Impact

“Every once in awhile you meet a candidate who blows your skirt up – when she can also flip a Republican House seat, that’s HUGE.”   US House Rep – NM Congressional  District 2     Success!  Xochitl won [108,489 (50.93%) to 97,767 (49.07%)]. In flipping the seat held by Steve Pearce since 2011, she became first woman to represent the district in its history and only the third Democrat in nearly 50 years Of note: while Valencia County voted for both Pearce (R) […]

In the Spring of 2018, the new Democratic Party of NM State Platform was passed with a 91% approval rating. Our new state platform (“Platform”) is the remarkable achievement of the current State Platform and Resolutions Committee.(“SPARC”). No Democrats left behind. Elected and appointed in 2017, the committee hit the road with a mission: to find out what New Mexico Dems stand for and what they need, rather than making assumptions and relying on dated feedback. The resultant document is […]

      “What if ABQ could take our elections out of the hands of big special interests and put them in the hands of the people?”   OUTCOME: Unfortunately this initiative was narrowly defeated by voters – 51.25% to 48.75% – in the November 2019 Municipal election. See the DAILY LOBO article here *   *   *   *   * VOTE “YES” on PROPOSITION 2 on NOV 5th! (PLEASE SEE UPDATES AT BOTTOM)  The ABQ Democracy Dollars […]

What people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise – Barbara Jordan In the end, 6 of these 7 house seats were wins.  Kudos to Meta Hirschl and her merry band of volunteers  – what an amazing effort!!  And congratulations to all of the candidates. While Jessica lost by 143 votes, given the District 22 demographics, this was still a tremendous showing. Governor-Elect MLG named Jessica to her Transition Team for the Public […]

The 2019 New Mexico State Legislative Session begins January 15th and continues through March 15th, 2019. With approximately 4,000 bills in play, how do we advocate – effectively – for those most important to our members?  Navigating the course of a bill from its writing to its passage, while avoiding the pitfalls of its getting stuck in committee or being vetoed by the governor is no small task. We’ve cherry-picked bills dealing with issues which were identified early on as […]

WE NEED YOUR HELP   If you have limited time, maximize it by calling the most impt legislators TUES 2/18: There are three days left – please make calls!!!! Please see SLACK #a-ACTION / From Retake Our Democracy today: “If you’ve ever doubted whether your activism makes a difference, this should assure you that it does. In 2019, less than a third of the bills we supported passed. This year, it looks like at least half or more will pass […]

  For a POST PRIMARY UPDATE: Click Here (Please note: this is an ongoing initiative to support Democratic nominees in key races through the November election. Ask how you can get involved.) ___________________________________________________________________   FINAL WEEK! Get off the porch and  let’s get this done! That means EVERYONE. These Little Ladies’ place is in the NM Senate Nasty Women New Mexico has turned its attention to a number of key New Mexico Senate races outside of Bernalillo County. In each of […]

  HOW WHITE ALLIES CAN SUPPORT MBL ON POLICING & JUSTICE ISSUES “My philosophy is simple: when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something. Do something about it. Get in trouble. Good trouble,”     -John Lewis Bear with us – there’s A LOT a lot to do in terms of getting up to speed on where we want to go with the above initiative. We need to research, educate, and examine our feelings […]

Join us on Tues, Nov 17th at 6pm Election Recap – NWNM November Monthly Meeting Looking for something to do? ______________________________ Our Candidates Please review  and contact either the NWNM Team Leader or, if none is listed, the campaign directly to pitch in a few hours a week. Thank you. For BIDEN/HARRIS 2020 – Pls. see Black Women for Biden below   Xochitl Torres Small, U.S. House, District 2 (Lost) https://www.xochforcongress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/XochitlforCongress/  Watch Xoch in action: YouTube Gen.Vol. SCOOP  or  Email Arash […]