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2023 Legislative Session Accomplishments: Reena Szczepanski
Establishing the Division of Creative Industries (HB 8): The creative industries – spanning fine art, performance, traditional craftwork, architecture, software design, and more – are integral to New Mexico and to our district. This groundbreaking division would...
DPSFC 2023 Statement of Candidacy for State Central Committee
CANDIDATES FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE David Thompson (Male/Man) I’ve been involved with the Democratic Party since 2016. But I have over 50 years experience of in political activism - working on, organizing, and managing several dozen campaigns. Here in Santa Fe, one...
DPSFC 2023 Statement of Candidacy for County Officers
CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY CHAIR Henry Roybal (Male/Man) I am proud to have been asked to throw my name in the hat for chair of the Democratic Party of Santa Fe County. My parents Henry and Amelia Roybal and I are life-long residents of Santa Fe County and I have been...
Congresswoman TLF secures dollars for CD3
Community Funding Projects The law includes $23.5 million in specific Community Project Funding for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. The 15 projects Leger Fernandez championed include: $550,000 for the Chama water treatment plant improvements. $2 million for...
Murphy to lead Young Dems
Connor Leavy Murphy, a policy analyst with the City of Santa Fe in the City Attorney’s Office and the Office of Legislation and Policy Innovation, has been named the new president of the Santa Fe County Young Democrats. He assumes the position following the...
Team Joe Newsletter
Happy Holidays! As we reflect on 2022 and look ahead to the new year, we wanted to say thank you. Because of Democrats like you, our party has accomplished so much for the American people. Just take a look: We couldn’t do this work...
Former Senator Dede Feldman (Dist. 13) Speaks Out on Non-Paid Legislators
The Blue Review is focusing on legislative salaries as an issue deserving Democratic support, in hopes that giving context to the problems of an all-volunteer legislature will help trigger significant change. This article is part of that series. Legislators Caught in...
TLF Helps Pass 2023 Appropriations Bill
Congresswoman Leger Fernández helped pass the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bill to fund the government. The bill includes $23,552,000 in specific Community Project Funding for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. It also includes other provisions she...
Voting Matters – March Forward
Bernadette Vadurro, SDCDP Chair In the days running up to the 2022 mid-term election, like other Democrats I was dismayed over the polls and the overt cheering for a supposed red wave, so much so that I finally turned it all off, just before posting on my personal...
Senator Raphael Warnock: Four Election Triumphs in Two Years
By Frank Blechman In his victory speech the Rev. Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senator from Georgia clearly articulated the lessons we should all draw from his four election triumphs in two years. Trust the people. He said, “You cannot lead the people unless you love the...