Recent political news
Sierra Club-endorsed candidates upset Big Oil money on Election Day
Albuquerque — In Tuesday’s New Mexico primary, voters demanded candidates who will strive for justice, community and a safe climate for future generations.
The Sierra Club joined an array of progressive and social-justice organizations in an unprecedented effort to support grassroots challengers to some of the most powerful elected officials in New Mexico. Chevron spent more than $700,000 on a Texas-based PAC that backed conservative incumbents, and a Republican-leaning PAC spent thousands on deceptive last-minute mailers and robocalls, but progressive challengers prevailed in most races. Despite the big spending from out of state in favor of incumbents, Siah Corea Hemphill, Pam Cordova, Neomi Martinez-Parra, Carrie Hamblen, Brenda McKenna and Leo ...
June 2 New Mexico Democratic primary
District 38 (Las Cruces and south Doña Ana County): Carrie Hamblen
The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is proud to endorse our friend and community leader Carrie Hamblen for the Senate District 38 Democratic nomination.
As president of the Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce, Carrie helped lead efforts to win Organ Mountains Desert Peaks designation as a National Monument.
She has served Southern New Mexico as morning news anchor and operations manager at KRWG public radio, as an NMSU instructor, and as board president of the Mesilla Valley Community of Hope and member of PFLAG Las Cruces and Southern NM PRIDE.
Her opponent is Mary Kay Papen, who has blocked New Mexicans from ...
June 2 New Mexico Democratic primary
District 4 (McKinley, Cibola and San Juan counties): Noreen Kelly
The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is proud to endorse Noreen Kelly for N.M. Senate District 4. Kelly, a Navajo elder from Church Rock, has a deep commitment to community involvement and preserving our resources.
Kelly is a Strong Families core leader on reproductive justice and domestic violence. She is a board member of two Native schools and has been active for 20 years in Diné Elders for Peace, which preserves Native languages and communicates teachings of elders. Kelly is a sexual-assault counselor and works in her community on food-sovereignty issues.
Kelly’s opponent, Sen. George Muñoz, has a poor 47% environmental voting record. Muñoz ...
June 2 New Mexico Democratic primary
District 9 (Corrales, E. Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Sandoval County): Brenda McKenna
The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is proud to endorse Brenda McKenna, a longtime wildlife and community advocate, for N.M. Senate District 4.
Brenda McKenna is a field representative for U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, who endorses her candidacy for this open seat. McKenna was coordinator for the Nambé Tewa Language Revitalization Program and is a language-preservation teacher and scholar.
McKenna is also a longtime volunteer for Wildlife Conservation Advocacy Southwest, Hawks Aloft and our own Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter. Her advocacy was key to outlawing cruel coyote-killing contests in New Mexico.
The Sierra Club is proud to endorse someone with such deep ...
You must be logged in to post a comment.