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Meet our 2020 Candidates
Emerge New Mexico invites you to get to know our 71 candidates currently running for office! Only two more days until the New Mexico Primary on June 2, 2020. We are so excited for all the Emergistas stepping up and running for office this year!
Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small, U.S Representative District 2
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Xochitl Torres Small is an attorney and former Senate staffer, serving as the U.S. Representative from New Mexico’s 2nd congressional district. After attending college, she returned home to work on then Rep. Tom Udall’s successful run for the Senate. As a Field Representative for Sen. Udall, Xochitl worked on issues ranging from water conservation and infrastructure development to education and health care accessibility. Inspired by her work on water for Sen. Udall, Xochitl left his office to attend law school at the University of New Mexico (UNM), where she specialized in water and natural resources. Immediately after completing her degree, she clerked for a New Mexico federal judge with one of the heaviest criminal dockets in the country. Most recently, Xochitl practiced law at Kemp Smith focusing mostly on water.
Connie Jimenez Trujillo, NM State Senate District 8
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“Having been on the front lines caring for the women of the region in my work as a nurse-midwife and advocating for re-establishment of labor and delivery services after the local hospital closed their OB unit, I know what it means to fight for this community.”
Rep. Linda Trujillo, NM House of Representatives, District 48
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Jessica Velasquez, NM House of Representatives, District 22
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Jessica is an Albuquerque business owner whose family company specializes in precious metals electroplating and has served the high-tech, aerospace, and decorative sectors since 1976. Jessica is also proud of her previous career as a middle school English teacher. She left the classroom to engage in local politics and in 2018 she ran for the NM House of Representatives in District 22. After earning 49.57% of the vote for a narrow loss, Jessica went on to serve with Governor Lujan Grisham's interim Education Committee, and served on the Bernalillo County 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. Jessica is a board member of Sandia Park Scenic Byway Firewise, dedicated to reducing wildfire risk and increasing community resilience, and of Kindness Club International, which aims to build positive school culture through student leadership. Jessica is a member of the Democratic Party of NM's State Central Committee and is Chair of Ward 22A in Bernalillo County. Jessica feels lucky to live in Sandia Park with her husband, three kids, two dogs, and a dozen chickens. She is deeply committed to making life better for all New Americans and looks forward to serving the East Mountains and Placitas in the NM Legislature.
Judge Courtney Weaks, District Court Judge Second Judicial District, Division 15
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Courtney Weaks is running for Division 15 of the Second Judicial District Court in Bernalillo County as a Criminal Judge. Judge Weaks currently holds a criminal position as Metropolitan Court Judge, Division 4.
Judge Weaks was nominated by a bi-partisan Judicial Nominating Commission, composed of judges, attorneys as well as non-lawyers, in the summer of 2013. Judge Weaks went on to win a general election in the Fall of 2014. Judge Weaks is the current Presiding Judge of Metropolitan Court’s Specialty Court Programs. There are currently thirteen different programs that focus on treatment and recovery targeted to address addiction, mental health diagnosis, homelessness and domestic violence issues. Judge Weaks was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM. Judge Weaks isa graduate of the University of Kansas, where she obtained an undergraduate degree in English Literature in 2004. She returned to the beloved Land of Enchantment to attend Law School, where she met her husband Jason, and graduated in 2007. Judge Weaks and her husband reside in the beautiful North Valley with their two year old daughter and
their two corgis, Zeus and Oscar.
Karen Canaday Whitlock, NM House of Representatives, District 38
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I am a proud educator and social worker. I enjoy spending time with my husband Mark, and dogs: Tessa and Smokey. I like to say: “As long as I am outdoors, I am happy.” My hobbies are hiking, sailing, gardening, and swimming. I am a sports fan of both college and professional sports and NASCAR!! I am active in my community including my local church in Silver City, Church of the Good Shepard. I am also active in the Grant County Democratic Party. In addition, I am on several local, state and national boards including: Grant County Community Partnership for Children; National Association of Social Workers, New Mexico Chapter Board, and I am on the National Association of Social Workers National Political Action Candidate Election (PACE) Board. I am a proud graduate of Western New Mexico University with a Master’s Degree in Social Work. I earned my undergraduate degree at American University.
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