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Gay New Mexico
       Candidates

Candidates Running for House of Representatives

The Human Rights Election Fund, the Lesbian & Gay Political Alliance and the Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Rights in New Mexico sponored the voter guide. The Gay and Lesbian Voter Alliance, which participated in drafting the questions, is providing the web service as a public service. Endorsements are strictly from the Gay and Lesbian Voter Alliance.

(i) incumbent; (D) Democrat; (R) Republican; (G) Green.

1. Will you support legislation amending the NM Human Rights Act to include sexual orientation? (Non-discrimination in employment, housing, etc.)

2. Will you support hate crime legislation that includes sexual orientation?

3. Will you support legislation to prohibit discrimination in insurance rates and benefits based on sex, marital status and sexual orientation?

4. Will you oppose legislation that would enable state or local government or agencies to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation?

5. Will you support legislation that would create a domestic partner registry with the Secretary of State?

6. Will you support legislation that would expand the rights of domestic partners to match those of a spouse?

Y - Yes N - No DNR - Did Not Respond NMI - Need More Information MAB - Maybe

District 1

  • Jerry Sandel, Farmington, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Sherry Galloway, Farmington (R) - Did not respond.

District 2

  • Eugene P. Archibeque, Farmington (D) - Did not respond.
  • Thomas C. Taylor, Farmington (R) - Did not respond.

District 3

  • Treva D. Martinez, Bloomfield (D) - Did not respond.
  • Sandra Townsend, Aztec, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 4

  • Ray Begaye, Shiprock, (D)   1:N  2:Y 3:DNR  4:DNR  5:DNR   6:DNR - Comment: Homosexuality is unnatural and unethical

District 5

  • R. David Pederson, Gallup, (i) (D) - Did not respond.(Sponsor of 1997 Hate Crimes Act)
  • Louis O. Bonaguidi, Gallup (D) - Did not respond.

District 6

  • Johnny R. Thompson, Pinedale Chapter (D) - Did not respond.

District 7

  • Anthony Apodaca, Los Lunas (D) - Did not respond.
  • P. David Vickers, Los Lunas (R) - 1:N  2:Y 3:N  4:N  5:N  6:N

District 8

  • Fred Luna, Los Lunas, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Paul H. Gabaldon, Belen (R) - Did not respond.

District 9

  • Leo Watchman, Navajo, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 10

  • Henry "Kiki" Saavedra, Albuquerque (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 11

  • Rick Miera, Albuquerque, (i) (D) ) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y 4:Y  5:Y  6:Y - Endorsed
  • Harold E. Davis, Albuquerque (R) - Did not respond.

District 12

  • James G. Taylor, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Terry Mulcahy, Albuquerque (G) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:NMI  4:Y  5:Y  6:Y

District 13

  • Daniel Silva, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:N  4:N  5:Y  6:Y

District 14

  • Miguel Garcia, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - Did not respond. (Answered some positive questions in the past)

District 15

  • Raymond Sanchez, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Sally Mayer, Albuquerque (R) - Did not respond.

District 16

  • Joe Nestor Chavez, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Russell J. Bennett, Albuquerque (R) - Did not respond.

District 17

  • Edward Sandoval, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 18

  • Gail Beam, Albuquerque, (i) (D) email - Endorsed - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y   4:Y  5:Y   6:Y

District 19

  • Sheryl M. Williams, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - Did not respond. (Co-sponsor of 1997 Non-Discrimination Act)
  • P. Elena Sanchez, Albuquerque (R) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y  4:Y  5:Y  6:Y
  • Donald L. Thompson, Albuquerque (G) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y  4:Y  5:Y  6:Y

District 20

  • Ted Hobbs, Albuquerque, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 21

  • Mimi Stewart, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y  4:Y  5:Y  6:Y - Endorsed
  • Frances M. Fitzpatrick, Albuquerque (R) - Did not respond.

District 22

  • Ron Godbey, Cedar Crest (R) - Did not respond.

District 23

  • Stephen S. Baca, Albuquerque (D) - Did not respond.
  • Robert Burpo, Albuquerque (R) - Did not respond.

District 24

  • George Buffett, Albuquerque, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 25

  • Danice Picraux, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y  4:Y  5:Y(NMI)  6:Y(NMI)  - Endorsed

District 26

  • Rita G. Getty, Albuquerque, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Art Hawkins, Albuquerque (R) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y  4:Y  5:Y  6:Y - Endorsed
  • Andrew Homer, Albuquerque (G) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y  4:Y  5:Y  6:Y

District 27

  • Lorenzo "Larry" Larranaga, Albuquerque, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 28

  • A. Rocio Vargas Brimhall, Albuquerque (D) - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y   4:Y  5:Y   6:Y - Endorsed
  • Joseph Mohorovic, Albuquerque (R) - Did not respond.

