that education should be tailored to meet children where they are, which includes multi-cultural and multilingual education. As a former law professor at UNM, she is a strong supporter of higher education for all who seek it. We must ensure that our state higher education institutions are of high quality and accessible. The legislature should set policy direction and not micromanage. Learn more
Our most important resource is our children. Antoinette supports adequate and appropriate funding for education, including early childhood education. Learn more
She supports a Green Constitutional Amendment to ensure that all residents of our spectacular state have a right to clean air, water and land. She is very concerned about the impact that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has on our water resources and its impact on water quality. She believes that the state should fill in the gaps caused by federal deregulation of the oil and gas industry and should put resources into understanding the impact of this new use of technology and regulate appropriately. Learn more
Antoinette will fight to implement standards that reduce oil and gas methane emissions and will champion investing resources in renewable energy sources. She believes that we should have strong regulation of pre-cursors to ozone and vigorous air monitoring. Learn more
She believes that we should be doing everything possible to address climate change. She supports a just transition to clean energy and voted for the Energy Trasition Act. Learn more
Antoinette believes that access to clean water is a universal right. She is committed to bringing resources to New Mexico to continue to revitalize our water infrastructure. From stopping the threat that fracking poses to our water supplies to rebuilding our wastewater treatment plants and water lines, Antoinette will fight for resources to help rebuild the water infrastructure of New Mexico. Learn more
We can reform the system at the state level by championing campaign finance reform, including public financing, campaign contribution limits and increased transparency in identifying contributors. Giving those with money an outsize voice undermines the principle of one person – one vote. We must keep the issue of money in politics at the forefront of our Democratic discourse, reform the laws to end the corrosive effects of Citizens United and end unlimited and undisclosed money in our democracy. Learn more
Attempts to cut back on early voting, to require discriminatory voter identification, and placing barriers to registration are all voter suppression techniques that need to be fought vigorously. The Supreme Court’s 2013 decision to undermine aspects of the Voting Rights Act has resulted in states creating barriers to voting. That is why Antoinette will use her legal experience to ensure that all citizens have equal access to the ballot box and that our elections are free of fraud and corruption. Learn more
While supporting responsible gun ownership, she supports common sense gun safety regulations. Learn more
Antoinette believes that health care is a basic human right and should not be tied to employment. She believes that the federal government should provide health care in a Medicare for Allor single payer model. Until that happens, she supports state efforts to fill the gaps, including expansion of medicaid coverage. Learn more
Antoinette believes in tax policy in which those who can afford to pay the most, actually pay. She thinks the tax code should be simplified and clarified and made more fair. She thinks some of the tax roll-backs of the prior two administrations should be reversed. Learn more
It is important to reduce dependence on oil and gas royalties, particularly for education, because it is an unstable source of revenue. She also believes in appropriate stewardship of the state”s natural resources so that royalties are in line with the economic value of the resource. Learn more
She supports an increase in the alcohol excise tax to provide increased services for the prevention and treatment of alcohol misuse which is so prevalent in our state. Learn more
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