The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter on Tuesday released its statewide slate
of endorsements in one of the most critical elections for the environment
New Mexicans have ever faced.

“This year’s election is critical for putting New Mexico back on a path
toward clean water, clean energy and thriving wildlife and public lands,”
said Rio Grande Chapter Chair David Coss. “Our members are working hard for
these candidates, and I urge New Mexicans to vote for them in the November 8
election.”

The chapter sends questionnaires to new candidates, studies records of
incumbents, interviews candidates and then requires a two-thirds vote of
two chapter committees to endorse. The Rio Grande Sierra Club's winning
record derives from a grassroots strategy of activating our members to
volunteer for environmental champions and communicating our endorsements
through earned and paid media. New Mexicans have demonstrated
overwhelmingly that they want office-holders who will improve and protect
the natural resources that make our planet liveable, and these candidates
will work for those solutions.

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter endorsements:

(Note: Only contested races are listed. For more about these candidates,
see riograndesierraclub.org.)

President

Hillary Clinton

U.S. Congress

District 1: Michelle Lujan Grisham

District 2: Merrie Lee Soules

District 3: Ben Ray Luján

New Mexico Secretary of State

Maggie Toulouse Oliver

New Mexico State Senate

Albuquerque area:

District 9: John Sapien

District 10: David Simon

District 13: Bill O’Neill

District 15: Daniel Ivey-Soto

District 18: Bill Tallman

District 23: Joy Garratt

Valencia and Bernalillo counties:

District 29: Michael Sanchez

Doña Ana County:

District 36: Jeff Steinborn

District 37: William Soules

Eldorado and central/northern New Mexico:

District 39: Liz Stefanics

New Mexico House of Representatives

San Juan County:

District 4: GloJean Todacheene

Albuquerque area:

District 10: Andres Romero

District 15: Ane Romero

District 20: Giovanni Alexander Haqani

District 22: John Wallace

District 23: Daymon Ely

District 24: Elizabeth Thomson

District 29: Ronnie Martinez

District 30: Natalie Figueroa

District 31: Bob Scott

Grant and Sierra counties:

District 38: Mary Hotvedt

Doña Ana County:

District 33: Bill McCamley

District 35: Angelica Rubio

District 36: Nathan Small

District 37: Joanne Ferrary

District 39: Rodolpho Martinez (Doña Ana, Grant and Sierra counties)

Los Alamos area:

District 43: Stephanie Garcia Richard

Santa Fe area:

District 47: Brian Egolf

District 50: Matthew McQueen

Los Alamos County Council:

Peter Sheehey

Sandoval County Commission:

Alexis Jimenez

Grant County Commission:

Alicia Edwards, Marilyn Alcorn, Harry Browne

Those who would like to join our volunteer team to elect environmental
champions should email riogrande.chapter@sierraclub.org or call Susan
Martin at 505-670-3279, smartin31@comcast.net.