District 29

  • John M. Garcia, Albuquerque (D) - Did not respond.
  • Timothy E. Macko, Albuquerque, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 30

  • Pauline Gubbels, Albuquerque, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 31

  • Joseph M. Thompson, Albuquerque (R) - Did not respond.

District 32

  • Dona G. Irwin, Deming (D) - Did not respond.
  • Rick T. Montoya, Las Cruces (R) - Did not respond.

District 33

  • J. Paul Taylor, Mesilla, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Narendra N. Gunaji, Las Cruces (R) - Did not respond.

District 34

  • Mary Helen Garcia, Las Cruces, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Johnny O. Holguin, Vado (R) - Did not respond.

District 35

  • Benjamin Rios, Las Cruces, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 36

  • Joseph E. Whitley, Las Cruces (D) - 1:Y   2:Y 3:Y  4:Y  5:Y  6:Y - Endorsed
  • E.G. "Smokey" Blanton, Dona Ana (R) - 1:N  2:N 3:N  4:N  5:N  6:N

District 37

  • Terry A. Neal, Las Cruces (D) - Did not respond.
  • J. "Andy" Kissner, Las Cruces, (i) (R) - Did not respond. (Answered some questions positively in past.)

District 38

  • Librado P. Maldonado, Silver City (D) - Did not respond.
  • F. Dianne Hamilton, Silver City (R) - Did not respond.

District 39

  • Manuel Herrera, Bayard (D) - 1:N  2:N 3:N  4:N   5:N  6:N

District 40

  • Nick Salazar, San Juan Pueblo, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 41

  • Debbie Rodella, San Juan Pueblo, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 42

  • Roberto Gonzales, Taos, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 43

  • Fidel Naranjo, Los Alamos (D) - Did not respond.
  • Jeanette Wallace, Los Alamos, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 44

  • Victor L. Scherzinger, Corrales (D) - Did not respond.
  • Judy Vanderstar Russell, Rio Rancho, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 45

  • Patsy Trujillo Knauer, Santa Fe, (i) (D)  - 1:Y  2:Y 3:Y   4:Y  5:Y   6:Y - Endorsed

District 46

  • Ben Lujan, Santa Fe, (i) (D) - Did not respond. (Answered some questions positively in past.)

District 47

  • Max Coll, Santa Fe, (i) (D)  - 1:Y   2:Y 3:Y   4:Y  5:Y   6:Y - Endorsed

District 48

  • Luciano "Lucky" Varela, Santa Fe, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 49

  • Michael Olugin, Socorro, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Don Tripp, Socorro (R) - Did not respond.

District 50

  • Rhonda S. King, Stanley (D) - Did not respond.
  • Roger X. Lenard, Edgewood (R) - Did not respond.

District 51

  • Inez M. Moncada, Alamogordo (D) - Did not respond.
  • Gloria Vaughn, Alamogordo, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 52

  • Delores C. Wright, Chaparral, (i) (D) - Did not respond.
  • Joe Semprevivo, Las Cruces (R) - Did not respond.

District 53

  • Perry Cole, Alamogordo (D)
  • Terry Marquardt, Alamogordo, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 54

  • Joe Stell, Carlsbad, (i) (D) - Did not respond. (Answered negatively in the past.)

District 55

  • John Heaton, Carlsbad, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 56

  • Jeni Bebe Flores Alexander, Tularosa (D) - 1:Y   2:Y  3:Y   4:Y  5:Y   6:Y - Endorsed
  • W. C. "Dub" Williams, Glencoe, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 57

  • Jo Ann S. Jaramillo, Roswell (D) - Did not respond.
  • Daniel R. Foley, Roswell (R) - Did not respond.

District 58

  • Barbara A. Perea Casey, Roswell (D) - Did not respond.
  • Dara Dana, Dexter, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 59

  • David Parsons, Roswell, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 60

  • Lisa Lutz, Rio Rancho, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 61

  • Donald Whitaker, Eunice, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 62

  • Stevan Pearce, Hobbs, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 63

  • Mario Urioste, Clovis (D) - Did not respond.
  • Brett Johnson, Clovis, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 64

  • Catherine J. Haynes, Clovis (D) - 1:N  2:N  3:Y  4:Ynmi  5:N  6:N
  • Anna Marie Crook, Clovis, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 65

  • James Roger Madalena, Jemez Pueblo, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 66

  • Earlene Roberts, Lovington, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 67

  • Grace E. Madrid, Tucumcari (D) - Did not respond.
  • Bobbie Mallory, Tucumcari, (i) (R) - Did not respond.

District 68

  • Jose Abeyta, Wagon Mound, (i) (D) - Did not respond.

District 69

  • W. Ken Martinez, Grants (D) - Did not respond.

District 70

  • Richard D. Vigil, Ribera (D) - Did not respond.