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Representative, District 35
Angelica Rubio is running for re-election for House District 35. Rubio has served in the seat since 2017. She is currently the Vice Chair of the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee and a member of the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee.
Rubio works as State Director for Vote, Run, Lead, a national organization dedicated to helping women for office. Previously, she worked as Executive Director at NM CAFé, Lead Organizer for NM CAFé, and as a consultant for local nonprofits. Her volunteer experience includes serving on the boards of Mountain View Market Co-op, Downtown Las Cruces Partnership, and City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Rubio is a graduate of New Mexico State University and received her Master’s at California State University, Los Angeles.
She is motivated to run for re-election to House District 35 by her passion for championing working class families, immigrants, equitable access to New Mexico’s landscapes and outdoor recreation, and her lived experience as the daughter of immigrants who built a life in rural New Mexico. Rubio is also known as an avid cyclist and outspoken advocate for transportation justice.
Rubio’s priorities include climate justice centered on Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color, transitioning away from oil and gas by centering frontline communities and communities of color, affordable housing and addressing the needs of tenants, modernizing the legislature by paying legislative salaries and making it more equitable and diverse, elevating mobility justice issues, and building an equitable outdoor recreation industry.
Rubio has sponsored bills to ensure bicyclist safety, creating a system to get resources to victims of human trafficking, recognizing Hispanic New Mexicans role in conservation in the state, and creating a multicultural education taskforce. Additionally, she’s been a cosponsor of several important bills including instituting broadband infrastructure statewide and the permanent fund for New Mexico’s schoolchildren.
We highly recommend Angelica Rubio for re-election to House District 35 based on her voting record and focus on championing policies that improve the lives of working families and a diverse range of New Mexicans.
Angelica Rubio is running for re-election for House District 35. Rubio has served in the seat since 2017. She is currently the Vice Chair of the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee and a member of the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee.
Rubio works as State Director for Vote, Run, Lead, a national organization dedicated to helping women for office. Previously, she worked as Executive Director at NM CAFé, Lead Organizer for NM CAFé, and as a consultant for local nonprofits. Her volunteer experience includes serving on the boards of Mountain View Market Co-op, Downtown Las Cruces Partnership, and City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Rubio is a graduate of New Mexico State University and received her Master’s at California State University, Los Angeles.
She is motivated to run for re-election to House District 35 by her passion for championing working class families, immigrants, equitable access to New Mexico’s landscapes and outdoor recreation, and her lived experience as the daughter of immigrants who built a life in rural New Mexico. Rubio is also known as an avid cyclist and outspoken advocate for transportation justice.
Rubio’s priorities include climate justice centered on Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color, transitioning away from oil and gas by centering frontline communities and communities of color, affordable housing and addressing the needs of tenants, modernizing the legislature by paying legislative salaries and making it more equitable and diverse, elevating mobility justice issues, and building an equitable outdoor recreation industry.
Rubio has sponsored bills to ensure bicyclist safety, creating a system to get resources to victims of human trafficking, recognizing Hispanic New Mexicans role in conservation in the state, and creating a multicultural education taskforce. Additionally, she’s been a cosponsor of several important bills including instituting broadband infrastructure statewide and the permanent fund for New Mexico’s schoolchildren.
We highly recommend Angelica Rubio for re-election to House District 35 based on her voting record and focus on championing policies that improve the lives of working families and a diverse range of New Mexicans.
Angelica Rubio is running for re-election for House District 35. Rubio has served in the seat since 2017. She is currently the Vice Chair of the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee and a member of the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee.
Rubio works as State Director for Vote, Run, Lead, a national organization dedicated to helping women for office. Previously, she worked as Executive Director at NM CAFé, Lead Organizer for NM CAFé, and as a consultant for local nonprofits. Her volunteer experience includes serving on the boards of Mountain View Market Co-op, Downtown Las Cruces Partnership, and City of Las Cruces Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Rubio is a graduate of New Mexico State University and received her Master’s at California State University, Los Angeles.
She is motivated to run for re-election to House District 35 by her passion for championing working class families, immigrants, equitable access to New Mexico’s landscapes and outdoor recreation, and her lived experience as the daughter of immigrants who built a life in rural New Mexico. Rubio is also known as an avid cyclist and outspoken advocate for transportation justice.
Rubio’s priorities include climate justice centered on Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color, transitioning away from oil and gas by centering frontline communities and communities of color, affordable housing and addressing the needs of tenants, modernizing the legislature by paying legislative salaries and making it more equitable and diverse, elevating mobility justice issues, and building an equitable outdoor recreation industry.
Rubio has sponsored bills to ensure bicyclist safety, creating a system to get resources to victims of human trafficking, recognizing Hispanic New Mexicans role in conservation in the state, and creating a multicultural education taskforce. Additionally, she’s been a cosponsor of several important bills including instituting broadband infrastructure statewide and the permanent fund for New Mexico’s schoolchildren.
We highly recommend Angelica Rubio for re-election to House District 35 based on her voting record and focus on championing policies that improve the lives of working families and a diverse range of New Mexicans.
Other Candidates
Gabriel Duran is running against Angelica Rubio in the Democratic Primary for House District 35. Duran was born and raised in Las Cruces, served in the US Army and has a Masters in Public Administration from New Mexico State University. Professionally he is a real estate agent.
Duran was previously a registered Republican through Election Day 2023 when he made an unsuccessful bid for Las Cruces City Council. During that race he was endorsed by the far-right Coalition of Conservatives in Action as their choice to unseat the progressive incumbent in that race. Currently there are no known endorsements from any community groups but on his website he has an endorsement from far-right activist Sarah Smith who led efforts to ban LGBTQ-inclusive books from the Las Cruces Public Schools.
Based on Duran’s endorsements and history as a candidate, we do not recommend him for House District 35.
Gabriel Duran is running against Angelica Rubio in the Democratic Primary for House District 35. Duran was born and raised in Las Cruces, served in the US Army and has a Masters in Public Administration from New Mexico State University. Professionally he is a real estate agent.
Duran was previously a registered Republican through Election Day 2023 when he made an unsuccessful bid for Las Cruces City Council. During that race he was endorsed by the far-right Coalition of Conservatives in Action as their choice to unseat the progressive incumbent in that race. Currently there are no known endorsements from any community groups but on his website he has an endorsement from far-right activist Sarah Smith who led efforts to ban LGBTQ-inclusive books from the Las Cruces Public Schools.
Based on Duran’s endorsements and history as a candidate, we do not recommend him for House District 35.