Candidate for New Mexico State Senate - District 8 in 2020 New Mexico Primary Election.
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Get StartedEliminate for-profit prisons, releasing/transitioning individuals sentenced for nonviolent drug offenses, standardizing bail processes, independent investigation oversight for law-enforcement-involved shootings and deaths, increased access to drug rehabilitation services & legalizing marijuana. Learn more
Build on our strengths & diversity in landscape, experience, and work force to grow our economy via the film industry, renewable energy opportunities, technology and tourism. Learn more
Enhance New Mexico’s Workforce Through Education – Pay teachers more and work for smaller teacher-to-student ratios. Provide fully-funded Public Schools and Early Childhood Education (Prenatal – Grade 12) and make public universities and vocational schools tuition-free. Establish, enhance and continue to facilitate loan-repayment assistance programs via the NM Higher Education Department, increase the minimum wage to a cost-of-living wage and guarantee leave benefits for new parents, short-term disability and family medical leave. Learn more
Make NM the premier source for renewable energy including source, innovation and technology. Support efforts for recycling and promote the use of effluent water systems in public parks. Learn more
Support responsible gun ownership. Maintain our rights as human beings to protect ourselves while keeping guns out of the wrong hands. Oppose efforts to repeal recently passed gun legislation (SB 8 & SB 328) that requires background checks and disarms domestic abusers. Support the ban of military-grade firearms & high capacity magazines designed to kill people. Learn more
Through our State Public Health Division, implement a system where everyone, regardless of ability to pay, has access to, at the very least, preventive care including annual exams with appropriate screening & immunization. Expand the current Maternal and Child Health programs to include full-scope maternity care in rural areas, especially those at risk of losing current access, and a postpartum homecare program. Make long-term birth control methods free and accessible to everyone. Ensure the dignity of every person making medical decisions for themselves without government interference. Learn more
Work to maintain the rights of all residents of New Mexico and actively oppose legislation that could potentially violate these rights. Support the premise that the State of New Mexico has no obligation to utilize time and resources aiding the federal government in deportation efforts that have resulted in the separation of families and detention of children. Learn more
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