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State Senator, District 30
Depending on where you live, you may have one of the below State Senate races on your ballot.
Senate District 30 is an open seat this year as Senator Joshua A. Sanchez is not running for re-election. Angel Charley and Clemente Sanchez are running to represent this seat. We recommend Angel Charley for Senate District 30.
Angel Charley is running in the Democratic Primary for Senate District 30, which is currently an open seat.
Charley is currently the Executive Director of IllumiNative, and previously worked as Executive Director for Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. Her volunteer experience includes serving on the boards of the Laguna Federation of Democratic Women, Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence, Albuquerque Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) Collaborative, City of Albuquerque’s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Commission, and as Board Chair for Native American Professional Parent Resources, Inc. She is also a graduate of Laguna High School and the University of Hawaii.
Charley’s track record in improving the lives of rural and Native/Indigenous New Mexicans is well known, including working to pass the Indian Families Protection Act in 2022, supporting COVID-19 pandemic response measures for tribal communities, and her efforts on New Mexico’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force. She has also testified in front of Congress as an expert on MMIW and is a member of the White House Trilateral Working Group.
Her priorities include expanding access to community health centers, updating the Renewable Portfolio Standards to include New Mexico’s Tribal communities, increasing infrastructure investment in rural and tribal communities, and direct assistance to help those facing housing crises through measures like rent control or down payment assistance for homebuyers. She also supports the modernization efforts around reforming New Mexico’s legislature so that working people and full-time parents can not only run for office but also interact with lawmakers more effectively.
We highly recommend Angel Charley for Senate District 30 based on her experience in community organizing, nonprofit management, public health and healthcare access, and advocating for Indigenous New Mexicans.
Angel Charley is running in the Democratic Primary for Senate District 30, which is currently an open seat.
Charley is currently the Executive Director of IllumiNative, and previously worked as Executive Director for Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. Her volunteer experience includes serving on the boards of the Laguna Federation of Democratic Women, Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence, Albuquerque Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) Collaborative, City of Albuquerque’s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Commission, and as Board Chair for Native American Professional Parent Resources, Inc. She is also a graduate of Laguna High School and the University of Hawaii.
Charley’s track record in improving the lives of rural and Native/Indigenous New Mexicans is well known, including working to pass the Indian Families Protection Act in 2022, supporting COVID-19 pandemic response measures for tribal communities, and her efforts on New Mexico’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force. She has also testified in front of Congress as an expert on MMIW and is a member of the White House Trilateral Working Group.
Her priorities include expanding access to community health centers, updating the Renewable Portfolio Standards to include New Mexico’s Tribal communities, increasing infrastructure investment in rural and tribal communities, and direct assistance to help those facing housing crises through measures like rent control or down payment assistance for homebuyers. She also supports the modernization efforts around reforming New Mexico’s legislature so that working people and full-time parents can not only run for office but also interact with lawmakers more effectively.
We highly recommend Angel Charley for Senate District 30 based on her experience in community organizing, nonprofit management, public health and healthcare access, and advocating for Indigenous New Mexicans.
Endorsed By: Conservation Voters New Mexico
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Equality New Mexico
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NEA New Mexico
,
New Mexico Voices for Children Action Fund
,
NM Native Vote
,
OLÉ
,
Planned Parenthood Votes New Mexico
,
Sierra Club
,
Working Families Party New Mexico
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"Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator ", "Melanie Stansbury, U.S. Representative ", New Mexico Professional Fire Fighters Association, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 611, AFSCME Council 18, Emily's List
Angel Charley is running in the Democratic Primary for Senate District 30, which is currently an open seat.
Charley is currently the Executive Director of IllumiNative, and previously worked as Executive Director for Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women. Her volunteer experience includes serving on the boards of the Laguna Federation of Democratic Women, Alliance of Tribal Coalitions to End Violence, Albuquerque Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) Collaborative, City of Albuquerque’s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Commission, and as Board Chair for Native American Professional Parent Resources, Inc. She is also a graduate of Laguna High School and the University of Hawaii.
Charley’s track record in improving the lives of rural and Native/Indigenous New Mexicans is well known, including working to pass the Indian Families Protection Act in 2022, supporting COVID-19 pandemic response measures for tribal communities, and her efforts on New Mexico’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives Task Force. She has also testified in front of Congress as an expert on MMIW and is a member of the White House Trilateral Working Group.
Her priorities include expanding access to community health centers, updating the Renewable Portfolio Standards to include New Mexico’s Tribal communities, increasing infrastructure investment in rural and tribal communities, and direct assistance to help those facing housing crises through measures like rent control or down payment assistance for homebuyers. She also supports the modernization efforts around reforming New Mexico’s legislature so that working people and full-time parents can not only run for office but also interact with lawmakers more effectively.
We highly recommend Angel Charley for Senate District 30 based on her experience in community organizing, nonprofit management, public health and healthcare access, and advocating for Indigenous New Mexicans.
Endorsed By: Conservation Voters New Mexico
,
Equality New Mexico
,
NEA New Mexico
,
New Mexico Voices for Children Action Fund
,
NM Native Vote
,
OLÉ
,
Planned Parenthood Votes New Mexico
,
Sierra Club
,
Working Families Party New Mexico
,
"Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator ", "Melanie Stansbury, U.S. Representative ", New Mexico Professional Fire Fighters Association, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 611, AFSCME Council 18, Emily's List
Other Candidates
Clemente Sanchez is running in the Democratic Primary for Senate District 30, which is currently an open seat.
Sanchez is the President and CEO for Bank of New Mexico, and previously worked as Director of the Small Business Development Center at New Mexico State University - Grants Campus. He was one of a handful of senators voted out of office in 2020 in favor of more progressive candidates, losing a seat in the primary he’d held since 2013, with less than 40% of voters backing him.
While in office, Sanchez voted against the 2019 effort to decriminalize abortion in New Mexico (HB51) and “took a walk” rather than voting on a measure requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for contraceptives (HB89). He also voted against a bill that ensured unions in New Mexico could continue to work for their members in every county and municipality in the state (HB85), voted against requiring background checks for firearm purchases (SB8), and against an early attempt at legalizing cannabis in 2016. His voting record demonstrates he does not support enacting environmental policy aimed at reducing the effects of climate change and his voting history consistently supports the oil and gas industry. Additionally, Sanchez received significant monetary support from the oil and gas industry, contributing over $40,000 to his failed re-election campaign in 2020.
Based on his consistently voting against healthcare access/protecting bodily autonomy, and against environmental protections, we do not recommend Clemente Sanchez for Senate District 30.
Clemente Sanchez is running in the Democratic Primary for Senate District 30, which is currently an open seat.
Sanchez is the President and CEO for Bank of New Mexico, and previously worked as Director of the Small Business Development Center at New Mexico State University - Grants Campus. He was one of a handful of senators voted out of office in 2020 in favor of more progressive candidates, losing a seat in the primary he’d held since 2013, with less than 40% of voters backing him.
While in office, Sanchez voted against the 2019 effort to decriminalize abortion in New Mexico (HB51) and “took a walk” rather than voting on a measure requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for contraceptives (HB89). He also voted against a bill that ensured unions in New Mexico could continue to work for their members in every county and municipality in the state (HB85), voted against requiring background checks for firearm purchases (SB8), and against an early attempt at legalizing cannabis in 2016. His voting record demonstrates he does not support enacting environmental policy aimed at reducing the effects of climate change and his voting history consistently supports the oil and gas industry. Additionally, Sanchez received significant monetary support from the oil and gas industry, contributing over $40,000 to his failed re-election campaign in 2020.
Based on his consistently voting against healthcare access/protecting bodily autonomy, and against environmental protections, we do not recommend Clemente Sanchez for Senate District 30.
Senate District 30 is an open seat this year as Senator Joshua A. Sanchez is not running for re-election. Angel Charley and Clemente Sanchez are running to represent this seat. We recommend Angel Charley for Senate District 30.